Pain Be Gone!
May. 14th, 2010 06:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wwcitizenAfter almost 3 hours of good sleep, I was jolted awake by sharp, searing pain flaring up in my left thigh and tingling in my feet - as usual for the past 14 days or so. No position I took, stretching that I did, or prayers I screamed in my head over clenched fists did any good.
So, alas, I'm up for a bit on a hard-ass surface till the FOUR Motrin kick in full steam. I've tried all the doctor-approved remedies with pillows, no soft chairs, Motrin, slight stretching, and the stuff's working, just a LOT slower than I want it to. For instance, the time it takes for the inflammation to go down is much less time now. At the beginning of this bout of sciatica, I had to wait around 2-4 hours for the pain to subside, and now it's less than 30 minutes or so. Then, I can get 3 hours of sleep!
The Catch 22? If I lose about 10 pounds, the pain goes away. I can't exercise to LOSE the f*cking 10 pounds right now. Sooo, I'm just trying to eat sensibly, but that just takes longer. I want results YESTERDAY!
Screaming at one's body only makes one seem crazy. Right?
Happily, during the day yesterday, I chose to ignore the pain and work around it without relying too much on other body parts. It worked ALL DAY LONG! Even when I took a quick nap here and there. So, that'll be my mentality today and tonight, too! Here's to good results!
So, alas, I'm up for a bit on a hard-ass surface till the FOUR Motrin kick in full steam. I've tried all the doctor-approved remedies with pillows, no soft chairs, Motrin, slight stretching, and the stuff's working, just a LOT slower than I want it to. For instance, the time it takes for the inflammation to go down is much less time now. At the beginning of this bout of sciatica, I had to wait around 2-4 hours for the pain to subside, and now it's less than 30 minutes or so. Then, I can get 3 hours of sleep!
The Catch 22? If I lose about 10 pounds, the pain goes away. I can't exercise to LOSE the f*cking 10 pounds right now. Sooo, I'm just trying to eat sensibly, but that just takes longer. I want results YESTERDAY!
Screaming at one's body only makes one seem crazy. Right?
Happily, during the day yesterday, I chose to ignore the pain and work around it without relying too much on other body parts. It worked ALL DAY LONG! Even when I took a quick nap here and there. So, that'll be my mentality today and tonight, too! Here's to good results!
