Posts tagged "pain"
Bad, back! Bad!
Yesterday afternoon I couldn't get off the couch. When I say I couldn't get off the couch, I don't mean I was so tired or depressed that I couldn't will myself off it, I mean I physically could not get off the couch. My lower back had been sore, so I'd lain down on my... [Read More]
Remind me never to go off my meds again
A different kind of before and after
Last month I was standing in line at Kroger, just like I've spent days of my life standing in line at Kroger. I was tired, I didn't want to be there, and the lady in front of me was paying with a check. As I shifted my weight from foot to foot, I was surprised,... [Read More]
A lecture in pain
When I walked into the room, I immediately categorized everyone who was sitting and waiting for the lecture to start into two groups - bright young medical students and old people in pain. I could have been wrong since I myself was a young person in pain, but regardless, as I looked into the audience... [Read More]