Full Circle

About 6 weeks ago my lower back took a dump. I think it had something to do with me sleeping on my stomach all weird but for some reason I couldn't get out of that postition. I'd start out sleeping on my side but then I'd wake up on my stomach with my leg at a 90 angle. I finally couldn't take the pain anymore and went to the doctor to get the "good" meds. Several weeks after that I fell down some slippery stairs and pulled the muscles in my shoulder. This hurt like you wouldn't believe but it did keep me from sleeping on my left side, which kept me from turning over onto my stomach. Back pain gone!

Last week we had a friend of ours who also happens to be a physical therapist stop by and check out my shoulder. She said I was very inflamed and needed to baby my shoulder as much as possible. Impossible, I thought. Do you realize how much you use your shoulder muscles? More often than I thought. A few days later I came down with a nasty cold which caused me to not do a whole lot in the way of moving around. This enabled me to give my shoulder a break for a few days while I was parked on the couch. Shoulder pain....subsided.

Well, the cold has morphed into a killer cough which has sent me into fits of full bodies spasms. This morning I coughed myself into a frenzy and have since strained the muscles in my lower back. The pain has come full circle. Thank goodness I still have some of those "good" meds around. I'm going to need them.