geez it sucks getting older! Last night I was having an argument with my daughter (Another post altogether) and I was shouting a bit and I began coughing.....suddenly I got an intense pain in my back and side around my left kidney.....I am pretty sure that I pulled a muscle or something....it really hurts!
Anyone else ever have a strange injury like this?
D6fer posted on Mar 02, 2008
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polarheart said on Mar 02, 2008....
D6, ouch, poor you! Yes, I have pulled muscles by just reaching to high or too far for something and all of a sudden I get the most intense pain in my neck and shoulders and have to rub and rub it until the pain subsides. Of course if I was fit and supple that would never happen!!! Arggggh! -
Twylarants said on Mar 02, 2008....
I sneezed in work and blew out a disk (disc?) in my lower spine. It wasn't one of those sneezes that knocks you out of your shoes, either. It was a typical, lady-like achoo.
But I must have leaned forward slightly the moment I sneezed, and couldn't straighten up. It felt as though my back was locked in position. And then the pain began!
Unbelievable explosions of pain across my lower back! Oh my God! It felt like natural childbirth, I bet. I don't know because I never went through that, but it had to feel like that.
I could barely drive home because I couldn't step on the brake. As long as I didn't have to stop I had no pain.
I drove to an urgent care, and an x-ray showed a bulging disk in my back. I was told to ice it and rest. Well, I couldn't rest, I had to go to work in the morning!
So I bought 2 of those squishy ice packs, froze them, and in the morning I wrapped one in a bath towel and pinned it around my waist with the ice pack on my back.
I left the other one in the freezer in work, and just alternated them during the day. After 2 days my back was much better.
But I still panic a little every time I sneeze.
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gingersoul said on Mar 02, 2008....
D6.......sorry to read this....yeah, getting old sucks..so where do i have to mail your cane?....lol..
No, i havent had anything like this ....yet......:-).
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beyondtheveil said on Mar 02, 2008....
D6- I think gingersoul is being a wise ass smarty pants. And I think I pulled a muscle shaking my fist at her. -
secretlife said on Mar 02, 2008....
i can relate.i still insist on sitting indian-style on the floor while i watch tv or fold clothes.nowadays when i get up, my knees creak!it makes me laugh because what else is there to do? -
gingersoul said on Mar 02, 2008....
BeyBey....oh, who? Moi?.....:-)
See? So you learn.....if you had smiled at me you wouldnt have pulled any muscle....lol...
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pickersplock said on Mar 03, 2008....
Stop shouting! And coughing! -
vacantmind said on Mar 03, 2008....
I knew someone who actually broke a rib during a coughing fit. So, take it easy. -
vacantmind said on Mar 03, 2008....
It cut off the rest of my statement. I was going to tell you that I have also pulled a muscle coughing. The doc told me to take it easy on lifting because the muscle was already strained. So, take it easy until it heals.