Down, Down, Down

The scale is down to 179.8lbs as of two days ago, sorry for no post. I have been STRUGGLING with severe back pain since my injections last tuesday. The pain is pretty intense at times and my activity level is curtailed to hobbling around and trying to ride one horse a day. I pushed to ride two horses on Saturday and really paid for it. Yesterday my pain was worse than it has been in months. Hopefully the pain will calm down this week and I can get back to some gentle working out. I may push myself to go to the gym tomorrow regardless of the pain. Some people seem to feel better if they make themselves work out.....I shudder to think If I feel any WORSE! I had my medial nerve branches injected and had some temporary relief in my left hip, but no pain relief in my back. The nerve branches are now protesting the invasion and could take 10 days to calm down. I have my SI joints injected on the 17th.....Hopefully that will be the spot to get rid of my pain. I don't look forward to the temporary injection wearing off and not feeling like I can even sit down. It seems hardly worth it, but I am going to try to ride it out in hopes tha a solution to my chronic pain will be found. I have been reading too much on the internet..... lots of stories of how the steriods they inject in your joints make you ravenously hungry. I am not sure that that isn't the scariest part. I don't want to get bloated and hungry from the steriods......I am working so hard to lose the weight now, I don't want anything to get in my way......I guess I will discuss that with the doc when the time comes......ARGHHHHH