Not my week
Somehow in the middle of the night last night, I turned over and something in my neck went *crunch*, followed by a reasonable amount of pain (but not enough to get me out of bed). I had trouble staying comfortable because I tend to move around a lot in my sleep and moving my head would wake me up from the neck/back pain, but as long as I turned my head slowly I could ease into position and fall back asleep.
This morning? Not so much. OW. Ow ow ow ow ow ow PAIN.
Now, I'm a wimp about neck pain because due to my history, it scares me. Unexplained neck pain I'm an even bigger wimp about because, like I said, it scares me. If I know what I did, that's cool, but unexplained pain or injury/not knowing what I did? Spaz out city. And I just went through a big rigamarole with a new neurosurgeon because of the neck and back pain I was having, complete with MRI, and the conclusion was that there's nothing wrong, I just have a bad neck and fibro. OK, I can deal, and I've been wavering on the PT/pain clinic issue, as I've mentioned previously.
This though, really hurts. Not as bad as my original neck problems at their worst, but probably about the same as what I originally self-misdiagnosed as "muscle strain". My range of motion is at best half what it should be - driving was ridiculous because I couldn't even just rotate my shoulders, I had to rotate my entire upper body to look behind me. I threw some tylenol at it and just took a Robaxin, so hopefully that will help. Hopefully I just twinged a muscle of some sort and it will resolve. I will give it a week, though I may have to hit up my primary doc for a refill on my Robaxin. I'm hemming and hawing over antiinflammatories because of what they do to my tummy.
Somehow my nose isn't bothering me nearly as much any more. *sigh*
I know I'm doom and gloom over anything that happens with my neck, but dammit, I do have some reason to be.
This morning? Not so much. OW. Ow ow ow ow ow ow PAIN.
Now, I'm a wimp about neck pain because due to my history, it scares me. Unexplained neck pain I'm an even bigger wimp about because, like I said, it scares me. If I know what I did, that's cool, but unexplained pain or injury/not knowing what I did? Spaz out city. And I just went through a big rigamarole with a new neurosurgeon because of the neck and back pain I was having, complete with MRI, and the conclusion was that there's nothing wrong, I just have a bad neck and fibro. OK, I can deal, and I've been wavering on the PT/pain clinic issue, as I've mentioned previously.
This though, really hurts. Not as bad as my original neck problems at their worst, but probably about the same as what I originally self-misdiagnosed as "muscle strain". My range of motion is at best half what it should be - driving was ridiculous because I couldn't even just rotate my shoulders, I had to rotate my entire upper body to look behind me. I threw some tylenol at it and just took a Robaxin, so hopefully that will help. Hopefully I just twinged a muscle of some sort and it will resolve. I will give it a week, though I may have to hit up my primary doc for a refill on my Robaxin. I'm hemming and hawing over antiinflammatories because of what they do to my tummy.
Somehow my nose isn't bothering me nearly as much any more. *sigh*
I know I'm doom and gloom over anything that happens with my neck, but dammit, I do have some reason to be.