Ah, Screw It

@porwest (111865)
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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Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (92916)
• 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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Jim Bauer
@porwest (111865)
• United States
26 Nov
I have been lucky to be generally healthy overall. But my back is definitely an issue. It really has slowed me down quite a bit. It is what it is, though.
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Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (92916)
• 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
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (111865)
• United States
24 Dec
@arunima25 One day at a time, as they say. That's all one can do.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (168400)
• 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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DE
@DaddyEvil (168400)
• 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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DE
@DaddyEvil (168400)
• 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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Jim Bauer
@porwest (111865)
• 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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snowy
@snowy22315 (203212)
• United States
26 Nov
Sometimes his at going back to sleep thing just doesn't work.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (111865)
• United States
26 Nov
Around 3:49 I decided to give it another go. I was able to sleep. Thankfully. lol
Anna
@LadyDuck (493730)
• Italy
26 Nov
I am sorry you had to get up because of the pain. Getting old is not easy, I know how back pain is horrible.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (493730)
• Italy
26 Nov
@porwest - I have back pain for quite a long time and I blame the fact that I always wore high heels working.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (111865)
• United States
26 Nov
I wish the back thing would have hit me much later. I am only 52, and this started better than say, 5 years ago, and it gets progressively worse. It really slowed me down.
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Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (49269)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Nov
Does that mean you went to bed early yesterday?
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Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (49269)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Dec
@porwest how’d you function?
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (111865)
• United States
2 Dec
No. lol
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (111865)
• United States
6 Dec
@lovebuglena Around 3:49 I did manage to get back to bed. I am glad I did.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (214416)
• 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.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (214416)
• United States
25 Dec
@porwest If I slept in a bed, first of all it would be too painful; and second of all, I wouldn't be able to straighten up.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (111865)
• United States
24 Dec
I slept in a recliner almost exclusively before I got married. If I try to do that now (because of course I was much younger), I won't be able to walk for a week. lol
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Donsky
@donsky14 (5990)
• Philippines
26 Nov
Oh that back pain thing. It's getting harder getting up every morning. I guess what I do is I think of a goal that I have and how badly I want it to happen and that's what gets me up. And yeah, all the bills that need to be paid. lol
Fleur
@Fleura (34091)
• United Kingdom
26 Nov
I am sorry to hear that. Chronic pain is a horrible thing to deal with. I am dreading old age
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (111865)
• United States
24 Dec
It can be a real pain, literally. You do learn to deal with it. It's really all you can do.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (372261)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Nov
Sometimes I can't sleep and want to just get up and find something to do but Vince worries if I'm up too long through the night so mostly I just lay there and try to go back to sleep.
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Xavier Bage
@franxav (14396)
• 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.
DB
@dgobucks226 (37396)
•
7 Dec
Health issues really suck don't they. I'm also a bad back sufferer since 1992 when I ran a 5-mile town run and could not straighten up afterwords. My diagnosis, facet joints larger than normal, a genetic condition. I've been able to eventually return to active life, even playing tennis and golf again as long as I wear a back brace. But it seems I've finally used up my quota of ok years. Like a bad movie sequel, I've returned to 1992. My back is shot! So, I definitely feel your pain. I also suffer from sinus issues (deviated septum). Seems like (conservative) Trump supporter minds suffer alike. Uh, not funny!
Gayle Harrelson
@2ndchances24 (11722)
• 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.