I AM OFFICIALLY CRANKY

Now I am going to whine.  I have been really good on the diet. I took 2 days off but otherwise, no cheating.  I have made it through day 1 of this liquid diet. I am hungry but that is not why I am cranky.

No Advil. 

I am an Advil junkie.  I take the maximum allowed everyday; morning, noon and night.  By doing that I keep my arthritic foot happy and relatively unswollen and my knees creaky but not too painful.  Day 2 of no Advil and my head aches, my neck is stiff , my foot is ok, my knees are killing me. I feel like I have the flu or I was beaten with a stick.

I did take a some "natural anti-inflammatories" from the health food store - nuthin'.

I am sooo looking forward to the drugs following the surgery and I still have 4 days to go.  Boo hoo.

FEELING GOOD

Last night I got home from work and was making my usual cup of decaf tea to unwind before going to bed.  I realized that if I knew how to whistle, I'd be whistling a happy tune.  I felt good.  I felt no pain.  I felt like myself again.

Now this may sound really lame, but part of it was because the back pain is gone and the tightness is going away - but it was also because I came home to a clean floor.  I took my time and didn't do anything strenuous, but I swept, vacuumed and mopped the floors.  The pleasure of the clean floors was equal to my pleasure of having no pain!

FLAT ON MY BACK

Too bad I can't work in this position!

Today was the first day I have been out of my house in 6 days.  Eight days ago I woke up with spasms in my lower back which evolved into sciatic pain.  I tried to just work through it - but gave in and took to the couch with a fist full of drugs.

This is the first time since 1995, when I injured a disk, that I have had a recurrence of the sciatica.  It was different this time which is why I thought I could just work it out...I suspect I made it worse. I am back at work today.  A bit hunched over and trying to find good positions to stand and sit throughout my shift.  The doc said it will take a couple of weeks before they will consider the next level of treatment, which is steroids.  I didn't need them last time, I hope I am better before then this time, too!