In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Felt a lot better again today. Still not close to 100%, but as the day went on for the most part it wasn't near crippling anymore. I've been trying to move around and do some stretches, but I think I still need a few more days of R&R and time with the heating pad.
At least at this point I don't think it's an infection or a stone anymore. That wouldn't really fit any of the symptoms.
Who knows what I did to my back when I fell on it though. Being no stranger to giving it a workout, it's been years without any back problems and then out of nowhere I almost can't even get out of bed for a few days after a week or so of it progressively getting worse.
Maybe I pinched a nerve? I don't think it would be a slipped disk because it's doubtful that would straighten itself out by just laying down on a heating pad and taking it easy.
Hopefully it's even better tomorrow. I really want to get started on putting up that trim soon. 
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Good for you SIX! I think most of us here are no strangers to back pain, and it can come on suddenly for almost no apparent reason. Back when I was a smokestack climber, I recall letting down a piece of catwalk hatchway somewhat awkwardly. I felt a twinge but was good enough to go bowling that evening, but next morning my back was so bad I couldn't bend down to put on my pants and shoes, I had to have hubby do that for me. It took a half week of R&R before I could really function again. bTW, that tweak has never come back to haunt me, it was just a strained muscle.
So take it easy! Your #1 priority for the next few days is getting better!
And take a break from arguing with idiots, too. I'm sure there's something more enjoyable you can do with your time.
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Splurged on a Christmas present for myself.
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Nice, Brenda. What did you get?
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Good for you SIX! I think most of us here are no strangers to back pain, and it can come on suddenly for almost no apparent reason. Back when I was a smokestack climber, I recall letting down a piece of catwalk hatchway somewhat awkwardly. I felt a twinge but was good enough to go bowling that evening, but next morning my back was so bad I couldn't bend down to put on my pants and shoes, I had to have hubby do that for me. It took a half week of R&R before I could really function again. bTW, that tweak has never come back to haunt me, it was just a strained muscle.
Yeah... Until that fall I've never really suffered from any back pain in my life. I had a very active youth, and I think that helped out many years later, even when I was doing a lot of bad things to myself.
I'm just a little concerned right now that this could end up being a chronic issue after the fall. If memory serves, the fall happened sometime late summer in 2015. By early 2016 I was 100% again, and until the last few weeks it's never once bothered me at all.
But it got really bad, and for no real apparent reasons. Is it cold in my house? Sure... somewhat. I have the thermostat at 65 on the 2nd floor though, just like I did last year, which is much higher than I ever put it before last year. Was I working too many hours on the futon hunched over the computer on my coffee table? Sure... but that's the same computer that I put a ton of hours into my project on... although I did have a more comfortable L-shaped couch there before I did the de-hoarding. Have I been sneezing a lot? Sure... but people sneeze. I'd like to think that I don't have to worry for the rest of my life that a stray sneeze is going to snap something in my back. Relatively speaking, my sneezes aren't very violent, and most people probably wouldn't even notice I was sneezing. I sneeze like a mouse compared to my brother who seems to make a good show of it and you could hear him sneeze from a block away.
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So take it easy! Your #1 priority for the next few days is getting better!
Will do.
Feels even better today. I'm much more mobile than I've been in days. I can still tell that it's there though, so I'm still taking it easy. No point in rushing anything and regressing back to where I was 2 days ago.
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And take a break from arguing with idiots, too. I'm sure there's something more enjoyable you can do with your time.
lol. Having nothing else really to occupy my time and the fact that I really just can't be bothered with getting interested in watching any TV shows or movies, arguing with idiots is a good distraction from the boredom.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Nice, Brenda. What did you get?
Do Right, Be Right. :)
Went into a local electronics store and bought myself one of those all in one numbers. They have a record player, tape deck, cd player, radio and Bluetooth in it.
Got it on sale and my boss' husband helped me pick it up last night after work.
I've been eye balling these things since they came out a couple of years ago but they were expensive and where I was living I couldn't do it.
So, I managed to save up some money over the summer being in this new place and bought one.
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Things to do. Later peeps.
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Nice. With that bluetooth I bet you could back up your records to mp3 files and listen to them on the go too.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Nice. With that bluetooth I bet you could back up your records to mp3 files and listen to them on the go too.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
Guess so. But I don't have an mp3 player and I would need some help to do that if I decide to.
But it will be nice to see what kind of shape my records are in for sure.
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Bah... MP3 players are a dime a dozen used these days now that everyone with a smart phone has one built in.
If you ever go that route, it's a lot easier ripping the mp3's off of youtube videos for anything that's on there, but I'm willing to bet you've got some more obscure stuff that you might only be able to get off of your record collection.
If you ever want to do any of that once you're all set up, let me know and we can figure it out. 
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Bah... MP3 players are a dime a dozen used these days now that everyone with a smart phone has one built in.
If you ever go that route, it's a lot easier ripping the mp3's off of youtube videos for anything that's on there, but I'm willing to bet you've got some more obscure stuff that you might only be able to get off of your record collection.
If you ever want to do any of that once you're all set up, let me know and we can figure it out.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
I've got a few Bay City Rollers records that someone I used to know called "Bubblegum music". Jerry Reed albums, at least one Cher album. Haven't been through them in years so I've forgotten.
Don't have a smartphone. So, I would need something to record my stuff on to.
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