My grand accomplishment for today was being able to take a shower in preparation for my follow-up doc appt. tomorrow morning. I’m a bit worried about having enough movement to both shower and go out in one day so I broke up the activities over two days.
My back problems started when I was 12. I was on a playground with my 5 year old cousin. I had him in my arms and we toppled off of a platform and landed perpendicular on a balance beam. I’ve been prone to pulled muscles and back pain since. The extra weight I carry around doesn’t help a bit. I see a chiroporactor, and I currently have a heated massage bed designed for back health, and up until this spring I was good about getting to the gym. Mainly, though, its just one of those things that I have to deal with.
This round was different in that I was prescribed valium 24-7 for four days. It’s supposed to be acting as a muscle relaxant but honestly it doesn’t do such a hot job at that. What its wonderful for is the fear factor.
One of the yucky things about a pulled back muscle is that I’m afraid. Going to get a glass of water, going to the bathroom, sitting up to eat something, all of these things are varying degrees of a serious pain in the back side. So, I would lay in bed feeling afraid about what I was going to have to do next and how much it was going to hurt.
However, being on valium 24-7 has meant I simply haven’t cared enough to worry that I’m in pain. Now I know why valium was the drug d’jour in this country for so many decades.
Forgive the lack of editing on this one, time to get up from a sitting position!
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