Pinched Nerve

I don’t really have a topic tonight because I didn’t do anything for the past two days. I pinched a nerve in my right shoulder at the beginning of the week and irritated it more with all my cleaning and organizing in the days following. I must have really overdone it on Thursday when I moved boxes of movies and books in from the garage because by Friday morning I hurt so badly I was in tears. I literally sat on the sofa all day yesterday alternating heat and ice and doing nothing but watching TV. I couldn’t do anything; every time I moved or tried to turn my head the pain hit hard enough to start the tears all over again.

The heat and ice help a little bit, and the Ibuprofen I’ve been taking does the same but they’re not working well enough to actually make the pain go away. Something’s gotta give. I had so many things I wanted to do before the kids get home tomorrow and I won’t be able to do them unless I get a huge miracle over night and my pain disappears. I hate feeling like this and I wish there was a way to release the pinched nerve but I can’t find one. I guess it’ll heal when it’s ready.

Meantime, I’ll just do what I can do and get as much done as I can before the kids get home. Maybe I can stretch it out while I move some more boxes in here and get them unpacked. That would be really nice since I don’t like pain and this one is really annoying. I can’t sit here any longer, though, because I need to lie down and try to relax. I should have some improvement by tomorrow; I’ll let you know. If I’m not here tomorrow night, you’ll know why.

Until next time…peace to all.