HELLO AGAIN

8:41 AM 5/12/2010
NOTE THE DATE; THIS IS SOooo OLD!
I was a good girl this morning ... did my physical therapy exercises ... even before I got out of bed.
My first tour downstairs wasn't overly painful. But, I may be UP ... but I'm definately not "ATT'M".
It's so nice to look out & see green grass ... If we look hard enough ... we can see leaves on the trees & even buds starting on the early apple trees.
I evicted my old lounge chair ... guess I'll have to get another. Even tho I switched to a big, fluffy chair ... what my back needs for ease is the lounge chair so I can tip back. That really helps when my back is really bad, or to keep it from getting really bad.
It's terrible how far out of shape I got over the winter. Getting back from lethargy to being able to do something useful isn't going to be easy.
This spring, I did some maple syruping with the trees closer to the house ... mostly as an experiment to see if I could. I had just finished six weeks of physical therapy for a bad knee, & I didn't know if my back could take it. Well, it went okay ... with some cussing, lots of pauses, & quite a bit of liniment (internal & external).
Even the trip down to the mail box is not a spritely walk. But, I am forcing myself (partly as physical therapy) to get my vast lawn mowed ... on the installment plan. I have to hurry before the dandelions get a good start ... and before all the pretty white daisys get too high.
It's an electric push mower, but, my yard is on a slant ... making this a daunting task.
My back had developed some new areas of extreme pain, which the last round of injections at the Pain Clinic sorta gotten rid of. There was a sharp pain in my neck, which I thought may have been prompted partly by worring over my Mom's health, my finances, etc. The pain really low on my back was excrutiating pain on my first round of walking when getting out of bed.
8:09 AM 1/20/2011

NOTE THE DATE; THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF NEW ENTRIES!
My doctor at the pain clinic is always asking for an evaluation of how my back is responding to his treatments ... that is originally why I started this "BackLog".
OK ... I've been awake for several hours, tho mostly stayed in bed, with a few trips downstairs to "that little room". Then, I spent some time at the computer. Now, on my last trip upstairs ... I was moaning & groaning ... so, decided to take a pain pill & go back to bed & read a while.
9:35 AM 1/20/2011
Okay ... now ... I've read some of my library book ... One by Glenn Beck. My back is much happier now, but, now I notice a bit of stiffness in my upper back & neck. I've been scolding myself to quit hunching up & tightening that area ... "Relax, pull down & pull back".
9:00 AM 1/25/2011
This wintertime ... working on sedentary tasks, housecleaning, sitting at the computer- working on my family genealogy & organizing photos .... THIS IS THE REASON WHY MY BACK HAS BEEN WORSE THAN USUAL
BUT ... just about everything I could do ... except for sitting in my lounge chair, listening to the T.V. is off limits.
I do go to the chiropractor each week. I do get periodic injections from the Pain Clinic.
I wish I could find a marketable skill that I could do in my lounge chair ..????
11:41 PM 1/25/2011
I'm getting to being more ambitious ... hopefully it's partly because, after the calamities in my life for the past 4 months ... which, hopefully will reduce the muscle-tightening tension, which causes more back pain might result in a bit better relations with my back. From past experience, though, if I get too ambitious ... my back goes on strike & it may take several days in the lounge chair watching T.V. to recover! That's partly the cycle that cause me several days of real pain last week! I feel much better now than last week!
8:28 AM 2/22/2011
I promise myself that I will make an entry here TODAY! LATER!
I've been awake for several hours, but stayed in bed reading & doing my Cryptograms.
On my first trip downstairs, my lower back was in such distress that I was groaning & swearing at each step ... could hardly wait to take a pain pill. I usually try to NOT take the pain pill. It's a prescription pill, but not a drug-type pill.
It's hard to describe "distress" ... since my Pain Clinic injections for the past few years .... It's NOT pain anymore ... but an awful, gripping ACHE, which makes me swear, groan, & head for the nearest chair. I have 6 different problem areas on my back, from top to bottom ... mostly all different reasons. At least 3 were from injuries, 2 which should have been covered by Workman's Comp, but was denied & I had neither the time or money to fight in court for several years!
8:19 AM 2/23/2011
Another morning that I had to take a pain pill ... I've been more ambitious lately, but that make my back go on strike, so I have to head for the lounge chair again. That does make for a lot of TV watching & time to read or do puzzles. One of the worst things for my back is when I sit at the computer, or want to do some crafts!
10:45 AM 7/3/2011
TOMORROW IS THE 4th OF JULY ... I think I will go to the next little town south of Crystal Falls ... ALPHA ... about 6 miles. They have a good old-fashioned 4th, with a parade, kids games all day, music in the pavillion, fireworks at nite. The last time I went there, I had Mom up here.

OLD POSTS FIRST

I'm having trouble accessing this old AOL blog ... transplanted. I feel the need to vent & keep this updated ...

HERE'S SOME OLD WRITINGS ....

12:53 AM 12/18/2008 I finally got to the chiropractor; almost talked myself out of it. The temps are so cold that I hate to abuse my car trying to get it started. WOW ... WAS MY BACK EVER SORE! Until I get my head scans ... the chiropractor didn't want to do anything in the neck area. His working on my mid-back did loosen it up to the point where I was getting Charlie-Horses in my ribs. I made an appointment for Friday again.\5:58 PM 12/18/2008 Today, I went to have my head examined. The doctor, not knowing what caused the upset to my system last Friday ... ordered a Cat scan, & a scan of my neck to check for circulation problems there. Whatever it was ... panic attack, TIA ... she didn't think it was the stroke that I had feared. Probably won't get the results until next week. Good thing this was not an emergency! This is not the best area to have something malfunction! I do know that my back is just awful. I went to the chiropractor yesterday & will go again tomorrow. Since the doctor mandated that I lay off my Ibuprofen because of endangering my kidneys ... well ... that's easier said than done!
11:02 PM 1/2/2009 NEW YEAR ... same old back pain ... tonight, my back hurts so much that I am writhing in pain ... got up to take my third ALEVE. My doctor has been fussing about my using so much IBUPROFEN ... the Tylanol company, too, has been issuing warnings of liver damage with "over-use".