Grieving a loss
I haven't written on the blog for a while as some of you will have noticed. I've been trying to decide how I would write this particular post, as this is a hard thing for me. Almost a year ago I got hurt Indian leg wrestling my roommate (here's the link if you missed that post: http://angelwithastethoscope.blogspot.com/search/label/E.R. ) and doctors thought I had pulled some tendons in my neck and upper back. A few weeks ago, unexpectedly, I was at work when I started hurting again like I did that night. I couldn't lift patients, and even had to use two gait belts to strap an ice pack on my back in order to keep working. I thought maybe I had just moved wrong and it would go away. A week later when the pain hadn't subsided I went in to see my doctor. The diagnosis: I've injured the muscles, and my continued strain on them at my job is worsening the symptoms. I have started physical therapy, but it has now become necessary for me to quit being a CNA. I spent...