it took me around 2 hours to get out of bed this morning. not because i was hung over or because i felt like sleeping in, though i’d prefer that was the case. i made the mistake of moving some heavier items around our apartment yesterday. not really the smartest thing to do, but i was tired of our living room looking like we were still unpacking (which we kind of still are). as a result, i can’t bend at the waist (forwards or backwards) without an incredibly sharp tear-inducing pain screaming down my spine. it took me those 2 hours to be able to crawl out of bed and try to start my day. it’s resulted with me laying on the couch, fumbling for the remote because i don’t want to move. if i end up having to go to the hospital again this soon, i’m going to be really unhappy about it. it’s pathetic that i can’t properly function without injections in my spine and pain killers as a result of surgery being too goddamn expensive, but that’s insurance companies/the medical industry for you.
wah wah wah, woe is me, whatever.
I see you write about your back pain and I’m sure you’ve gotten this advice and from reading you tumblr, I know that you are intelligent and definitely well informed. But I just want to share the story of my mom/her back. My mom had severe and chronic back pain starting at age 20 which did not subside even after she got surgery. She had numbness in her leg they said would never go away and pinched nerves. Today, however, she is (mostly) pain free due to yoga. She’s been doing yoga for about 8 years and it took a very long time for her to see the results but between that and physical therapy, she doesn’t need a cane, she can drive a manual car (which she couldn’t because pumping the clutch hurt) and doesn’t need to pop vicodin constantly.
Good luck!
