the pain in my ass

i have DDD - degenerative disc disease. it basically means that one (actually 2) of my spinal disc's are slowly being squished (like a jelly donut) and the bone in my spine is growing to replace the discs in order to support my spine & upper body. when this bone grows, it can sometimes pinch my sciatic nerve. this equals MAJOR PAIN. this also equals not a lot of fun.
i see a chiro to help fix this issue. i saw him on wednesday and had a bit of a painful adjustment. it was followed by a 'ummm can you come back tomorrow so i can double check the alignment? you are a 'little' out of place right now, and i am hoping that resting overnight will re-align you'. yada yada yada, i wake up thursday and cannot bend down. putting on pants = impossible. sitting = extremely uncomfortable. attempting to sit down on the toilet = awkward and painful. i spend the entire day on the couch, trying not to move, enjoying Oprah, Tyra and all that good trashy day-time tv. yada, yada, yada, by the time ry gets home from work, its time to go back to chiro. 5 minutes in the office and i am fixed. my chiro is a miracle worker.
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it's really amazing how delicate the human body is. one slight movement in the wrong direction and i can be immobilized for days. one slight crack of the back and i am all better. at 27 i never would have thought that i would have the health issues that i do. its like my body is 80 years old some days. cant wait to see what my body will be like when i am 80. hopefully it will be 27, so i can get some good use out of it :P