i've got... worms?

i made my first trip ever to the ER this morning. last night, something in my back just gave out under me, and ever since then i've had severe pain in my lower back as well as my butt and legs. i could barely get around my house last night, using my rolling office chair as a walker and rolling my way very slowly and painfully around the house. i went to the bathroom, and after i was done, it hurt so bad to try to take the two steps to my office chair that i collapsed on my bathroom floor and thought i was going to spend my night there. i finally managed to get myself back to the chair and rolled myself to my bed.

this morning, i tried to roll myself out of my bed back to the office chair and got stuck. no matter how i moved, it hurt like mad. again, i somehow managed to roll myself back onto my bed where i thought i was just going to lay on my back in my bed all day. long story short, thankfully, i was basically told i was going to be taken to the hospital, and after taking some vicodin (my stash of vicodin sure has been coming in handy), managed to get out of bed and painfully out the front door. took like 20 minutes and help from three people, but at least i made it out. at the ER, they didn't do squat besides give me valium, and an injection of some pain meds. they told me i was in too much pain for them to check me out, so gave me the meds to see if it could relieve enough pain for them to check out my problems. except i think they got too busy and instead just discharged me an hour after i was injected. they prescribed me some medicine, and then sent me on my very not-merry way.

i get home and some other people bring by my prescription. two of the pills they prescribed to me seemed normal. prescription strength ibuprofen, and a muscle relaxer. the third (vermox) puzzled me quite a bit. there were two tablets, and commonly used for people who have worms or parasites in their body. what the?? i don't have any worms, no big D, no stomach cramps, nothing. go figure, but i decided not to take that medicine. i think the PA at the ER made a mistake b/c i definitely don't have worms.

anyway, i'm back at home, and am going to try to get an appointment tomorrow with a primary care doctor. i'm still in excruciating pain, but it's slightly better since i'm loaded up on pain meds right now and i'm laying on my bed again.

i cannot thank God enough for the awesome brothers & sisters from sg. from forcing me & driving me to the hospital & waiting there all morning (even going as far as driving my rolling office chair to the hospital since that was the only way i could get around. and no, they didn't actually take it out since the hospital brought out a wheelchair), to bringing me food, to bringing me my meds, to praying for me. to even figuring out that some of us were not at service and piecing together that they probably took me to the hospital...THANKS GUYS!