ever sit on the toilet having the skitters so bad that you wind up trying to work through the pain and pushing by doing Lamaze???
Except you don't know how to really DO Lamaze because you've never actually experienced childbirth, so the only reference is from a few movies, teevee shows and the stand up bit from Bill Cosby's HBO special "Himself".
Yeah. it's been a lovely night.
I need an epidural to go to the bathroom.
i think i've broken my back.
Whatchoosayin'?? (8 yapped)
Hey Erin, I have had trouble with my back too and know how you feel. Although the doctors don't recommend it and the nurses completely freak out when I tell them what I have been taking, I definately believe in upping the dose.... I am about your size and take 6 advil regularly. It is over the prescription version dosage for ibuprofen, but hey, it works for me. And like I said, it is NOT recommended by health care people.
Hope you are feeling better soon!
Julie
Posted by Julie | May 1, 2008 9:55 AM
girls don't poop
[note from GC: nope. we skitter.]
Posted by furiousball | May 1, 2008 10:33 AM
I've been lurking for years. Srsly, since you dated shrub boy! I've got the same back problem and am typing this with one hand with the computer at a really weird angle bc I CANT MOVE. I know you don't have insurance (neither do I) but if you can get to a doc or urgent care center, ask for skelaxin. It's not a regulated pain killer, so they won't think you're a druggie, but it works. The only thing I've found in the 20 years since I've slipped this stupid disk that does work but doesn't knock me out. Depending on your POV, that could be good or bad!
Twenty minutes after taking it, I can walk upright again, instead of crawling to the loo.
[note from GC: yikes! feel better!! good lord, i had forgotten that i dated Shrub Boy!]
Posted by shania | May 1, 2008 10:54 AM
I cant stop laughing...and believe me it hurts to laugh....I had my gallbladder removed yesterday and my mid section is covered in staples....they gave me Vicodin and it isnt even touching the pain which Im pretty sure half of it is trapped gas...yeah I know, lucky me...but the other thing is I dont want to take the Vicodin because they told me it constipates you and Im so afraid of that because it hurts my belly full of staples just to push out the gas let alone "skittling"...I was going to try the excedrin back and body...how are they? (I guess ok if you willing to go thru all that to go back for more huh?) funny though with all this pain I have found my way to the couch with all my paraphenalia just to get to my laptop...I was having withdrawls...how sad is that?
[note from GC: oof. feel better!!! take the vicodin, but also take Senecot --- it's what they told gigglemom after one of her surgeries... it won't make you run to the lavatory, but, it should help keep you from needing an epidural to poop :} the excedrin stuff has been helping. actually, i've had the heating pad on for most of the day and forgot to take those pills... looks like a pill break is needed!! pop those Vics!]
Posted by Stacy | May 1, 2008 5:08 PM
Erin, I lost my job because of my back...so I know how it feels..I suggest you go online and look up a Tens Unit...a cheap one is about 45.00
you place two to four patches on the affected area\and it sends an electrical current to that spot the current releases your natural endorphines to help alleviate the pain..I also find that naproxyn sodium (antinflammatory works)
I recently used the Tens on my neck and arm and the pain is gone.. good luck, icing your back every hour for 10 mins works too.
[note from GC: thanks. yeah, when i had my car accident in 1987 and had to go for PT, i used a TENS unit. right now i have a heating pad on it. down the road maybe i'll look into a new TENS unit --- my old one is probably up in the attic...]
Posted by cathi | May 1, 2008 7:42 PM
Really, Erin what the hell. Friggin skitters! You nearly killed me reading this post. rofl Hope that you feel better.
Posted by Pete | May 2, 2008 3:05 PM
I'm the queen of back problems. I'm going in for another surgery in July. This surgery will give me a plastic disc, a stabilizer rod and hopefully pain relief because a girl can only live on eating morphine and norco for so long. Although being high on pills does make the politics at work so much more enjoyable.
but! i do have a tens unit that I haven't used and no longer need. If you want it I can mail it to you. The only thing you would have to buy are the replacement sticky pads which run about 8 bucks if I recall correctly. It was a 200 hundred dollar unit that my insurance paid for, yay me. If you want it, it's yours. Just email me your mailing address and I'll send it to you pronto! I'd rather have someone use it than have it sit in my clutter pile.
Posted by Blogginbizatch | May 2, 2008 3:33 PM
You poor thing:-( My hubby's traveling roids sympathize. Long soak in a hot tub!!
Posted by Tricia | May 2, 2008 7:02 PM