As the dust clears...

Wow. What a weekend. I'm still in shock. It's been a whirlwind experience.

I woke up Friday morning at 2am to tinkle. By the time I was ready to go back to bed I had a "stiff neck". I was pissed lol. This was going to hinder me from sleeping. I finally got out of bed at 7 to get ready for work and realised that I couldn't pick my towel up from where it had fallen. My neck was STIFF!! I had to ask my room mate to fold up my shirt sleeve after taking a while to put my jeans off. I questioned my driving ability but when I got to the car I was able to maneuver and felt I was good to go.

When I got to work 45 mins later was another story. I could barely look to the left or the right. I had to lift my leg out of the car. I shuffled to the building and prayed that someone was there to open the door. I could barely lift my handbag. I got the my office door and it took me ten minutes to get the door open. I prayed that someone was already there. No one was. I needed to take my medication at that point. But I couldnt get the cup from the holder to get water. I couldn't look down, up, sideways without excruciating pain. I couldn't use my phone to call anyone for help. Fortunately my mother talks to me every morning and called me to find out what's happening. I was able to just press answer and tell her. I was able to log into facebook and send a message to 3 friends praying they would call me ASAP. My sister did. The pain was indescribable. On a scale of 1 - 10...12 would be too low. I was shaking. My body started convulsing at intervals. I was alone at work. I couldn't get up from the chair to even go to another office to ask for help. My phone being touch screen needed two touches to get to numbers. I couldn't look to do that. My room mate texted me to find out if I got to work ok.. I was able to respond "cajj". She responded "english". I couldn't attempt to send anything else to her. My sister was 45 mins away with no traffic. Friday traffic would take her more than an hour. I could be paralyzed by then. I could be dead by then. All these thoughts in my head. Finally my coworker came. In a frenzy she was able to get me water and I was able to take my meds. 20 mins later I was picked up and refused by urgent care who insisted I needed to head straight to an ER. The rest is a daze. Xray, injections, no clue.

I was just knocked out tired by 3pm. An 8 hour ordeal. 2 days later I have limited movement of my neck but I can move it. My body is fighting all these medications that keep adding to my list. I'm now on full blown vicodin, mobic, ibuprofen, my already heavy neurontin. I have to take aviane for my hormone deficiency. Thank goodness I refused them with the paxil offer to help my serotonin. Now adding vitamin C, D and E to help my body with the intake of these things.

The scariest part? No valid reason for this flare up. I have seriously been taking it easy. So who knows when another one is going to just randomly happen. I can't drive right now. I can't even be in a car for too long as a passenger.

Happy to be able to talk about it today. So thankful for my friends and my sister. If I had taken that pill any later who knows what could have been the outcome.

Life... enjoy it!!!