Slipped Disc

Assalammualaikum dan hai~

So...I've been diagnosed with slipped disc. It's only minor though, Alhamdulillah.

It started during my pregnancy 3 years back. Normal lah kan time pregnant, sakit pinggang. I though the pain would go away after I gave birth.

I was wrong.

The pain was still there during my confinement days. Sakit sampai ke peha, macam ada satu jalur muscle ni yang tegang je. Masa tu ingatkan sebab breastfeeding, tapi rupanya bukan. And the pain lingered. Worsened whenever  that time of the month is approaching. Checked with my kakak-kakak colleagues, they said it's normal and usually takes two years for the pain to dissapear. Fuiyooh, lamanya kena tahan sakit. So, tahanlah.

Kadang-kadang sakitnya, suruh Kanda tenyeh je dengan tumit kaki. Until last week, the pain became excruciating. Jalan pun senget-senget. 2 malam tak boleh tidur sebab sakit sangat. Sebenarnya, time tengah tulis ni pun pukul 1.40 pagi - tak boleh tidur sebab sakit. First night, sapu heat rub, baru boleh tidur. Second night onwards, tidur pakai ice pack. Sampai sekarang, the fifth night, ice pack is my new BFF.

So last Friday, pagi tu memang sakit sangat nak bangun dari katil pun. Kanda asked me to get a proper check (daku memula nak pergi klinik biasa je). He insisted I went to see a specialist. He took the day off to accompany me for the check up. And so off we went. Nasib baik boleh walk-in. Jumpa Dr. Mahamud Musman, explained my problem. Dia suruh buat X-ray dan MRI. Ah sudah!

X-ray tu dah biasa buat lah kan. Tapi MRI? Nervous! First time kena buat. Lepas X-Ray, terus masuk bilik yang ada mesin MRI tu. The scan itself tak sakit. Yang sakitnya sebab I have to lay on a flat surface with my burning back pain for one hour, without moving. Kalau gerak (which I accidentally did), kena scan balik T.T Sakit! By the time the last scan to (4 scans in total) I was in tears and needed help to get up.

Went back to the hospital after Friday Prayer to get the result. Dr. cakap my L4 and L5 (Lumbar part dekat back bone) ada bulging dan dikira sebagai slipped disc. Lumbar ni bahagian lower back, antara pinggang dan pinggul. No wonder la sakit bertahun-tahun. Sebelum ni ingatkan muscle strain ke ape.

So the Dr. referred me for physiotherapy sessions for a couple of week.

I can only go next week. Tak dapat perlepasan untuk start my therapy session minggu ni. Banyak due date minggu ni. So kena tanggung sakit ni  lama sikit. Allah, ease this for me...