Ah...Muscle Relaxerzzzzzzzz

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There's a limit to pain that a person can endure. I hit my limit with my back. It appears to be an issue aggravated by respiratory therapy, significantly increasing in pain after a session, then tapering off after a couple of days. (Respiratory therapy's goal isn't like physical therapy: they want to get you moving fast so your breathing and heart rate increase. It's not a "gentle stretch" kind of thing [not that physical therapy is, either].) The quick answer, of course, is quit therapy. I went to the doctor today and that's just what we did: suspended that for a month to see if that helps alleviate the problem. The doctor also gave me something I haven't had in a long, long time: muscle relaxers. I don't like them, generally. The main muscle they relax is the brain, and I'm out like a light. But I have found that pain threshold beyond which I simply cannot go. So, I accepted the muscle relaxers. Quick results: incredible sleep, I understood Dylan, and the moon spun backwards. We'll see how things progress in the next few days of staying away from the machines in therapy. Meanwhile, it's time for my next muscle relaxzzzzzzzzz....... And one pill makes you sleepy!