Back attack!

Oh. my. heavens.  I got up, started my day, got K- off to school, came home and sat down.  Seems simple enough, right?  Not until I got up and had horrible pain in my back.  Awful.  I have a high tolerance to pain, but this was just not a doable thing. 

I thought, perhaps I can walk it off.  It's a kink.

Um, no.

I could only stand up straight and had no pain if I didn't move at all.  Even if I moved slightly to the right or slightly to the left, I had immense pain.  I was shuffling down the hall. 

I called my sister.  She told me a butterfly move to do on the bed.

Flump.  I could moan into the phone that I had managed to flop myself onto the bed and that I'd eventually get back to her. 

I did the exercises and stretches as instructed.  It didn't hurt. 

Then I stood up again. 

Ouch.

LeAnne phoned and suggested a hot shower.  Since I'm a dork and hate my eyelashes to be wet (I know, I know, I need therapy.  Add that to the long list), I opted for a scorchingly hot bath.

Thank God it worked. 

Staying home was not an option.  I had to go to work.  I followed up with Tylenol and a stick-on charcoal heat patch.  Thankfully, I was able to function today with only a very low amount of pain.

This evening, I've been running up and down the steps, doing laundry, hauling laundry and sitting criss-cross applesauce on my bed folding it. 

Yes, I'm feeling it.  What is it, by the way?  S-, the massage therapist that is one of the inventory control people at work, confirmed that it is continual issues with a hip flexor problem that she suspects I have.  I've talked to her about things before and they've always pointed to this.  I've always had a lack of flexibility in the hips for as long as I can remember.  I've never been able to bend and touch my toes-- ever. 

With the pain increasing in my right hip, I can tell you that I'm very comfortable if I stand.  I can fall asleep sitting up, so why not while standing?  I can be like a horse!

Smiles in my day:
-  The ability to make it through the day relatively pain free.
-  I got a forgotten stain out of a relatively new pair of leggings that K- has.  She fell in the mud while hunting for Easter eggs and I forgot.  I hate stains on clothes, so I kind of felt accomplished about it.
-  Olivia singing on the Biggest Loser scale tonight made me cry. 

Have a great day!