i really have to stop sleeping on the couch.
i HAD gone upstairs and slept on my bed for a couple of days and the backache (while it didn't completely go away) subsided...
but i went back to sleeping on the couch downstairs over the weekend through today... and i am pretty much crippled and about 97 years old.
as my dad calls it, i am "stove up"
** for those not in the know, i don't have health insurance... or the cashflow for a chiropractor (not that I enjoy going to chiropractors.) so a doctor is out of the question.
last week when I went to the CVS to get the Excedrin Back & Body pills I was in the "holy crap, I'm in pain" aisle... looking for back meds...
these dolts put ALL of the back pain medication on the BOTTOM shelf.
bottom shelf.
you should've seen me trying to bend with my knees and not fall over ---- i didn't fall, but, it wasn't pretty.
anyway that was over a week ago.
for a girl who doesn't take pain medication usually (i hate taking the tylenol/advil/etc) i finished off that bottle of 24 pills about 2 days ago.
now i'm about to die.
i feel like the lower half of my body is not listening to to the rest of me.... well, only because it's got a shooting pain of horrible lightning-death-knife thing stabbing me about 2 vertebrae above my tailbone.
whine whine whine whine.
all i want to do is lie down again... yet... i can't really walk up the stairs to my good bed. all i've got in my future is the crippling couch ready to suck me in and apparently while i sleep, it acts like a medieval torture device and twists my body until it's mangled.
man. i need to get more of those excedrin (which, by the way i DID say to the cashier kid that day "um... any reason why the back pain medicine is on the bottom shelf? is the store just trying to ensure that i'll have to come back for another bottle?"
the thought of walking out to my car to drive to the pharmacy is killing me.
car = 50 feet of hobbling pain away
pharmacy = 1.5 miles of pain-filled shifting/clutch/gas/brake pedals
bottle of rum = 10 feet of crawling to kitchen.
hey, it's a thought.
oh, and i'm not done with that one guy's website. i wound up being derailed yesterday by another client's stuff and had to focus on that. so i'll be working on the other site today and hope that i finish it by late late tonight or tomorrow.
Whatchoosayin'?? (7 yapped)
OK, I know it hurts, here's whatcha do, and it's gonna be painful, but believe me, it works!
1. Get a bottle of Castor Oil
2. Rub the oil into the afflicted areas of your back
3. place a towel on your back
4. Place a heating pad over the towel
5. take 2 excedrin migrane (don't ask)
6. drink a caffinated beverage like coke, or pepsi
7. Now lie very still on the heating pad and let the castor oil seep into your muscles (a few hours or over night is better)
Don't know why, but this has helped me since I broke my tail bone, as well as the pain of scoliosis, and carrying a huge bambino.
Hope it helps. I'll be praying for a healing! Hang in there GC! And how's GM doin?
C
Posted by Carol | April 30, 2008 11:22 AM
GC, you NEED health insurance. If you can't afford it, there is some type of insurance where you can set a very high deductible ($5K or %10K), so if you go to the docs, you will have to foot the whole bill, but if a catastrophe strikes, they will cover the astronomical hospital and other health care bills. It might be called a catastrophic policy -- you should really check into this.
-- You can't just be *naked* with health insurance!
-- yer pal, cell
Posted by cell | April 30, 2008 1:16 PM
If you're still having back problems, I'd recommend you to wear a sacroiliac belt, aka SI belt. I know a lot of people who wear si belt, and the result seems to be good. There are many good si belts out there, but as far as quality, comfort, and prices are considered - Serola belt is the best one in the market. Visit their web for more info: http://www.serola.net/product_new_sac_belt.php
Hope it helps, good luck to you!
Posted by Bilguun | April 30, 2008 1:56 PM
I know your pain...I have it all the time..soak in a hot tub. then
Ice your back for about 10 min
take an antinflammatory ie:aleve (works best for me) advil..I use generic it's cheaper has the same ingredients..
buy a Tens unit..it's a little unit that has pads that you place on your sorest spots and send electrical currents (that you control) to the spot..The current helps release natural endorphins which alleviates the pain..I use mine everyday..You can go online and type in Tens unit and all kind of them will appear..I paid about 45.00 for mine//Hope this helps. and I hope your feeling better.
Posted by Cathi | April 30, 2008 3:44 PM
I agree with the poster about you getting some health insurance. I got this anti inflamatory that is a 24 hour pill for my sacroiliac joint pain, so i take it in the morning and i'm good all day. my back is almost all better now.
Posted by furiousball | April 30, 2008 3:46 PM
Total non sequitur (sp?) - how is the weight loss challenge going? I clicked into your spreadsheet and see you started over in april. you haven't posted about that in a long time - were you taking a break when things got crazy with GM, taxes, and work?
Posted by Jaynee | April 30, 2008 3:52 PM
I was going to send you Sparkmail... because I have gained back 10 pounds and well, I thought maybe you would want to join me there. HA!! I won't even think about it now. I hope you get the back fixed prior to the reunion & the B day and the cruise though...sheesh you are about to have a ton of fun, get better!
For what it's worth, I'd choose the rum
Posted by laura | April 30, 2008 8:44 PM