Been Awhile. . .

Ok, I haven't posted in quite a while, now.  There are multiple reasons for this.  They are mostly just average, run of the mill reasons.  It's been busy.  At work, yes, but mostly in my personal life.  Also, I had a bit of a problem: injury.

I discovered, during the course of my injury and treatment, that I am one of those pain in the ass patients.  Not because I'm a jerk.  Not because I tell the docs and nurses what to do.

I'm a pain in the ass patient because I refuse to help myself.  Maybe because of my experience as an ER nurse, I don't know.  I started having lower back pain.  It felt like muscle soreness, and I work out, so I ignored it.  Then, it got worse.  I still ignored it and continued to go to work.  It got worse again.  I still went to work.  Of course, I'm not as effective when I have limited ability to lift, run around, etc.

I went out of town and the pain got to the point where I couldn't get up off my back.  I barely made it to the bathroom.  Finally, I acquiesced to my wife and family's urgings and went to the urgent care center down the street.  X-rays were done.  Pain medicine was given with instructions to take it easy until the pain got better.

I took my Vicodin and took it easy.  I felt bad about taking Vicodin.  I felt really bad about calling in sick to work.  But, honestly, it had to be done.  There's no way I would have been able to function efficiently.

I'm still hurting now, but I'm continuing to get a little better every day.  I'm at least functional now.  I've been going to work again for a few days.  And I'm glad to be back.