Thumbs-up for Baclofen (so far)

Update: slept well after taking my first dose of Baclofen for my sciatica. I did get a headache and was nauseated, so I hope those side effects won't happen all the time.

Maybe I'll get used to the Baclofen. I hope so, because it helped with my sciatica. I was able to walk around, sit, and stand without hardly any pain.

I was also able to turn over and sleep on my right-hand side, which I haven't been able to do for about a month (ever since I had the first pain hit me).

So, it's a thumbs-up for Baclofen, except for the headache and feeling nauseated. It also made me snoozy, but I can take it when I'm done with work and ready to relax this coming week. Being out of pain? Priceless!

Boo! Hiss! Achilles tendinitis :(.

So, turns out I likely have Achilles tendinitis.

Over the past month or so, I've increased my walking to almost every day (and twice a day, most times) for four or five days a week. As a result of the sudden increase and duration in physical activity, my body—and in particular, my Achilles tendon—went, "Whut?! I'm not ready for this!" So now I have a very painful, stiff, and sore Achilles tendon on my left leg.

The last thing I need to happen is for it to rupture, so I gotta focus on making sure I don't blow it out completely. I'm not going to stop walking, that's for sure. It's doing great things for my body. Who knew it would be a problem?! Didn't count on this happening!

On the upside, I've lost weight (my son and his GF actually commented on my face being thinner when we Skyped the other day) and I was able to fit into another pair of jeans I hadn't been able to wear for quite a while.

Guess you could say there's a good side and a bad side to all of this. Then again, that's life in a nutshell, isn't it?