Saturday morning I woke up to blaring back pain.
Back pain so intense that I literally wept as I pried myself out of bed.
One leg over the side. OUCH! Then the other leg. OUCH! Pull myself up to sitting. OUCH! OUCH! OUCH! Ever-so-slowly I ease to standing. OUCHIEMCFREAKINGMOTHERBLASTER!
And so my weekend goes right down the toilet. Instead of Nordstrom and Starbucks it’s Heating Pad and Advil. On my Big Fat List of To-Do’s I got zero done.
Now, not to get all husband-bashing here, but the fact is that whenever I have a crisis of health- like for example I get swine flu or Lyme disease or strange and suspicious lumps- I never really feel that Jay is quite supportive enough.
It just seems like he has this air of skepticism about him. Here I am, MOANING and WRITHING in agony, and he’s looking at me rather like he thinks I’m making it all up. Or being OVERLY DRAMATIC.
And you and I both know that I am NEVER overly dramatic.
Ok so maybe TECHNICALLY I don’t have to yell “OUCH” every time it hurts. Which is frequently. Which means I’m yelling OUCH a lot. But I guess deep down I feel that if I’m suffering, the ones I love should suffer with me. I’m pretty sure that was somewhere in the marriage vows.
And as I’m writing this my husband who I was just complaining about comes down and takes my boots off for me because he knows I can’t bend over without bringing down the roof with my screams of pain.
(ouch)
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January 19, 2010 at 11:23 am
Ouch! Any pain associated with the back is just plain horrific.
Hope you get better soon.
January 19, 2010 at 11:30 am
Better stay out of “hot yoga.”
January 19, 2010 at 12:54 pm
My husband isn’t very sympathetic either. What a tool…
I hope you are back to your “normal” self soon!
January 19, 2010 at 3:09 pm
I love your writing! I hope you are feeling better and, hey, in the end, you know he’s “got your back”!
January 19, 2010 at 4:06 pm
sorry you’re feeling crummy :-(
January 19, 2010 at 4:18 pm
“ouchiemcfreakinmotherblaster!” Classic. I’m going to have to use that. Hope you’re standing upright soon.
January 20, 2010 at 7:27 am
Historically, my husband was very supportive until he finished medical school. Since then, nothin’. I am hoping it isn’t because he now can see through my drama???
January 21, 2010 at 11:01 pm
Is it lower back? Sciatic nerve? DON’T HEAT. ICE! Ice (just crushed in a plastic baggie so it’s nice and cold and directly on the skin — no towel — on the painful area) for like 20 minutes till it’s almost numb. Then remove. 10-15 minutes later do it again. Remove. Do it one more time. Do this routine like three times a day. And Ibuprofin.
And try to get up and walk. Sitting is the worst thing for it.
If that’s what it is, your sciatic nerve, I know what you are going through. It is so painful and you feel like you’re about 90 years old.
Hope it goes away soon.
Here’s my post about it last spring:
http://www.sanitydepartment.com/2009/03/unwanted-guest-returns-and-is-giant.html