Friday as I was toweling off after my morning shower, my back seized up. You know the feeling--everything's normal, then in a split second the back muscles spasm for no reason and cast you into excruciating pain. Luckily it was just one little spasm, and after stretching a bit I was able to get dressed and go to work. I took a few ibuprofen just to be on the safe side.
Friday evening John (
keanubear) and Greg came over. We went to Tower Burger for dinner, then back to our place. John, who had had a busy week taking Orff classes (lots of folkdancing) and I went in the hot tub while Greg and Steve (
rootbeer1) sat on the deck and chatted. Then we watched an episode of
Secret Service (Gerry Anderson puppet-thriller about an Anglican priest/secret agent whose sidekick agent gets shrunk with a special ray and carried around in a briefcase) and
I ♥ Huckabees. The back was a little better, but by the next morning was spasming a bit. Steve planned a trip to the beach, but I needed to stay home and protect my tender back muscles. Garry (
sfgarry), Geoff (
heypyro), and Jim (
poohbearjim) came by for the beach run, and the four guys drove off, leaving me to take a Valium, lie on the deck with the sun warming my sore back, and get started on the new Harry Potter book (which, for its size, is an amazingly fast read. Steve says it's because it's not as dense--not so much character development or explanations, more action). I'm halfway through already.
This morning the back still hurts. I took a double dose of naproxen (Aleve) and just got out of a long soak in the hot tub. It's a little better, but if there isn't marked improvement tomorrow I'm off to the doctor. I've had back problems off and on all my life, even when I was a normal (150 lbs) weight in the early eighties. I had an MRI a year after we moved to SF, and a couple of discs show signs of arthritic degeneration. But this current pain feels like it's all muscular.
Maybe I should take up yoga.
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Have you tried a chiropractor? I also find a large dose of ibuprofin helps.
As does Vicodin. :)
I read fast, but yeah, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a fast read. I finished 3/4 of it in 4 hours.
OMG! Did you love the part where Hermione had to turn tricks in Diagon Alley to raise money to bail Hagrid out after he gets caught with a centaur?
Oh. I probably shouldn't give away spoilers like that.
I'm living in Valley of the Dolls.
:D
What the heck is that on your head. A Beanie baby?
I just thought it was a stuffed Cthululu.
Fnord.
Hope you're feeling better very soon.
Friday was really great, I so needed that.
BUT. Then I discovered the miracle of ibuprofen. And NOW, if one of those twinges occurs, the very first thing I do is take 600-800 milligrams of ibuprofen and lie down, completely immobile, on the bed or the recliner. And usually within two hours the whole thing will be aborted, and whatever residual pain will be far, FAR easy to deal with.
Just a suggestion.
I'd recommend my chiropractor but she is moving to San Diego mid-September (I've been her patient for fourteen years) and the guy taking over her practice is four-foot-nothing and has to climb on top of me to get any action. I mean, well, you know what I mean.
shame as it would have been nice to meet you and yours.
hope your back feels better soon
connor
aka
ubermunkey
nope.
maybe next year.
I hope for next year
I'll make it next year?!... lol
be well
I am visiting Andrea and her crew and she showed me your website...very impressive. I hope your back is feeling better. tcioppa@westelcom.com (Terri) Andrea says "Hey" and she is going to learn how to surf the internet soon!
The back is much better, though still a little sore. But I plan to be at square dance class this Tuesday.
Say hi to Andrea for me. We'll have to give her lessons on how to us t eh web. Maybe get her a Mac!