Sometime around November of 2006 I suddenly came down with very severe back pain. The only way I can really describe it is to say that around March 2006 a neighbor of mine blew up his house and the whole situation was extremely stressful for me. Our house incurred a lot of damage (along with many others). This prompted a move across country. The whole transition along with post traumatic stress caused me to gain a lot of weight (25 pounds). Around the time of the move and for many months after, I had been working many long hours on projects for work. My work consists of programming in front of the computer all day. At the time we were working no less than 60 hour weeks (mostly more). All these factors contributed to my back just giving out on me suddenly around November 2006.

Alarmed that it might be an infection or something because the pain was so bad, I went to the doctor to get checked out. They recommended X-rays which was a bad idea because I’m not sure they even looked at them. The doctor never really responded to me with any answers. I had to persistently call to receive the diagnosis that everything looked normal. It was completely useless. Oh, and without telling me they had the X-rays diagnosed by someone out of my insurance network which I shouldn’t have to be responsible for. Finally I went to the chiropractor at which point I started to feel better. It wasn’t immediate but it’s been much better.

The nature of my work sitting in front of the computer often leads me to pain. Now I’m just trying to deal with it. I’m trying to find the time to get back to an exercise plan.