Yesterday's adventure

[teylaminh]

For anyone who may have read my Facebook status and wondered what was going on...

I was off work yesterday (and also today) with back pain. Of course, this being me, it wasn't as simple as that...

I woke up at 5.30am in absolute agony. I'm assuming it was actually the pain that woke me up. My entire right side was aching/throbbing and I couldn't find a comfortable position to lie in...

So, firstly I got up and went to the loo just in case it was weird trapped wind or something (as it felt a bit like that, also) but that didn't help, and standing up / moving around was painful. I got back into bed and spent the next five minutes or so basically writhing around trying to get comfortable, which woke Paul up. After a few minutes of discussion and the pain getting gradually worse, he went to get me some paracetemol, and we phoned an ambulance.

Which essentally meant we used the ambulance as a taxi to get to Selly Oak A&E, but I was starting to panic a bit. It was really incredibly painful. Luckily the paracetemol kicked in when I was in the ambulance. We got to the hospital at about 6.00am and were waiting about two hours, by which point the painkillers had worn off again. The doctor I saw at the hospital suggested physiotherapy and prescribed me a stronger dose of co-codamol (since I've run out) to take four times a day, and also that chronic back pain can sometimes flare up for no reason, and then we got a taxi back. Paul went into work and I phoned in at about 9.15 - I won't be back in until (provisionally) next Thursday now, because of Christmas.

I spent the majority of yesterday under a blanket on the sofa, watching housewife telly, with a hot water bottle. I also finally got around to watching last Christmas's Dracula adaptation, which was a bit poo. I texted Paul at about 6.45 (when he was going to be leaving the pub) to remind him to get stuff for tea, then lay down for a nap, finally, except he woke me up to say he was stuck on a bus and I had to go to Sainsbury's before it closed. So that wasn't so fun, although at least it wasn't as cold as it had been that morning...

So yeah. I don't do anything by halves. I suspect this is another of my body's bizarre stress reactions, as I finally sorted the last of my Christmas shopping on Wednesday, and one is more susceptible to random illness when off work or generally de-stressed... It's times like this, though, that one of us should really learn to drive...

Anyway. Yes. I'm a lot better today, although it's still painful - I'm going to fill myself full of co-codamol and then meet Paul at Asda later for our Christmas shop. Which should be great fun. Meh.

Comments

[jackiesjottings.livejournal.com]

Ouch- poor you :(( I hope it eases soon. It is really frightening when something like that happens suddenly. Apparently you use your back musles to roll over in bed so you may have rolled awkwardly and pulled something.

[teylaminh.livejournal.com]

That's more than likely what caused it, that and the fact that obviously your muscles are more relaxed when you're asleep (and also the Valerian is a muscle relaxant and I'd taken one before bed) so I imagine you're more likely to pull something. I think it was a combination of things, to be honest...

The painkillers are kind of working, and Lisa (housemate) gave me some acupunture stuff which works with heat to ease muscle pain, which has been working overnight... Going around Asda yesterday didn't help much, though... :)