New Bulging Disc Diagnosis; Don’t Know Where to Begin
So after a few months of waking up with pain and stiffness in my low back I was finally able to see a specialist today. They tool xrays and he told me he suspects I may have a bulging disc. (40% I don’t know what that means). They’ve scheduled me for an mri and physical therapy but it will likely be weeks before I can get an appointment. In the interim, I have no idea what to do. I had so many questions but they just rushed me out of the door without answering anything. I don’t know where to even begin. I have questions about sitting (chair vs couch; reclining or not reclining), driving position, sleeping position etc and I’m just very lost without any guidance. Can anyone point me in the direction of useful resources or talk about their own experiences? It was a very jarring thing to hear “you will probably never be pain free” and then shown the door so suddenly.