What's up!

Hey. It's been a while. I know, I know. I've been busy but lazy about this. Here we go!

I start my baking classes next week and I'm excited! This past July I took an artisan breads class, which was awesome. This semester I have two pastry classes, a cake class, and a retail/wholesale class. Needless to say, I am looking forward to learning new skills. I can only hope that I will be able to open a bakery within the next few years.

As ever, my lower back is giving me trouble (just like last year) but I still can't get physical therapy. I got a follow-up MRI which came back clean. Although this sounds great, it also means that I've been under an incorrect assumption for the past year, that I have a bulged disc or two. The EKG I got last year showed that it thought I had a disc issue, but the MRI didn't confirm it.

So then, what's the problem? Well, we aren't sure. The pain management doctor that ordered the recent MRI wants me to see a neurologist and check for auto-immune issues. Unfortunately, the earliest appointment is on October 1st. That feels like forever.

It's frustrating, to say the least. I can only hope that someone will cancel their appointment and I'll get moved up. For now, I have to continue on my merry little way. Luckily for me my pain is never extreme; most days my pain level is a three. However, it is still constant and every day is different. Sometimes the pain is one place, sometimes another. Once I had tingling shooting down my whole left leg. Another time it was tight in one area all day, despite stretching the area.

Still, I am lucky. I can only hope that we'll be able to figure this out quickly once I see the doctor.