Bed Damage

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Just so you know, the bed damaged me, not the other way around. Although I had done a lot of trimming in the garden, I felt fine when I went to bed. Things were normal when I got up in the wee hours, but Oh! I was in pain when the alarm went off! I told neighbor Joyce that it hurt when I just rolled my eyes. That was stretching it, but pain was radiating from my right shoulder blade. I desperately wanted to cut the pain, knowing a shoulder BLADE was not the right instrument. Not thinking of alternatives, I proceeded with my day, hoping the regular stretching I do every morning would magically erase the discomfort. It didn’t, so I walked a mile with Joyce. Distraction worked well until I got home. Pulling up dead flowers was next on the list. That didn’t hurt, but it didn’t help either. At least the front edge of the garden now looks a bit better. I’m the one looking ragged.

First line of weeding, and things already look better.

A good distraction was cooking sausage and two biscuits for breakfast. The pain on the tongue from the hot sausage masked twinges from the back. It was good while it lasted, as I’m a slow eater. There are hours and hours to go yet, but I’M AFRAID TO GO TO BED!

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I'm a retiree who loves to write about life in the mountains of North Carolina.

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  3. It is indeed annoying when this happens! Your garden looks nice, though, at least the first line does! The weeds have overtaken my pollinator garden with all the recent rain, and it is so hot, I confess I am not motivated to do anything about it. I hope it gets better soon. Randy taught me to ice when I overdo muscle and/or joints. It sure helps me.

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  4. I find that these days I must sleep flat on my back with my hands palm down at my sides or I wake up achy. Stretching usually helps me, but you tried that. I hope you wake up without pain tomorrow. Sorry you’re going through this, Anne.

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  5. Sounds like a pulled strap muscle. The first time I had that I thought I was having a heart attack. The pain would come in waves when I stood up or sat down. Went straight to the doctor. He had me cross my arms tightly across my chest and then he poked me really hard right under my shoulder blade. I almost went through the ceiling. He said, “Yep, pulled strap muscle!” Gave me some big horse pills and the pain was all gone within a couple of hours. It took about a week to heal completely. It was caused by lifting something that weighed way more than my muscles could handle.

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    1. I like your diagnosis. I can’t think when I might have lifted something too heavy. I’ll think more about it on Saturday. Tomorrow I am getting an injection in my eye, and that takes all attention away from other body parts.

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      1. It can also happen from pulling too hard on something (like a really stubborn big weed) or carrying a bucket of something really heavy for a long distance.

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  13. My physical therapist said either ice or heat would work to help deal with this sort of problem. Ice numbs the pain and heat relaxes muscles. When my back and shoulder are screaming at me, I find heat helps me, along with Absorbine Jr. If it is more joint pain, ice may help the most. If you can’t rest on the bed, do you have a recliner you can sleep in?

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  15. Wow, well that’s too bad being a diligent gardener did you in for the short term. Those weeds grow like crazy. Hope a heating pad could help you out and whisk that pain away.

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      1. I was once bending over to pick up my bird, in its cage, to take it into the kitchen. It was Winter and the cage was swaddled with blankets – through the peephole, I spoke to him. I bent a certain way and happened to cough at the same time and pulled a chest muscle. I am not one for going to the doctor, but I had allergy shots the next day, so I mentioned it to the allergist – it was near Christmas, the colds, flu, etc. going around. He said “you pulled a muscle in your chest, that’s all” but gave me a prescription for a 10-day regimen of antibiotics “just in case since it is a couple of days ’til Christmas.” Nothing materialized, like a respiratory issue, but my chest hurt for weeks. A birdcage is not heavy, even with Buddy’s blankets, so it was just a weird way I bent over.

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          1. I know and he was an older guy (he has since sold his practice to a younger allergist), however, maybe in his late 70s/early 80s. He is Indian and told me from an early age he did yoga every morning, all his stretches, but one day he had not warmed up enough and got a “stitch in his side” and being a doctor, he knew right away he pulled a muscle … he said “you have done an awkward stretch and pulled a muscle” but he told me he could not practice yoga for a long time until the “repair to the muscle” healed.

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              1. Yes, I was surprised he admitted that. I liked that doctor and was sorry he opened a second office and only works out of that office now. I hope you are doing well now.

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  17. Oh no!! I hope you are better tomorrow. If you have anything to relax your muscles, take it. Try some hot tea before bed, or maybe a nice hot bath.
    If you can tell where your pain is, ice it, or rub icy hot or a similar product on it.
    I’m only saying because I’ve done all of that today to get back to moving.
    No doctors close, gotta heal myself on this one.

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  20. Now your garden is looking nice. Hope a heating pad could help you out and whisk that pain away. I hope you wake up without pain tomorrow.

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  23. The worst tendinitis I ever got was from a session of weeding. Hope you are well on the mend. It is so annoying when one body part are another decides to “speak up.”

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  26. Hope you are healed up. I am going again today to give my chiropractor more money in hopes this time I am finally put back into working order. It used to work much much quicker. I’m tired of starting every morning out with NSAIDs and ice but I’m also tired of spending money attempting to get out of pain.

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