Three long weeks

So, I had my septoplasty on January 21st.  I was very pretty afterwards, wasn't I? The first couple days were bad.  I couldn't breathe thru my nose nor could I lie down.  Mike took me to the doctor's on Monday (surgery was Friday) to get the splints removed.  He told me all along I'd feel much better once they were out.  In my head, I thought the splints were little tiny plastic tubes.  When he pulled them out of my nose (one on either side) I almost died.  I had no idea they were so big.  No wonder I was miserable!  Unfortunately, a few days before my surgery, my herniated disks in my neck flared up and I was and have been in terrible pain.  Usually, I only have neck pain and stiffness for a few days or so.  The pain this time has radiated down into my shoulder and arm.  I was in tears the first week so the recovery from my surgery was made worse by my neck.  I wanted to curl up and die! I'm on my 2nd round of steroids and start physical therapy tomorrow, so I'm hoping that the traction that has helped in the past will help this time and that I don't have to go the next step and that is get injections into my neck by an anesthesiologist. These past three weeks have given me a new appreciation for people that are in chronic pain.  It really takes its toll on you.