Whining

[icepixie]

Ellen, are you and I trading back injuries? Because yesterday I did the same thing you did, except my incident was getting off the couch. And then I did it again last night turning over in bed (I'm surprised my parents didn't hear me screaming), and ended up at the doctor today because OMG OW. Being unable to stand up because of lower back pain is a bad thing. (And then once I could stand up, I couldn't bend over, so my mother had to tie my shoes for me. *fail*)

Apparently it's three strained muscles. Wonderful. They gave me a shot of ibuprofen which has so far had zero effect, but I'm getting a prescription filled for a muscle relaxer, so good times ahead? Or at least sleepy times, since I didn't get any last night because of PAIN PAIN PAIN NO MATTER THE POSITION?

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[tarzanic.livejournal.com]

Ouch! I hope you feel better soon!

[icepixie]

Mrph. Me too. :(

[rensong.livejournal.com]

Owww. That sounds very unfun. ::sends lots of pain meds and healing vibs:: ::adds virtual morphine just in case::

Hope you feel better!

[icepixie]

Oh, if only they would give me codeine instead of just telling me to take more ibuprofen...

[laserhead.livejournal.com]

My personal reccomendation is Naproxan (prescription strength Aleve). When I threw out my back sophomore year, that's what they gave me.

Whatever it is they're giving you, I hope you feel better.

[icepixie]

They told me to just take 800mg of ibuprofen ever 6-8 hours, which does help, but real painkillers would be better. The muscle relaxant is lovely, but tends to put me to sleep. Sigh.

[rowdycamels.livejournal.com]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww! (Three muscles at once? Way to overachieve!) I second Kate's suggestion - I've heard Aleeve is better than ibuprofen at back pain, but I didn't get that advice until after I didn't need it anymore... I have heard even better things about muscle relaxers. From personal experience, I can only recommend constant napping for several days, and don't forget to eat, even when it hurts, because if you do then you feel like falling over, and falling is soooo not something you want to do right now.

Um, you're gonna need some tv, basically. Prescription-strength. Go play on Hulu. The best thing to do is distract yourself from thinking about OWOWOWOWOW PAIN.

: (

[icepixie]

(Three muscles at once? Way to overachieve!)

Yeaaah. Something about the one that runs over the spine and the two flanking it, I think it was. Definitely an overachievement.

Aleve is the stuff you can only take every twelve hours, yes? That makes me go "eeek" because I've never used it, and if it doesn't work I'm out of luck for twelve hours. (The shot they gave me was something related to ibuprofen, but not ibuprofen, and whatever it was is apparently something my body doesn't recognize as a painkiller, so I was basically like "OW OW OW OW oooh muscle relaxer zzzzzz OW OW OW repeat" until I could take some freaking Advil this morning.

I didn't need my parents to help me out of bed this morning, though, so improvement is on the horizon!

[rowdycamels.livejournal.com]

How is your brokenness?

whatever it was is apparently something my body doesn't recognize as a painkiller,

Uh, yeah, when I went to the ER after getting thrown off a horse, they gave me morphine for the pain, only... a tiny minority of people are completely unaffected by morphine? Including me? OW OW OW.

[icepixie]

How is your brokenness?

Not perfect, but much less broken. Then again, I'm never far from the ibuprofen container, so I'm not sure how I'd be doing without drugs.

Uh, yeah, when I went to the ER after getting thrown off a horse, they gave me morphine for the pain, only... a tiny minority of people are completely unaffected by morphine? Including me? OW OW OW.

Wow, that sucks. The morphine-type stuff I had for after my wisdom teeth came out was wonderful. Were they able to give you something else?

[rowdycamels.livejournal.com]

Then again, I'm never far from the ibuprofen container, so I'm not sure how I'd be doing without drugs.

Eh. It took me about a week to get off the constant ibuprofen. Reduced swelling is good for you!

Were they able to give you something else?

Nope. They were like, "you'll be fine! Just rest!" I went home and took lots of ibuprofen. : (

[icepixie]

Nope. They were like, "you'll be fine! Just rest!" I went home and took lots of ibuprofen. : (

OW OW OW. Have you ever had surgery? Is it even possible to survive the aftermath of surgery without morphine?

[rowdycamels.livejournal.com]

I've only had my wisdom teeth out, and after that they gave me some little pills that made me sick (oxycodone, maybe?), so I didn't take more than the one dose of them. Uhhh pretty much OTC painkillers and me are like *this*.

[icepixie]

OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.