We've been without heat for a couple of days now. The unusually early snow storm knocked down power lines in Connecticut and Massachusetts. There are hundreds of thousands of people without electricity and I am one of them. Not a good situation to be in, especially where I need electricity for the heating pad. The temperature in the house is down to 50 degrees and even though I am using several blankets, I am not able to get worm enough. No hot water and all the food has gone bad.
I am still in great pain and have no way to relieve it.
This sucks.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
Ah, not that again
I did it again...Screwed up my back
I guess you really can't teach and old dog new tricks. When I first herniated a disc in my lower back (L4/L5) 20 years ago and had a surgery to correct it, I was told that I needed to build up my core (muscles around the mid section) or risk having more problems in the future. Just like many other things in my life I ignored that advice and will now pay for it.
I went to IKEA last week to purchase a couple of bedroom drawer units. Each of them comes disassembled and weighs in at around 100 pounds. Being 40 and overweight, I should have known that lifting 200 pounds was not going to be good for my back. I did it anyway. Hello stupid! What is even worse is that I was actually "fine" lifting the heavy boxes onto the back of my pickup truck. What "broke" my back was a 5-pound lamp I picked up off the ground.
Almost a week later and I am still on my back alternating between heat and ice. I feel a sharp pain shooting deep into my lower back and both side of my butt. It feel like someone wearing cowboy boots is standing on my back and constantly grinding their heel into my back. Advil is of little help.
Oh, this is not going to be good.
I guess you really can't teach and old dog new tricks. When I first herniated a disc in my lower back (L4/L5) 20 years ago and had a surgery to correct it, I was told that I needed to build up my core (muscles around the mid section) or risk having more problems in the future. Just like many other things in my life I ignored that advice and will now pay for it.
I went to IKEA last week to purchase a couple of bedroom drawer units. Each of them comes disassembled and weighs in at around 100 pounds. Being 40 and overweight, I should have known that lifting 200 pounds was not going to be good for my back. I did it anyway. Hello stupid! What is even worse is that I was actually "fine" lifting the heavy boxes onto the back of my pickup truck. What "broke" my back was a 5-pound lamp I picked up off the ground.
Almost a week later and I am still on my back alternating between heat and ice. I feel a sharp pain shooting deep into my lower back and both side of my butt. It feel like someone wearing cowboy boots is standing on my back and constantly grinding their heel into my back. Advil is of little help.
Oh, this is not going to be good.
