Back in Back, I Hit the Sack

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Yes, I’m flubbing an AC/DC song line (“Back in black, I hit the sack” is the actual line) there. I want to thank everyone for your kind words and thoughts. My back is still sore, but nowhere near the pain I had yesterday. Of course, I didn’t walk two miles then drive 200 today, either!! After lunch today I went to the VA and got an x-ray. They got really busy right after they took the x-rays, so I told the triage nurse I was going home to make room for the people who might need more urgent care. (I mean, what are they going to do for a back? Tell me, “Take Tylenol, ice it, and rest”? I’m already doing that!) I’ll send a message to my primary care doctor tomorrow and ask her if she wants me to do some physical therapy or to get a soft brace that the doctor who saw me in the ER recommended. The photo is where the damage was done, along the Wabash and Erie Canal. That’s a replica of a 19th-century canal boat. It had a rope on it so a few people could pull to see just how laborious a task it was for the mules on the towpath. Understand, I didn’t dig in like I was one person against a football team in a tug-of-war. I saw how hard it was (it didn’t budge), put the rope down, and continued walking along the towpath. About ten minutes after that, it felt like a lightning bolt of pain hit me in the small of my back. I couldn’t move at all for about ten seconds. After that, movement was painful with a capital OUCH. Despite that, I went on the boat ride and walked through the museum and the village (which I’ll detail later, honest: I was enthralled, so you WILL be bored! ). When my niece got a new-to-her car earlier this year I asked her if she had heated seats in it. She said no. I told her that those things were wonderful and NOT just for the winter. Believe me, they came in VERY handy on the drive home, supplying heat to my very aching back. (Thankfully, it was overcast all the way home, and I was in and out of rain, so it wasn’t as if I had heated seats going in a 95-degree, sunny day!) Thanks again for your concern! MyLotters are the best!