Couple of days...

So, the meet is Saturday and I'm hurting.  Last night was my one night at the gym this week to go through my movements.  Everything felt okay.  Screwed up part is I don't feel ready.  I've prepared hard, but I've been beat up the whole time.  I'm not really expecting to put up huge numbers but as long as they're improved numbers I won't be that disappointing.  My hip/lower back was hurting pretty bad when I got up Wednesday morning so I went to my doc.  Finally broke down and asked him about pain management clinics, he was pretty cool since he's had to go to one before.  Said they're really good about finding alternatives if you don't want pills thrown at the problem.  I'm not a fan of opiates at all, they make me sick to my stomach and I just can't function that well on them.  I think that's why I've always thought Tramadol was a good alternative.  Knocks down the pain some but I can function on them.  So anyway, got my usual shot of Toradol and a prescription of Tramadol.  Hip felt good last night while going through my deadlift movement, pulled from the bottom pins though.  Rested it pretty well today and plan on it tomorrow.  I suppose I could switch to bench only the day of if it's bothering me, but I've made the most gains in my deadlift.  One of the nice things is we talked about some of the options available the one that I thought was the most fascinating was severing the offending nerve that's causing the pain.  My doc said he had it done and it took three times before it scarred enough to not heal back but once it happened, boom, no more pain at all.  Dunno if that'd be an option with my ankle and knee but it's pretty awesome.  Anyway, I'll end up checking that out shortly I hope.  I'll have to get an MRI so I'm not looking forward to removing my Jacob's ladder, for that but it'll be okay.  Joking... or am I?