Friday, April 5, 2024
The backache, which has had its moments, went full-on yesterday. I woke up this morning with a full-blown backache. I hadn’t had one of these since 2003 when I had my rotator cuff surgery, which stabilized my shoulder and removed all the stress from my neck. However, this one is not where it used to be in my lower back. No, this one is at my bra line on the left side.
It is probably caused by all the changes I’m making. I didn’t have a backache before I started making all the changes to my body recommended by Gokhale. Of course, I’ve gone somewhat beyond her recommendations. I worked on stretching my spine, realigning my hips and shoulders, and correcting my spinal curvature. KC, my physical therapist, warned me that correcting my curvature could cause me problems. My posture had worn down bones and straightening it out could cause me pain.
Nonetheless, I can now feel my whole lower back making contact with the floor when I lie down with my knees bent. I never knew my back didn’t contact the floor until I felt it doing so recently.
The pain was bad enough for me to take a Tylenol—it had to be bad for me to do that. The pain interfered with my editing. I couldn’t concentrate. I napped. When I got up, I went on a shopping spree.
My first stop was Home Depot. I needed a hammer. I had one; it disappeared. I just need a small one to hammer copper nails into trees to kill them. It takes time, but it does the job. I also bought a pickaxe. Digging a hole in the ground here is a job in a half. I wanted a short-handled small one. HD only had long-handled ones. I took one. When I got home, I checked on Amazon for a short-handled smaller one. I ordered it. I’ll keep the longer one for when I hire someone to plant the Hawaiian hibiscus shrubs where the Ficus trees used to be. I also picked up a container of Stump-Out to kill the stump once Dan cut down the Schefflera tree, tearing up my driveway.
I went to Costco next. It was 10:30. They’d only been open for half an hour, and it was mobbed. Judy says more people are shopping there because grocery store prices have soared. They’re clearly higher, but does that account for the dramatic leap in customers?
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