MattTheCat's Journal

sooo I guess I will start from the begining of it all , I skateboarded for 6 yrs . stoped for almost 3 and started agian , good hobbie right keep me fit and out of trouble .... wrong , so about 3 months ago I decided to buy a new sakte deck because my old one broke because it was so old, I was skating with old friends and about 6-7 weeks ago I took a nice wipe out , I thought it wasen't anything major , but as ussual I was wrong, so about 3 weeks ago I got a pinched nerve in my back at work it was so bad I was sent to Urgent care straight from work , after talking with 3 different Doctors and over 8 X-Rays and a PET scan of my body I have finally got my results back today!!! , So my Dr. tells me that I have a cracked verdibre? in my back on my L5 or the lowest one on your back right above your tail bone , So I have to wear a back brace for 12 weeks now first 6 weeks I can only take it off to shower : ( along with therapy to start in 3 weeks after wearing it , Also I get orthopedic inserts for my flat feet to wear , and then they also inform my that I have arthritis in both my Knee's on the outside of your Knee my Tibia is rubbing on the bone and It is causing my Knee cap to shift to the outside of my knee so once agian More therapy , and with all that being said I feel bad about work, I am not suposed to lift like anything and I am kinda a big part of all the production that is being done because I am Asst. Manager at my job, So I am really feeling stressed out right now and they are giving me all these drugs to take But then I am just not clear headed at anygiven time of the day 

well thats most of it thanx for caring and reading this! , I know I need to be more active on here and I think I will because of more time needed to stay off of my feet