This is the 3rd weeks I have no good sleep. I really don’t know how long I can stand for the sleepless nights.

I have no such problem in my life before. Too bad it happened to me now. I am awake in the middle of night because of the slipped disc pain. The pain make me can not sleep well. I had tried to change my sleep positions but still I can not even find a comfortable sleep post.

I can fall sleep easily at night. Maybe because the medicine taken is doing their job make me can’t feel the pain when I sleep. But when the pain continues in the middle of night, the pain is so uncomfortable and I hardly fall sleep no matter how tired I am.

What can I do in the middle of night? I am so tired. My eyes can not open at all. I keep on changing to a comfortable sleep post. I wake up and walk or sit on a chair to relief the pain…..

I just not dare to take medicines at night since the instruction is to take twice a day which I taken in day time. If I take medicines at night means over dose already, right?

One night sleep around four to five hours is already very good now. I have to always keep myself in good mood and think positively during day time to keep up energy.

Pray hard my sickness can go faster! *sigh*

I hate to stand in front of my mirror every morning after I woke up. I placed my eyeglass on my dressing table when I go bed. Every morning when I wear my eyeglass, I will see my ugly face. I just can not believe my eyes when the first day I saw my ugly face.

It is no doubt that this is the slipped disc pill’s side effect. What is happen when a slice of bread goes into water? This is how my face looks now. The size of my face grows double. That is not fat but swell. The swell is so significant when I woke up every morning.

I love to see myself looks no longer skinny but this is really too much. I am not trying to be exaggeration but this is what happens to me now. I hate this!

The pains start from my right hip till my foot. That was happened few months ago. But now it becomes more serious until I can not sleep well. Because of the previous experience, I go to see the same doctor and now I am on medication.

Previously (that was in Year 2003) I just need to take 1 type of medicine which is the pain killer. But now, I need to take 3 types of medicine.

Here are the medicines I need to take for the first two weeks: -

N-Cobal 0.5mg film coated tablet (B12)
Take 1 tablet, 2 x a day
After food

Arcoxia (etoricoxib, MSD) 90mg Tablet
[Controlled medicine]
Take 1 tablet, 1 x a day
After food

Anarex Tablet
Orphenadrine Citrate BP 35mg,
Paracetamol BP 450mg
(Norgesic Tab)
[Controlled medicine]
Take 1 tablet, 2 x a day
After food

I will need to go for CT scan if still pain after these two weeks medication. This is what I am worring.

Cross my fingers the pain gone faster!

*You all, take good care of your back!*