I'd sleep through it if I could....
Sep. 20th, 2009 11:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
The first hour or so that I'm up are the worst. Although I've developed the habit of setting out my morning "cocktail" of Excedrin and ibuprofen before I go to bed and gulping that down first thing, the wait for it to kick in is interminable. I feel fragile ("Fra-gee-lay---it's Italian!"). My neck, from the base of my skull to about my shoulder blades, has too many nerve endings. It's not pain as such, it's just sensitive to things like...air pressure. My shoulders aren't too happy, either. Sometimes a warm shower helps.
It's true: Youth is wasted on the young.
It's true: Youth is wasted on the young.
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Date: 2009-09-20 05:28 pm (UTC)Something really cheap that might help is to alternate hot and cold. You can put a wet hand towel inside a big Ziploc bag, let it get almost frozen, and tie it around you neck with a scarf. Do twenty minutes on, twenty off. Use the same method to make a microwavable hot pack. If the scarf is long enough to hold it securely, you can sort of sling the pack crossways on your back.
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Date: 2009-09-21 01:21 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-09-21 01:50 am (UTC)The physical therapist I saw last said she sees more of it on the left side than the right.
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Date: 2009-09-21 02:24 am (UTC)It started...I don't recall exactly, I *think* around March. Got that cortisone shot from the dr's asst in mid-June, which loosened it up for about a week, and since then it's only gotten worse.
Meh, this is a heckuva time to lose my insurance! (Of course, when I actually HAD insurance, I never seemed to have time for visits or money for co-payments anyway....)
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Date: 2009-09-20 05:53 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-09-21 01:27 am (UTC)He asked, "What period?" and when I told him the 1940s, he about laughed his ass off. I didn't understand it then, but now that they're mining the 70s and 80s for nostalgic entertainment, I have a much better idea of where he was coming from.
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Date: 2009-09-21 11:05 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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