Another rainy day in New York, with a lot more of the same — though unfortunately broken up by a whole heck of a lot of back pain. Or more discomfort, really. I have at least a couple friends with back problems of their own, and they’ve had days when they couldn’t even get out of bed. Days when they’ve had to be taken to the hospital. So I’m a little uncomfortable calling what I experienced today real pain. This herniation has made some things difficult, but I’ve never been incapacitated — not even at my worst, the weekend in New Orleans where I think I sustained the major injury that caused this. I’m up and about, I’m not keeling over with pain. But it certainly wasn’t a lot of fun today, with the disc (L5-S1) pressing in on inappropriate nerves all day long. I’m hoping that icing it and stretching will help relieve my symptoms (or at least push them back to where they were on Monday), but if not — or even if — I may go back for a consultation with my spine doctor.
As for now, ice and stretching, and we’ll see how much that helps.