Little Miss Sunshine State has this little problem called Degenerative Disc Disease. Those little discs in between the vertebrae of my back like to bulge, break off in little pieces and eventually rupture. This has happened 6 times in the past 21 years. Make that 7 times, because it happened again last week.
This is the kind of pain that will lay me flat on my back. I spent Thursday and Friday in between my Martha Stewart Sheets, mostly sleeping and watching TV.I drugged myself on muscle relaxers and slept about 18 hours a day.
Tigger was very concerned. If I was asleep, he was curled up on the other side of the bed, napping. If I was awake, he thought the best thing he could do for me was to plop his 24 Lb body onto my chest. Every time I asked him to fetch me an ice pack, he would gently place his paw over my mouth to shut me up.
With the help of nearly toxic doses from the Costco Bucket-O-Ibuprofen, I was able to smile and start sitting up for about 3 hours at a time. Today I ventured out to the grocery store (not my brightest idea).Tuesday I'm going back to work.
8 comments:
It's good to "see" you're back! I hope the pain is actually subsiding some and not just numbed by all the pain reliever.
Take care of you!
Oh dear. I'm so sorry to hear about this.
yikes. take care. loooove tiger.
Oh my. Rest yourself and take advantage of all offers for help you poor thing! back pain is the worst!
Lordy, I can't imagine. I've never had to deal with back pain - hope you're back to full speed soon!
Back pain is the absolute worst! I'm so sorry to hear you were in so much pain. But glad to hear you're on the mend. Maybe you should bring Tigger the Beanie Baby with you to work. You know ... for comfort. I'm sure no one will laugh at you. Much.
I'm sorry you have to go through this. I hope you can take it a little easy at work--though at home would certainly be preferable.
I'm glad you have a good friend to hang out with while you recovered. And the good thing about cats is you don't have to take them outside.
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