Monday, July 18, 2005
"THE PAIN"
We have been back from vacation a week and a half. Things have been very busy on several fronts. It seems like it was eons ago since we were on vacation. Finally I think I am over my “Pain” from vacation. I promised to write about how I got it.
I have tried to think of some thrilling story account of how I got my severe back and leg pain that plagued me for about two weeks. Perhaps I could say that I rescued some beautiful girl from imminent danger by throwing myself in front of a speeding car thereby saving her life and resulting in me getting hit by the car. But that would be pure fabrication. I guess I have no alternative but to give you the real story.
Saturday July 2nd, (I think—either Friday or Saturday of that week) I was at my daughter’s apartment in Atlanta. Karon, my oldest daughter, LeDena and Anita were all in Anita’s front room visiting. I had excused myself to go to the bathroom. I took reading material and … well you can imagine the rest!
When I went to get up off the toilet stool, at “half-mast” I had a terrific pain on the lower right side of back. It was severe enough that I hollered and was immobile for a while. I thought at first I was going to be stuck in the “half mast” position indefinitely. Realizing that was not an option, I managed to straighten up enough to become decently clothed again and hobbled out to the front room where the rest of the family awaited an explanation for all the hollering and moaning coming from the bathroom!
Instead of being met with sympathetic “oohs and Ahs” as I would have liked, I was instead rewarded with gales of laughter. (So much for a sympathetic family, ready to obey my every command and do my every bidding!)
That pain continued for a number of days and as it persisted it moved around some from back to hip to leg, etc. I put stuff on the leg and took Ibuprofen and generally was miserable for about a week and a half.
It gradually got better until one day someone asked my how my back was getting along. And I realized I didn’t have it any more.
Good for me.
Jim
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