bulging disc pain puzzle
In November I noticed pain in my ankles. I thought I had sprained them.

In January I started to feel pain in my back,and was very curious as to why my ankles were not healing.

March was better than February because that was when I started to be able to sleep without waking up in the middle of the night in pain.

May was better than April and March because that's when I was able to start riding bikes again without feeling pain in my ankles. I started taking Mobic then because I realizedit was probably a bulging disc.

Then I was able to get an MRI which showed two bulging discs in my lower back, even though I had been taking that anti-inflammatory drug for four days.

I had an epidural shot but I noticed no improvement several days afterwards.

But June was better than May, the month of May was better than April, April was better than March and February...

I noticed that there was a positive steady trend, even if it was a very slow progress. But then in early July I was suddenly back with April levels of pain. I am not penalized from riding bikes as far as my ankles go,so I expect that disc that was pinching my nerve that goes into the ankles and feet was better, but the other disc was not.

On July 2 I only did two or three things out of the ordinary for me. I rode my bike twice as far as I usually do. I laid my back down on a very soft couch. And I had a candy bar loaded with sugar (an inflammatory). Also part of my bike ride was on a very rough patch of road.

Which of these three things do you think has sent me back to the month of April?