I have been having back issues for many years, just chronic back pain, but a little over a month ago I started having excruciating back pain that caused me to be barely able to walk or stand. Have been going to the doctor a lot, had x-rays and then finally got sent to aan orthopedic specialist and then had an MRI that showed I have a herniated disc in my lumbar spine and some arthritic changes in the same area from chronic infllammation. I was out of work for over 3 weeks, and am still on restricted duty and am missing a lot of days due to pain and doctors appointments.

Yesterday I went to a surgical center, was put under anesthetic and with the aide of a fluroscope had 5 injections of a steroid into my spine. I'm now stuck with this ice water pack thing on my back and can still barely walk or stand...or really sit or lay in any position without just being in agony. Hopefully it'll pass as the steroids take effect over the next couple of days, but I'm just not optimistic. If I don't start feeling relief in the next couple of weeks my doctor is going to talk to a surgeon to see what he thinks.

Needless to say, I'm not making anything at the moment and am still not taking commissions. I do have a custom pegasus that I made a few weeks back that I'm holding for someone, but if I don't receive payment in a week or two then I will be selling her.