What a week!

[Rogerson785]

What a week, first, I hurt my back when I landed on a female captain while playing ultimate Frisbee, yep, right hand griping the Frisbee and the left hand cupping, well you get the picture. She is taller and bigger than I am and I still managed to knock her to the ground backwards with me landing on top of her scoring my first point of the game. Later that day a co-worker put a pack of cigarettes on her desk.

The rest of the morning I was done! Latter that afternoon I went to the filed medic and the doctor gave me twenty Flexeril. That night I could hardly move and the next morning I went to formation then onto sick call, no PT (physical Training) for four days and given a bottle of 800mg Ibuprofen. Later that morning my co-worker and I loaded 57 laptops and 12 desktops into our van, and me being the stubborn person that I am, I did most of the work. When we arrived at the language lab to offload the desktops I tried to lift one desktop out of the van and my back seized up on me and I nearly dropped the computer on the sidewalk.

I wish that I could have a beer or even a bit of Scotch, but the medication I am on makes me feel dizzy enough, so I will be libation free for a week or more.






Then this Sunday I have 24-hour Division Staff Duty, but I will have Monday off and have another four-day workweek.

[michaelbeeman]

Ouch! But what a way to go.
I feel you on the back issue, my friend. 14 days with a bulging disc with nothing but ibuprofin. Chiropractic treatments are bringing it back in line. Good Luck, and I hope you're feeling better quickly.

[Pleater]

I hope that you are soon 'un seized' and back in action - just be careful on the pain killers, as they can mask the signals to stop moving that you should be getting from the injury.

You really don't want to land yourself with a 'bad back' - I had back pain for years until I happened to stretch my spine in just the right way and there was a clicking and a clunking and it was pulled into alignment again.

Whatever the medics advise, do - and if it isn't getting better, pester - or pay for treatment, anything rather than try to live with it.

[Finn]

Nap alot today. Rest heals. Make your runner do everything.

[Arizona Scot]

Sir I can deffinately sympathsize with you, broke my back when I was about 15yrs old, and to this day it gets so sore and tight that sometimes I can hardly move.