edit: i had the spinal injection today and went home and was well for a few hours but my heart started to race and i felt i was about to have a panic attack, but i found some medicine to calm me down. the pain in my left leg is gone for now. i hope my herniated disc shrinks because I do not want surgery.
I have to have an injection into my spine Thursday, and, hopefully, that will help me heal faster. My doctor told me normally people get better after four weeks of doing therapy & taking it easy, and I went back and I still cannot return to work. If the injection does not help - I am going to have surgery to fix this. I am terrified of surgery of any kind, and it's going to be painful - I will also not be able to work for a while either, and I was not expecting to not be working for this long. I am running out of funds, and if I have to have surgery I will set up a gofundme as much as I hate to do it.
I cannot apply for another job due to my condition in the first place - I am not able to lift over 10 lbs right now, and nowhere near me is hiring light duty jobs. This has crushed me mentally - that my work will not even just let me do cleaning and other light duty jobs while I recover. I need money to pay bills, have food, and have gas money to go to my doctor's appointments {my doctor's office is 30 minutes away from my house}. This has been one of the worst years of my life, and I'm just ready to just be done with it all.
I am trying my best to stay positive through all this, and I know you guys are probably tired of me talking about this. I am in a time of my life where no one will let me work, and I'm probably gonna have to stay on medical leave for a while until they can fix me. I'll update after I have my ESI shot in my back - hopefully, the injection works and I won't have to have surgery. Thanks to everyone who has sent me kind messages! They have helped me through a lot!
♡buy me a coffee is linked to my PayPal // if I have to have surgery I will make a gofundme.