Winge. Can't sew today. - Page 2

> GAH!
> I was fine when I got out of bed. The problem started when I was getting
> dressed... Flung me undies and T shirt on the bed, as is my usual want,
> and when I got to picking the T shirt up, the back went Ping! Quietly.
> There I was, stuck leaning on me hands on the bed for three minutes while
> things calmed down enough to let me sit down for the next five...
> Since when:
> Sitting is uncomfortable
> Walking is painful - and exceeding slow
> Standing aches like a blue fit
> the act of sitting is briefly painful
> The act of standing is VERY painful
> Not at all sure what I've done, but it isn't my sciatic nerve: the pain is
> even and all across the small of my back below the waist and above the
> tail bone. No electric jags from heel to back, no stabbing pain in
> buttock, so not sciatica. Feels more muscular of ligament rlated.
> I had to go out today. We needed to do several thngs in town, plus the
> supermarket run. This afternoon we had to go into Maidstone to get the
> GMNT some new soldier boots as his last pair made it to the guarantee
> deadline and then seriously rejected one sole from heel to instep! Himself
> also needed some telephone wire to upgrade the internal wiring inside the
> house (it'll do voice, but broadband is hopeless, so new cable was needed
> so we can site the modem in a better position). And I needed soap and
> conditioner from Lush. This meant quite a bit of walking about up and
> down steepish streets, on cobbles and stuff where the town has been
> partially pedestrianized, and on uneven and patched and lumpy pavements
> where it hasn't. Strangely, the back was more comfortable in my higher
> sandals, but that didn't help the feet and ankles...
> Got home amd lay down for a while. Flat on my back with no head support
> was the most comfy position I could find, as walking all afternoon like
> the Hunchbum of Notre Damn! Ouch! has taken it's toll on the
> fibro-aflicted hip joints and the RSI afflicted shoulders.
> I managed to sit up long enough to down a cup of coffee and my dinner (my
> gents cooked sausages for themselve and a chunk of tuna for me, and make a
> green salad: I'd made potato salad yesterday, thank goodness), but sitting
> here at the pooter is staining my patience, and doing the bits of sewing I
> wanted to catch up on is out of the question.
> I'm going swimming tomorrow morning: I'm hoping that a night's rest and a
> swim will see it right. Otherwise my very busy sewing schedule for the
> next month could be in serious dificulty!
> Hence the winge.
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> What I did was get Alan to massage it with some nice massage bar from
> Lush. That, combined with both ibuprofen and paracetamol and a good
> night's sleep, had dealt with 80% of it. I'm left with a little stiffness
> and tollerable pain in the lower back, and stiff shoulders. I'm hoping the
> swim will ease the shoulders: that's just from the inescapable way one
> tenses up to ease pain elsewhere, and exercise should shift it.

> I'd better go and get dressed and pack the swimming back. It's dull
> today: maybe the outdoor pool will be empty except for us tough oldies!
> ;)

>
> Oh yes, nothing like a good swim. DH and I had a night off last night, DD
> stayed with her aunt and godmother, my DSIL (and seemed to enjoy it
> immensly, as far as we could tell last night). So we were off to the spa or
> what ever you want to call it. They've got a huge sauna area with all kinds
> of indoor and outdoor saunas plus cooling devices such as buckets with cold
> water you can pour over your head by pulling a string or an ice-cold little
> pool where you just duck in and the water stings you like a million needles.
> You would have liked the large pool with warm brine and all kinds of fancy
> bubbles and counter-current systems. We both felt like new, although we
> didn't swim a lot in a sportive way of speaking, more like floated. We
> really needed that time out, we had been yelling at eachother at the
> slightest mishap, he ahving worked not only the last three Saturdays but
> also Sunday last and me with my aching ankle and nerves vibrating in
> constant fear of DD next experiment. And the heat of the sauna did a lot for
> our poor old bodies, too. ;-)
>

> Thanks all for the sympathy.
> What I did was get Alan to massage it with some nice massage bar from
> Lush. =A0That, combined with both ibuprofen and paracetamol and a good
> night's sleep, had dealt with 80% of it. =A0I'm left with a little
> stiffness and tollerable pain in the lower back, and stiff shoulders.
> I'm hoping the swim will ease the shoulders: that's just from the
> inescapable way one tenses up to ease pain elsewhere, and exercise
> should shift it.
> I think the amount of pain I felt was probably out of proportion for the
> minor injury it is because I am a chronic pain sufferer and the pain
> receptors switch into panic mode as soon as anything untoward happens.
> It feels like what I did was strain the ligaments slightly at the
> attachment points at the base of the spine, rather than strain the
> muscle itself: too low for there to be much muscle whete it hurts, but
> right where all the big muscels from the back and bum attach to the
> pelvig girdle at the back. =A0Pah! =A0Beverly, you are right - backs have
> not evolved enough!
> I'm just annoyed that so little a movement could result in such pain for
> a day, when my back is usually strong and relatively unaffected by the
> fibro. =A0Possibly an inducicious stretch at a funny angle after the
> lifting of boxes of fabric in the loft the day before... =A0I shall take
> things cautiously for a day or two: no climbing the loft ladder or
> heaving 50lb boxes of fabric! =A0I have plenty to do without that, anyway=

> I'd better go and get dressed and pack the swimming back. =A0It's dull
> today: maybe the outdoor pool will be empty except for us tough oldies! =

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