Given that pretty much everyone these days livetweetblogs award shows, I don't think this is a need that will go unmet. If I am conscious, I could always try to write something up the day afterwards, who knows. At this point, I would be happy just to be able to watch the show. If I can fing at all, I will probably be on Twitter.
- PSA: No Oscar liveblog
cleolinda- February 22nd, 2013
I'm going to go ahead and call off the liveblog now because I hurt my back Wednesday morning--not horribly, but a really persistent, painfully uncomfortable strain in my lower back. The kind where it's not like you need surgery or something... but you need a lot of ice and a lot of lying very still. I can't even get into a good position to read a book or watch a movie, that's how annoying this is. (I bent down to pet Shelby, who was between my feet, and something decided to hate me when I raised up again. I spent the first day yelling from my bed, "This is so POINTLESS and IGNORANT," which is the word my mother and I use to mean "I feel like an idiot for screwing up something this simple.") Basically, I'm afraid I either won't be able to sit up and speed-type for four hours straight, or I'll make the injury worse by trying. Also, I have just gotten some Cyclobenzaprine (same thing as Flexeril?), a muscle relaxant that may or may not knock me out until Monday anyway. It seems better to just assume I will not be in blogging form.
Given that pretty much everyone these days livetweetblogs award shows, I don't think this is a need that will go unmet. If I am conscious, I could always try to write something up the day afterwards, who knows. At this point, I would be happy just to be able to watch the show. If I can fing at all, I will probably be on Twitter.
Thanks, touchpad, for being a butt and posting before I was ready.
Edited at 2013-02-23 06:17 am (UTC)
And just know that, although there are other award show livetweetbloggers, no one livetweetblogs better than you.
I know everyone has different body chemistry but maybe this will help in some small way.
I hurt my lower back somehow in late 2011 and after much experimentation, the correct combination of drugs was sussed out:
1) Midol Complete (OTC, includes a muscle relaxant)
2) Cyclobenzaprine (Rx, I see you're already taking that)
3) Toradol (Rx, anti-inflamatory, improved mobility)
The three beauties helped tame the small black hole of hate and pain that had taken up residence in my lower back.
Get better!
2) I have not yet taken the Cyclo yet, because I keep thinking of things I need to do before I possibly pass out. Also, I have a deep terror of babbling uncontrollably, which I hear can be a side effect. I'm about to take a quarter of a 10 mg tablet just to see what happens.
I hope you get better soon, and if you don't, that you go and see a doctor about it. I'm probably speaking the obvious here and I'd probably suggest seeing a doctor about it even if the pain as well as mobility do improve.
Also, I should point out, in case you're not aware about it already, that lying very still for hours on end can make low back pain worse and more likely to last longer: so take medications and start moving again asap (obviously to the extent that you can, don't overwork yourself!); try changing your position when you're in bed, use pillows (under your knees or between your legs when you're lying on the side) if you feel it provides comfort.
Finally, I'm sure I don't need to remind you that, but as I remember you take other medications (not sure what you're currently on), make sure that cyclobenzaprine is something you can actually take no problem.
Edited at 2013-02-23 02:40 pm (UTC)
*autocorrect changed this to 'the heroin'. I suppose that's another, slightly hardcore, option. :p
when I hurt my knee, my massage therapist had me ice it, sit in a hot epsom salt bath and then ice it again. it flushes the blood thru the injury. also, epsom salt baths are the bomb! I guess it's because of the magnesium in the epsom salts? anyway, I highly recommend it, assuming you can get in and out of the tub w/o aggrevating your sore back.
best wishes for a quick recovery.