OK, well I can laugh now....

[MonkeyFunk]

I threw my back out bad the other day. I can sit on a hard chair, but walking, lying down, most anything else is excruciatingly painful. Aleve isn't helping - ibuprofin isn't helping. It sucks.

Anyway, the bf begged me to go bed, but I said no, cuz it hurts to lay down. So I stayed up on night on the couch watching movies. About 6:00am, I skootched down on the couch and tried to rest. It hurt in that position, so I tried to sit up again. I couldn't. Hours of sitting on the couch caused everything to stiffen up.

I couldn't reach anything to pull myself up with, and it just hurt far too much to try to just sit up on my own. I yelled for the bf, who was snoring away in the bedroom. I yelled for about 5 minutes, getting progressively louder. He sleeps well.

So I figured I'd try to flop myself over onto the floor - if I could get on my hands and knees, I might be able to work my way up. No go.

I ended up on the floor, with no way to get up. So this time I REALLY yelled, and he came out. I got myself back onto the couch, and all I wanted was to get to the hot tub, to loosen up. I couldn't stand.

sigh....

He got the office chair, put it near the couch, I slid onto it and we slowly worked our to the back door. He crouched down, I grabbed his shoulders and pulled myself up, and he walked me to the tub.

An hour in the tub and I can walk like a hominid!! Who's got vicodin?

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Oh, I feel for ya. Been through that myself. See if the doc will give you a muscle relaxant

[MonkeyFunk]

3. I doubt I could even get to a doc now

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. Erg. Not good. Load up on ibuprofen and heating pads and see if you can get into one later on.

[fizzgig]

2. ouch

i'm sorry you've been hurting so much but glad that you're mobile again

[Gormy Cuss]

4. Good thing that you live with someone

http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/1087


I hope the back feels better soon.

[China_cat]

5. Thermacare heat wraps.

They are a miracle.

[flvegan]

6. I'm not laughing at you, and I hope you heal quickly, but

that's like a scene fresh from Three's Company.

[terrya]

7. I'm so sorry to hear about your back. MonkeyFunk.

God, throwing your back out can be sheer agony.

I hope you feel better very soon.

[txwhitedove]

8. So sorry. Try a licensed massage therapist. That helped me when

my back went out last year and muscles from my neck to toes were seized up.

[ThomCat]

10. Damn, MonkeyFunk! :(

Please see a doctor. Get some muscle relaxants and pain killers. See a physical therapist and/or a massage therapist. Please do something to take care of your back.
:hug:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

11. Backwards as it seems,

ice packs seem to help me more than heat.

AND

abdominal exercises seem to help prevent me throwing the back (but wait 'til you're feeling better before starting exercise)

both of those things seem 180 degrees off, but they work for me.

I got vicodin, but it's probably past its expiration date.

[Maddy McCall]

12. I'm worried about you.

You can do permanent nerve damage by letting this thing go on and on.

Please, please see someone about it...do you have any quick care clinics? I wish you could go and get several scrips--you need naprosyn, flexoril, and pain meds.

Thinking about you. :hug: :loveya:

[zingaro]

13. oh that sucks. Heal quickly. nt

[applegrove]

14. I have a bad back. It acts up rarely these days. But I can relate to

not being able to do anything but sit or stand up straight.

[GCP]

15. Try and find a Svaroopa yoga class

It's amazing how it can help a bad back.

http://www.masteryoga.org/

[lligrd]

16. Pain Like That Makes Me Damn The Entire Health Care Industry

They insist you see a doctor before getting help but you are in too much pain to get to a doctor. Arghhh.

[MonkeyFunk]

24. When I was a kid

you had a family doctor, and he made housecalls. It was a good system.

[Shine]

17. bummer, dude.

I can turn you on to a fantastic local massage therapist. PM for details if you want. :hug: Take good care!

[MonkeyFunk]

18. Thanks...

does S/he have narcotics? :evilgrin:

[Shine]

21. sorry, probably not. Are you feeling better this morning?

hey, how 'bout this storm, eh? These winds are somethin' else...

[MonkeyFunk]

23. No, not really better

I'm OK as long as I stay sitting up. Lying down even for 10 minutes locks everything up and it takes me half an hour of extreme pain to get mobile again.

So... I'm very very tired. I've hardly slept for the last couple days.

[6000eliot]

19. The one thing that helps me when this happens is to lay flat on my back on the floor.

Usually after an hour or so I can stand up straight again.

[MonkeyFunk]

20. alas

I can't lay flat on my back at all. I can only lay on my right side, and even then only with my hips and legs in a specific position and my torso twisted to the left.

[tainted_chimp]

25. "It's Just a Jump to the left...."

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zdu7xoHU9DA



<3
(hope you feel better...dear monkeyfunk)

[Beausoir]

22. Oh man. I've been there. I am so sorry. I know it really hurts.

Can you stand in a very hot shower?

[MonkeyFunk]

26. No

but fortunately, I have a hot tub - it may take me 20 minutes to get out to it, but it does loosen me up for a couple hours.

[meegbear]

27. OMG!

You have a hot tub?

[MonkeyFunk]

28. LOL

yes, and thank God for it... it's the only thing that provides some relief.

[meegbear]

29. I know what you mean ...

*wink**wink**nudge**nudge* saynomore! saynomore!