The Pain Continues....

I took good care of my neck yesterday - hot shower, gentle stretching, ibuprofen. By the time I went to bed it was feeling a bit better, I had even regained some mobility and I was feeling hopeful that I was going to wake up this morning with it feeling much improved.

No dice.

The pain woke me up repeatedly during my meagre four hours of sleep that I got last night. I didn't get to bed until disgustingly late, due to a lot of emotional turmoil that I'm going through. The last time I looked at the clock was 2:00 a.m. At 6:00 a.m., the neck pain was excruciating, not letting me sleep, so I just got up...it was the only thing I could do.

So now it's 8:30. I've had a hot hot hot shower, I've stretched, I popped some pills...it's not doing much. Turning my head very far in one direction or another is an interesting painful task.

Incidentally I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow, on an unrelated issue. I think it's time to talk toher about this, and at the very least get me something useful in the pain-killer department, much as I hate taking medication.

Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do.