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A Pain In the Neck

People have been calling my friends and asking whether I will ever walk again so I figured now was as good a time as any to clear things up. Before I start the answer is, I am walking now so I don't think it will be a problem.

A few weeks ago, Eden came into my bed in the middle of the night and I woke up with an extremely sore neck/back. The pain lasted a few days and my awesome cousin ST the PTgave me some advice on how to sleep better (one pillow only, mobilize the neck) and it cleared up. Last week the pain started again. I finally went to the doctor on Friday and based on the x-ray they took that day, he said I had two broken bones in my neck. First of all, that is still up for debate, second of all, before you ask- I have no idea how that might have happened. So basically people around town heard that I "broke my neck" and imagined the worst but I can happily say that the fantasy was worse than the reality. The doctor put me on steroids an ordered an MRI.

Fast forward to Sunday. I had the MRI which went fine. I kept my eyes closed the entire time and I strongly recommend that method of combatting potential claustrophobia for those of you who may need an MRI in the future. On Monday, the pain started to get really really bad and by Monday night I realized I couldn't sit or stand comfortably for long (or really short) periods of time and I had pain in my neck, back and arm. On Tuesday morning, we decided to call a different doctor- a family friend and physiatrist extraordinaire (I am starting the Dr. R. fanclub if anyone wants to join) and he ordered some heavy duty pain meds for me and officially took over the case.

That brings us to today. The radiology place finally faxed him the report and I went in to see him. It turns out that I have Cervical Radiculopathy with Myelopathy- basically (if I understand it correctly) a herniated disc in the cervical part of my vertibrae (my neck) that is compressing my spinal cord. It is extremely painful and because of the spinal cord compression potentially dangerous. So it looks like I will most likely be needing surgery.

I haven't been able to get in touch with the Neurosurgeon yet because my appointment with Dr. R. was over after business hours today but first thing tommorow morning, we'll start calling the surgeons he recommended.

In the meantime, I have been having a grand old time hanging out with my mother's laptop in bed and Greg has been amazing. He didn't go on an important business conference and I know that was hard for him. To top it off, he hasn't been feeling 100% himself yet he is such a trooper.

I'll be keeping y'all posted on the happenings, but I wanted to clear things up in case anyone heard the nasty (and false) rumors. :)

Happy Mother Days!

No, the title isn't a typo, but since she came home with her adorable flowerpot with a flower/picture of her in it , Eden has been walking around going "Happy Mother Days!".

The theme this year must be flowers. Gila and Ezra also brought flower-themed Mothers Day gifts. Ezra wrote his own poem on mine. It went like this:

Roses are Red Violets are Blue It's mother's day Woop Woop De do.

For anyone who thinks his is not a carbon copy of Greg's personality, that is all the proof needed.

But seriously, let me take this forum to wish a very happy mothers day to both my mother and my mother in law. You are both very special to me and I don't know what I would do without either of you. Thank you both for doing a great job modeling how wonderful a mother could be. I love you both.

Cool O.A.R. Event

via oarsa.org

In addition to June 5th being the release date for the new CD/DVD it is also the date for the theatrical premiere of OAR's new feature film "Behind the Backline" from Madison Square Garden 2007. There will be a one night only screening in digital theaters in select markets nationwide. The list of theatres and ticket information should be available on Tuesday. Stay tuned to dandeentertainment.com for more information.

According to the website, the Muvico Theater at Arundal Mills will be screening this. So, assuming there isn't some star studded gala in NYC that we HAVE TO attend (yeah, right), we'll probably be there.