Ah, Screw It
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (111531)
United States
November 26, 2025 3:16am CST
That's what you just have to say, sometimes. Screw it.
I have back issues and have for years now. Something that only gets progressively worse unfortunately. The joys of aging? Or perhaps the pains due from a lifetime of being hard on my body.
Cervical radiculopathy and arthritis in my back. It is what it is, as I have become fond of saying over the years. So, sometimes it can be difficult to find a comfortable spot to lay in the bed. Eventually, when I do, I have to shift anyway.
So, I was trying to find that "spot," and then all of a sudden, I'm coughing.
Sinuses must be draining. Great. Because the weather's changing and of course that wreaks havoc on the arthritis AND gives me a slight case of the sniffles.
I got up to try to hack something up. 2:52 A.M. I'm usually up around 5:30 A.M.
I contemplated it for a bit, then threw a cup of coffee in the microwave and went back to my wife and said, "Screw it. I'm just going to get up."
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11 responses
@arunima25 (92672)
• Bangalore, India
26 Nov
Not easy to live through so many health issues. But yes, a positive mindset and bit of sense of humor helps. So yes, Screw it. We are here to live and count every little blessings and do our best. Take care
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@arunima25 (92672)
• Bangalore, India
27 Nov
@porwest Happy to know that you have been healthy. I hope and pray that the back issue will also get better. Take care
@DaddyEvil (162823)
• United States
26 Nov
Sorry you're awake so early...
I've been enjoying a runny nose for several days now. Rainy, then it's not, then rainy again. *sigh*
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@DaddyEvil (162823)
• United States
26 Nov
@porwest I'm glad you got back to sleep this morning.
I'm positive I don't have a cold. It's only one nostril that is running and so is that eye. I think I have an infection in that eye again.
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@DaddyEvil (162823)
• United States
26 Nov
@porwest I have a prescription for Vitamins C and D that I take daily. I only get a cold if Pretty passes one to me.
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@porwest (111531)
• United States
26 Nov
Around 3:49 I gave in and went back to bed. I felt like I'd have been dragging all day if I didn't, and that's another feeling I can't deal with. lol
But yeah, the runny nose thing can be annoying. I don't really get many colds. But still, that drip, drip, drip makes me want to lose my mind. lol
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@snowy22315 (199520)
• United States
26 Nov
Sometimes his at going back to sleep thing just doesn't work.
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@lovebuglena (48344)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Nov
Does that mean you went to bed early yesterday?
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@franxav (14328)
• India
26 Nov
I too woke up at 1:30 after midnight. My daughter was traveling by night train to her college . I wanted to check how far she had reached.
@LindaOHio (207418)
• United States
26 Nov
That's why I sleep in a recliner...on the few occasions when I can sleep. I hope your back and sinuses are better soon. It sucks getting old. Onward and upward.
@2ndchances24 (11226)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
26 Nov
I can relate to back pains & body pains, I have them myself
but I try to keep them at bay as much as possible if I can
the main thing I do is take 2 naproxen's if it's to bad to bare
then take some time in my recliner & take a few hrs nap
& most the time that helps, but if it don't then I just take a
hot HOT shower & the hot water ease's the pain.
I see that we're going to have a full week of being in the 30's
this whole week all the way into next Tuesday & that sucks
cause husband has body arthritis, & Sinuses & he complains
all the time about them both & it drives me up the wall hearing
him sniffle & complain about his aches & pains during winter
& the rainy days, when I just don't say anything & live with it
when I hurt cause I know I won't get any response back.
