I'm a sad clown...

I'm hurting.

This morning, Dan was making me laugh - like, can't breathe, stumbling-around-like-a-drunk-woman laughter. Which is good. Until my back seized up in some sort of prehistoric instinctual attempt to protect my spine from what it clearly thought was an attack. Instantly, I knew I was screwed - first the pain, then the twitching, then I flopped onto the bed like an electrocuted fish, doing my best impersonation of Linda Blair in The Exorcist.

I had to get downtown for a few meetings so Dan had to DRESS ME (I only had jeans and a black bra on, and while it was mildly hysterical watching him try to figure out how a cami/shelf bra works, um, OW) and then fed me four Advil. Let me tell you, parallel parking in heavy traffic was fun. I can't really turn my head so I have to move my entire upper body, like an owl, to look left and right,

On my way to a biofeedback appointment, I was walking down State Street in a crapload of pain and was stooped twice - once by a woman with a clipboard asking If I had "a minute for the environment?" and then by a similarly outfitted man asking if I had "a minute to save the children?" I was annoyed and hurting so I actually said to the guy, "Actually, I have to go to therapy right now - I need to save THIS (double thumbs) child." He was like, "Okaaay."

In retrospect, I know I brought this on myself - in the past week, I have done hard core power yoga with lots of inversions; kayaked; lifted weights; sat on a hard wooden chair at Starbucks for nine hours a day tip-tap-typing on my laptop; and just generally been a stressball. No workout for me today - I'm off to head home, pop a Vicodin pilfered from the medicine cabinet and watch So You Think You Can Dance.

Yours in pain,
Leslie

Comments

Oh no Leslie!! I'm so sorry! I'll have to tell Allison that her problem is catching;) How much do I love that you have vicodin on hand??

And - you're still doing biofeedback? Is it helping?? Do a post on that - I want to hear more!

Oh, sweetie, I'm so sorry! That is PAINFUL!!!!
Get some rest. And I second the vote for a post on biofeedback. When your back is,um, back to normal.

(waves to charlotte)

I feel badly saying that even in pain you cracked my ass UP.

those starbucks chairs are brutal. I used to do the same 8 hourish shifts and would walked hunched over for about an hour afterward.

FEEL BETTER and enjoy the shelfbrafondles as much as you can :)

Ugh! I hope you feel better really soon. Take care of yourself!!

Oh you poor darling, as a child of two chronic back pain patients, I'll say Heat, Heat, Heat! And don't take painkillers on an empty tum!

Hope you feel better soon!

3rd to biofeedback post.

I'm sorry, but you had me laughing at the "like an owl" part!

I hope you feel better! Oww!

Feeling for you girl.

My only bit of wisdom is more supermans and core work. Threw my back out a month ago and got a LECTURE from the chiropractor that I had a fatty muscle in my back. When you don't use it- you lose it.

If you can swim- great! It helped me at least say "I exercised today." Take care.

Um...it's like we are twins. Chad the trainer/physical therapist is making me all better. I highly recommend you get a Chad ;)

Aw, im sorry. I broke my back (not nearly as severely as you are probably thinking) but it was between my shoulders blades so i oculdnt round my back or twist my spine for weeks. I eventually gave up trying to do anything and got a yardstick to point at things i wanted so people could get them for me.

It was some of the best times of my life. except when i had to sneeze.

If I can get my hands on a Chad and a yardstick, plus some Vicodin...I'm going to have a rocking mem Day weekend!

Psst...hey ya got a vikee for me? Shhh!

What?! NOT sharing!

bitch.

xoxox
feel better dearest.happy long weekend!

Aww feel better! Good idea to relax a bit.