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Why do we have to have more health problems as we get older? And in the weirdest ways and moments? Thursday started as any other day, except when I got up from a chair, my lower back twinged. As I walked down the hall, insufferable pain exploded in my lower back region, mid-step no less, and I couldn’t move. I think I scared my co-workers/friends a bit, one said I turned gray. A colleague wheeled my office chair to me, another helped push me back to my desk so that I could call my husband, and two of them grabbed an ice pack and wrapped it in a t-shirt.
Luckily, my hubby was able to come get me. Our health service office still has an old wheelchair so that I could be wheeled out to the car. The car ride home was painful as all get out: bumps, starts, stops, etc.
I know I was supposed to discard old meds, but it’s times like these where they become very useful. Muscle relaxants and a horse pill of ibuprofen. I generally have a high tolerance for pain, so I don’t take these types of pills often, and they definitely help take the edge off the pain. Helps with sleep too.
Ice packs are good too. Numbs the area so I can move without feeling pain. Going to the bathroom can be difficult, especially trying to get up, so it’s good to have that handy.
Upside to all this: Managed to watch the first season of “Game of Thrones.” Very good series. Gruesome and violent, but good. AND no kids. 🙂

Had a fun afternoon full of retail therapy and then some. Wish I could do more, but this type of therapy is expensive, so now I’m broke until after payday and bills. Got my first pedicure at the mall (of all places), but regret not getting an additional flower or some other cute decoration paint job. I could probably do it myself, just need to get the right size paint brushes and get the right color of nail polish. Sigh, I might need to get another job.