Blogging while injured

I should be in class right now. Instead, I have a few less-painful minutes to publish.

A few weeks ago my neck around the shoulders began to ache. I chalked it up to a too-soft pillow. Changed pillows. Things felt a little better but still had some underlying pain.

Then, Tuesday morning I was cooking breakfast and a fly buzzed my right ear. I jerked. Then came the searing, white-hot pain that only comes when you know you’ve done something bad.

Felled for the first time in a long time, I headed off to the doctor. A pain killer, steroid and anti-inflam later and I’m still moving like Fred Sanford.

The drugs were my first option. I think I’m going to have to go with Option 2 (MRI) if things don’t get better over the weekend.

Meanwhile, I’m the only driver in the house because Susan had foot surgery. She’s ridin’ shotgun and lookin’ left for me, ’cause I can’t do that right now without gritting my teeth and making gutteral sounds.

I guess we need to teach Abby to drive sooner than we thought.

But on the bright side, I do have a few less-painful minutes to blog. 

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5 Comments

  1. Rita McKay
    Posted 7/20/2006 at 8:07 pm | Permalink

    Geez, I hope someone gets this figured out quickly. I doesn’t sound like any fun.

  2. Posted 7/20/2006 at 8:33 pm | Permalink

    Vicodin.Vicodin.Vicodin.

  3. Posted 7/20/2006 at 9:01 pm | Permalink

    I’ve only been taking two a day jw, even though the bottle says four.

    I’m going to go ice it right now.

  4. Merita Tillman
    Posted 7/21/2006 at 10:50 am | Permalink

    Nothing worse than neck pain! I’ve been there….driving down the road and have to turn your whole body to see right or left. Ugh!!!

    Have not been bothered since a friend gave me a tempurapedic pillow. It’s great.

  5. Aja
    Posted 7/21/2006 at 3:34 pm | Permalink

    I have neck pain regularly, those muscles always seem to be tight. Mom says she’s gonna give me one of the tempurapedic pillows, I need one!! Neck pain is the worst!!!

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