Baby Got Back

[lilmissnever]

J tells me I wake up screaming. Every half hour or so, all through the night, my back muscles spasm--maybe I've coughed or moved just the wrong way--and I wake up gasping in pain. I don't sleep well. J doesn't sleep well. Sometimes he sleeps on the couch. Sometimes it's me

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[kryscat]

Death Cough + back sprain sounds horrible. Please tell me you have muscle relaxants...

[ilcylic]

And opiates. Like, seriously, this sounds like a job for valium and oxycontin.

[ilcylic]

Added bonus: Opiates are a cough suppressant!

[lilmissnever]

That was pretty much the worst thing in the world. I will do anything to make sure it never happens again. The human spine is stupid.

[elusis]

Ouch ouch ouch ouch. I hope you're getting adequate care for your various woes.

[lilmissnever]

I got All The Drugs and after a couple of days of them, I started to feel better. I have managed to actually work in my office today and later this week I will attempt to go to the gym. But 2.5 weeks of super intense pain is something I would like to avoid repeating in the future. I am glad it's cleared up in time for me to still engage in some of the Halloween festivities. On Thursday night, I will dig up my Quorra-from-Tron costume.

[dsgood]

Sympathies, and wishes for good healing.

[lilmissnever]

It's mostly healed up now, either because of the steroids or my diligent application of the heating pad--possibly both.

[voxsjournal]

After reading the comments, I can say that I'm glad you're feeling better.

I also broke down and watched the first season of "Game of Thrones." My biggest takeaway was, "Why do they keep making those women take off their clothes?" Watching TV shouldn't make one feel like showering, but as we descend farther into wickedness, I don't see that changing soon.

vox (working on his masterpiece--"sinners in the hands of an angry god")

[lilmissnever]

They also make the men take off their clothes. It is not quite equal-opportunity exploitation, but I appreciate that they're trying. Game of Thrones isn't particularly good, but I keep watching it for lack of anything better to do.

[voxsjournal]

Nudity mostly just takes me out of the story. I'm too aware that I'm seeing an actor at that point.

GoT kind of sucked me in at the end, largely thanks to some really nice acting, I think. Emilia Clarke was kind of a revelation.

I watched the first season of "Girls," too, and I think I'm done with that. It showed some promise, but if you're going to try to make your actors talk like they're in a Woody Allen movie, then you have to be funnier. It made me laugh a few times, anyway.

After watching the second season of "The Walking Dead," I've confirmed that it's just like candy corn--sweet while you eat it, but absolutely insubstantial. Good fun, though.

[lilmissnever]

Really, Emilia Clarke? She's very pretty, but her character has one of the least interesting arcs on the show. I hope that the show will stick to the books and eventually hit the more complex end of her story arc, where she learns that being the Nice White Lady Saving the Brown People is highly problematic. George R. R. Martin goes out of his way to make sure that no good deed goes unpunished in his world.

I tried to make it through an episode of "Girls," but it turns out that I don't care about the characters even the tiniest bit. I admire whatshername's commitment to making herself unlikable, but I don't feel compelled to watch it happen. Not that anything I'm actually watching is that much more compelling. Downtown Abbey and Boardwalk Empire exist mostly to showcase beautiful clothes.