Off To The Doctors

Well, after more than a week of back pain, I am hauling my butt to the doctors this afternoon. I don't know what I did to my back as I've never felt anything like this before.

I've had pain in the middle of my back, to the right of my spine, in an area about the size of a softball. Standing up was difficult...felt like my back was too weak to hold me up and it burned. I had to sit a certain way, with my back supported but not directly on "that spot" because the pressure was too much. There was so much pressure in that area (which has lessened in the last day thankfully). Sometimes it hurt so much I wanted to crawl out of my skin.

When I could finally get somebody to rub my back (boy I was NOT a happy mother or wife this past week and hubby is feeling the heat right now for it and I am threatening MOM STRIKE - I've already gone on WIFE STRIKE!), my oldest daughter rubbed it for me. Come to find out, I couldn't tolerate the rubbing. It hurt too much to put any pressure on that spot in my back. (See, if hubby had just TRIED, he'd have found quickly that he could have gotten out of it.) It was not a good week around here.

If I filled the dishwasher, I was in pain. If I did a load of laundry, I was in pain. Sweep the floor? Pain. Dress a toddler. Pain. Kids' baths. Pain. WTH was going on with me? The only thing that helped was not to do a dang thing, which is impossible around here with four kids...which goes back to my WIFE and MOM STRIKE comments above...grrr!!! So, I filled dishwashers, did laundry, attended teacher conferences, etc. and tried to be a lazy bones around whatever was a "necessity" that had to be done around here.

Women really are the stronger sex. Men get a cold and they go to bed for days. Women go thru pregnancy, childbirth and illnesses and still go on (though it'd be nice for a little dang help now and then - - MEN!).

A couple weeks ago I had unexplained pelvic pain whenever I moved and now I have back pain whenever I move. What the hell is going on with me? This can't be aging...not yet. I hope not anyway...unless the alternative is worse and then I'll just go with the getting old bit.

OK, I'm done ranting. I'll get my back fixed hopefully this afternoon and then consider some type of wifely/mommy revenge on my family for being SOOOOO helpful.