On the Mend

Thursday after posting about my pinched nerve, it got pretty bad.  I could barely move my arms without being in pain.  Around 2 I decided to leave work before I couldn't drive myself home.  I tried heat, I tried ice and I tried Motrin.  The only thing that helped even a little was the heat, but once I had to move again, my bliss was gone.  The night was horrible trying to get comfortable.  Friday morning when my alarm went off I painfully got myself into a sitting position, then put my feet on the floor, problem was, I couldn't stand up from there.  I said the hell with it and crawled right back in bed.

All day Friday I tried different things.  I would get myself in an ok position, but then when it was time to move I would be sore again.  It didn't matter if I sat up or laid down or even stood up, if I could stay still I was ok.  Finally I decided to lay down with the heating pad again and ended up taking a 4 hour nap!!!  To my surprise I woke up in a little less pain.  I loved that I was at least able to sit with my family and have dinner.  By the time I went back to bed though I was once again in some serious pain.

Saturday morning I woke up in no quite so much pain, but my muscles were sore and my nerve was definitely still pinched.  After trying to just deal with it I decided I didn't want to spend the whole weekend inside so I took a large dose of ibuprofen.  Within a half hour I was able to function some what normally although certain movements still made the nerve hurt.  I stuck with taking the pain med through the day and even had to take one in the night, but I woke up Sunday morning feeling much less pain.  I took another dose around 7am and that was that.  All of a sudden there was no more pinched nerve and I could move normally again.

This morning I got up and was able to complete my workout without any pain.  Only thing left lingering is a little stiffness between my shoulder blades that I have been slowly stretching all day.  Hopefully tomorrow I will be 100%.  Plus it's weigh in day, not sure how I feel about that with my lack of exercise this week.  I tried really hard to watch my calories in it's absence.  

Pinched Nerve???

I'm pretty sure it's a pinched nerve.

The pain started out yesterday right about where the red circle is.  This morning when I stretched it started to feel better.  I decided to move on with my work out taking it easy on the shoulders.  It was a little sore when I finished, but nothing major.  I've had this pain before and what normally cures it is ignoring it and working through the ache.  Well after my shower it seemed to be getting worse and worse.  When I left for work I couldn't look down in the sitting position and some random movements would take my breath away.  Now, I've been at work for 5 hours and just about any movement makes me want to cry.  The pain is now in all these places...

 It hurts pretty much no matter how I move my arms or head.  Sitting and standing hurts and just about every step I take hurts.  I tried taking some motrin but it was no use.  I've also used my shock thing like what the chiropractor uses and it hasn't done any good either.  I really just want to go lay down and sleep it away!