[ddavie1]

recently, things appeared to be really looking up. I was almost entirely off of any pain meds - maybe a couple per week which beat the hell out of a couple per hour!! But over the last couple weeks (surgery in August 07) the pain has slowly started to return in my lower back, very little in my legs again though. The "weird" part is even with all the nuts, bolts, wires, and other inner paraphernalia, I have learned I can crack my back again. Not with the traditional twisting motion that usually offered 20 or 30 seconds of pain relief but more of a side to side tilt that sort of pulls my spine upwards and will pop in both directions, left and right. It almost feels like self induced traction for a moment. I'm sure it cant be good but when I can do it, I tend to very much do it. It's like another quickie relief function. For months after surgery I was way too "tight" for any cracking but now it's as easy as it ever was. I sure hope nothing came loose!