My MSM HAS ARRIVED!

NEED YOUR SCREEN CLEANED?

 

7:06 PM 2/9/2007

     TOMORROW IS A "BIG DAY" ...  I am taking some

craft things of mine & my son's to a gun show.
     I was at this gun show two years ago ... did not go last

year.
     I have a table rented; not too optimistic of selling much

... but, am printing out lots of brochures, price lists, &

business cards to have on hand.  I've found out that this

one-on-one advertising is the most effective.
   But ... I've also found out that my back will not let me

even do much of this crafting without making me absolutely

miserable.
    MISERABLE ... this is how I anticipate being by the

time that I actually get everything set up & ready for the

9 am opening at the show.
    I have put some of the larger things into the car,

including a folding chair.  I'll really need that; I am thinking

of taking my crutches, too.
    I still have to pack the items ... much of which is not

even all ready.  I'm using several suitcases to haul stuff. 

I'll probably have at least a dozen trips to make from the

car to the building ... not sure how close that I can get. 

I'M NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO IT!
    Hopefully, I can recuperate during the day.  It is a two

day thingie.

 

 

4:08 AM 2/11/2007

    I'M WONDERING HOW I'LL BE ABLE TO PUT IN

ANOTHER DAY THERE AT THE GUN SHOW... My back

was so bad, just sitting there in the afternoon that I just

took some aspirins, tried to do some stretching excercises

to loosen up ... even went to see if they were selling some

beer (they weren't)
     It was all I could do to get the cats & dogs & geese &

deer taken care of.  The items that I brought home to

work on ... that was just wishful thinking.  The case is still

sitting down by the door.
     I made some soup, had some more aspirins, a stiff gin

drink ... headed for the sofa.  It took until 3:30 to get

loosened up enough to even get up to go to the bathroom. 

My back was just so sore that I spent a long time in various

positions trying to ease it.  I only came upstairs to the

computer to check my e-mail.  IT'S BACK TO BED FOR ME

NOW!  I was going to check the photos I'd taken at the

show, make some signs .... even make a journal entry in my

main journal (way overdue) ... do something important on

the CRAFTING web pages since I have the url on my

advertising cards & brochures.  As I made the laborious

climb up the stairs, I was thinking if I should bring my

crutches tomorrow.  

   I really needed to do the web site, needed to do the

crafting, didn't get the mail or make phone calls ... the

dishes from two days ago will just have to wait some more. 

Practically speaking ... I don't think I will do anything when

I get back from another day at the show ... even if I'm

just sitting.  I really need to stop at the grocery on the

way home??

 

9:01 PM 2/11/2007

     WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES ...  my back

feels OKAY today!  Go figure!  After being so miserable

yesterday & thru the night ... and oversleeping when I went

back to sleep ... I didn't expect the dramatic difference. 

I did not have to re-load all the containers of my sale

items; I had left most everything right on my table.  The

one suitcase & small bag I'd brought home to work on things

... well ... I might just as well have left them there, too

... my back was too sore to even consider dealing with that.

 

5:53 AM 2/13/2007

    The MSM that I ordered arrived, & I have been trying

to remember to take them regularly.  I used to take 3000

mg a day before my knee replacement operation.  The

capsules I have are 1000 mg strength; I've been taking at

least two a day for several days.  It takes a while for

them to get back into my system.  It would be really great

if they work as well on my back as they did for my knee. 

MSM, I am quite sure, is not covered by my prescription

drug plan.  The cost is a big reason that I hadn't been

taking them for a long while.

 

6:58 AM 2/13/2007

     I might as well stay up now ... I had mostly done some

on the computer for a "Change-of-Position" excercise to

ease my back  ... made some coffee, put the dogs out

(briefly), made some instant oatmeal.  I mostly slept thru

the night ... feel as tho I've pretty well reccuperated from

the week-end.

    NOW, I HAVE TO PUT IN SOME OVERTIME GETTING

THE FAMILY HISTORY ALBUM  DONE & MAILED OUT  

FOR AN IMPORTANT FAMILY REUNION IN TEXAS THIS

WEEKEND.  I just wasn't up to it ... had planned upon

beginning Sunday evening!

L o i s
my website: Crystal Falls, MI
my blog: Upper Peninsula, MI and beyond

Tags: back pain, MSM, gun, Upper Peninsula

KEEP'IN ON isn't so easy

12:07 PM 2/3/2007
     NOW ... my back feels great; I did a lot of moaning & groaning thru

the night ... finally got up before daylight, never did really get back to

sleep.  At the time, there was just no comfortable position ... no relief

from aspirins.  Now, it is mostly just very tight & sore as tho I'd been

working hard...
   Today ... I am going to keep my promise to myself & order some MSM

... that might be easier & quicker than traveling to some place where it

might be cheap.

10:24 PM 2/3/2007
     Taking a break ... I'm getting company tomorrow.  My son is driving

up to pick up some of his "product" ... his horse-shoe craft items that I

was supposed to be photographing, assembling, & marketing.  Part of my

not working on it is that my basement area had gotten so silted in with

"stuff" from when my neighbor moved & gave me truckloads of so much.
     So, I just took four aspirins & a acetaminaphin ... going to sit down. 

BUT, I MUST AT LEAST ORGANIZE THOSE CRAFT ITEMS & DO SOME

WORK ON THEM BEFORE HE GETS HERE.  I'LL HAVE TO WORK OFF &

ON THRU THE NITE.  THAT WON'T BE MUCH DIFFERENT FROM THE

SLEEPLESSNESS I WENT THRU LAST NITE FROM THE  BACK PAIN!

10:11 AM 2/5/2007
     I did get caught up on some sleep last nite ... really needed it ...

kinda overdid some house-cleaning over the week-end.  Is that why my

back was just unbearable this morning for so long?

