Well, I was just lifting up some huge plastic storage containers outside of my house and moving them around. I knew I didn't need to lift them -- how heavy were they, anyway? 10, 15, 20 lbs? -- but I was in a hurry and trying to clean something up quickly. Well, that was 45 minutes ago and I am feeling it, buddy. My toe has gone numb. I'm panicking! And to make matters worse, I'm going on a 6 hr flight tomorrow, which panics me even more -- what if I really hurt my back? How will I make it on the flight? How will I make it sleeping in a funky hotel bed?! Then the anger comes in -- how stupid am I?! I know better than to do this. I can't believe I did this to myself, and on the eve of a trip, too!
I am sure I will be OK, but even 10.5 months after my surgery, I freak out over the idea of reherniating my back. Icing it now and taking advil. Fingers crossed.
Too bad to hear about what happened. Hope all works out well!
ReplyDeleteI've had a couple of similar episodes since my microD, but with ice and advil and about half a day to a day's time it subsided pretty well.
I sincerely wish yours recover quickly before your trip.
Thanks, Eugene! I am happy to say that it all ended well -- just like you said, ice + advil + rest made it much better. And it seems that I recover a little quicker after each incident!
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