2:44 PM 2/5/2007

     Okay, so my back has started to feel pretty good ... but, now, I feel

tired out ... very unambitious.  Could some of this be tension over the

tractor repair bill, not being ready for the craft show this weekend?

10:19 PM 2/5/2007
     My back hurt in all different areas today ... I can hardly wait til

next week for my injections.  This time ... I'm Gunta go in for the second

set of injections in my mid-back!   I really to want to lie down ... I am

trying to make up for lost time on my crafting projects.

    11:23 PM 2/6/2007

     Just recuperating from a strenuous day of sitting on a stool ... doing

craft projects ... I guess that's not the way out of my financial woes,

either.
     I didn't even do any vacuuming or dishes washin today, either ...

tried to break up my sitting on the stool with other projects ... GUESS

THAT DIDN'T WORK ANYWAYS.
     At the end of the afternoon, I had to retreat to the sofa ... did

some napping ... having taken many aspirins, etc ... did not even eat my

supper.  My back was so miserable, couldn't do anything except lie down.
    Almost midnite, my stomach was so upset from not having my supper. 

I re-heated it, ate some ... had some more pain pills & some gin to

hopefully loosen my back.
    BUMMER: I got an e-mail from my sister reminding me that I have all

the family black & white historical pictures to re-do the album ... MY

MOM NEEDS THESE SOON WHEN HER BABY SISTER DRIVES DOWN

TO VISIT HER.

HERE'S A COPY OF THE E-MAIL THAT I JUST SENT TO TEXAS TO

MY SISTER (& my Mom).

    I AM JUST BESIDE MYSELF TRYING TO GET THINGS DONE ... NO

MATTER WHAT I DO ... SOMETHING ELSE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE

FIRST ...   I am bummed out that Alan made a quick trip up here last

week-end to retrieve most of his horseshoe creations that I was supposed

to be marketing ... I finally got MOST of my insulation project done ...

with this sub-zero weather here, I wish I had that DONE.  I've been

working on the pictures & album ... thinking that I MUST get it down

there before Dorothy gets there ...
 
FIRST & FOREMOST ... I rented a "booth" at a gun show up here to

exhibit & try to sell my deer-antler dream webs for THIS WEEKEND (&

some of Alan's stuff).  JUST AS SOON AS THAT IS DONE (next

Monday) I will concentrate on getting the album done! 
    It is just so discouraging ... my back was killing me today ... how much

of a strain should be on my back ... sitting on a stool at the counter,

doing dream-webs ! I was in AGONY ... took many aspirin, etc.  ...

napped on the sofa ... finally dragged myself up (it's midnight) to re-heat

my supper & am now eating it because my stomach was getting queesy

from being empty ... my back is a bit better ... but, still feels as tho I

had been in a fight.
 
  6:56 AM 2/7/2007
     When my back got so sore yesterday ... it was my upper back, thru

the shoulder blade area.  Thru the nite, then, it became my lower back

that hurt the worst.  Even stretching exercises don't help loosen it.  My

stomach gets upset with too much aspirin ... I did add some Tylanol.
     I did nap off & on on the sofa ... after mid-nite, when I just had to

finally eat some supper, I did eventually get to bed.  I slept off & on. 

For the past hour or two, I've just been rolling around in bed ... so, I'm

going downstairs for a bit.  I usually never get back to sleep then.  I am

feeling so tired, tho.

   6:32 AM 2/9/2007
    OKAY ... so, I finally admitted that there is no way that I could

commit myself to a paying job ... I'm starting to wonder if making craft

items is a viable avenue.  No matter what sort of configuration of "chair"

I used ... even with alternating my activities/positions ... would keep me

from developing a traumatic bout of back pain (how hard can SITTING

be??).  I've been trying to do the crafting while sitting in a lounge chair. 

That has mixed results ... but, at least it is not as bad as doing the

sitting-in-a-chair thing.
    I'm going to call a halt to this rambling & post it.  That is why I lost

the urge to keep it up ... it is just whining ... but, I am trying to

document what works, what causes problems, & what I should or shouldn't

do.

L o i s
my website: Crystal Falls, MI
my blog: Upper Peninsula, MI and beyond

Gunta: MSM

9:20 AM 2/1/2007

   I've been doing some on-line reading on MSM ... & looking for some bargains on ordering some.
   My daughter-in-law, who had been in a bad car accident & is suffering many bodily problems ... started me on taking MSM.  We both agreed that it really helps & could notice (painfully) if we slacked off on taking it.
     SOooooo ... SOME TIME AGO,  I HAD MADE THE DECISION THAT MSM IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS NO LONGER IN MY BUDGET (my medical card wouldn't cover a prescription for it).
      BUT, NOW ... I have been scolding myself to somehow afford at least a small dosage.  When my SOCIAL SECURITY  check comes in ... I WILL get some MSM.

 

     The most marvelous treatment (aside from the internal muscular relaxant: GIN) ... has been my Lumbar  (& thoractic) facets.  At first, I wasn't too impressed; I could not make a statement one way or the other on their effectiveness.  NOW ... I am really noticing just how I depend upon them for relief.  This is because there never is a direct cause/effect pattern ... & I never know exactly what is causing my present condition ... & there is usually such a time lag that it is difficult to draw any conclusions.

 

HERE ARE SOME LINKS THAT I WILL ADD LATER TO MY SIDEBAR:

 

Click here: Osteoarthritis: Treatment - MayoClinic.com

 

Click here: MSM for detoxification

 

Click here: Clusty Search » "lumbar facets"

 

Click here: Lumbar Facet Joint Injection

 

 

Tags: MSM, back pain