Ow ow ow ow ow

For the record, I haven't been doing anything stupid with my back, and it hasn't even hurt since Friday.

Until now. I was walking around getting ready to do laundry, and I bent over to pick up a sock on the floor, but not in a stupid way. I didn't twist my ankle or move weird or anything, but I suddenly felt a sharp, shooting pain in the left side of my lower back. I've never had anything like this before--every backache I've ever had has been much milder, and centered directly on my spine, as if the bottom few vertebrae were compressed.

It was so bad I screamed and had to lie down on the spot. I got up eventually and hobbled to the couch and laptop, but anything that puts weight on it hurts excruciatingly. I've called my doctor's office, and I left DH a voicemail to say he might need to come home, because I don't know what I'm going to do when Annabel awakens from her nap. I also need to call someone I'm supposed to meet at 5:30 (an appointment I was already trying to cancel because of my cold), but that involves getting to the other room where her phone # is.

What the fuck did I just do to myself?

Shit. Dammit. Neighbor isn't home. WTF am I going to do if Annabel wakes up? I can barely move, much less pick up a baby and take care of her. This is stupid, but I'm actually tempted to call 911.

WTF am I going to do if Annabel wakes up?

Crawl to the couch and sit with her?

I expect you'd get a bigass bill if they sent a paramedic out to check on you.

I called DH's office and got them to pull him out of the meeting he was in. He's coming home on the next bus. Still waiting on the doctor to call me back.

This is STUPID. This SUCKS.

It does. When I sprained my back a few weeks ago, it was like running into a brick wall. Hi, I'm here doing stuff and living my - WHAM! And poofter! life gone. On your back for 4 days. Icing and pain killers and no lifting of anything.

This is STUPID. This SUCKS.

It's horrible. It's going to take you a while before it starts to feel completely better, and even then you're going to have to baby it.

At least that was my experience when I threw out my back.

Susan, that sounds awful. I'm glad to hear your DH is on his way home. Meanwhile, if Annabel wakes up, don't pick her up -- this may be more painful than your back -- but try keep her occupied in the crib with whatever you need to placate her. A favorite toy, a cookie, whatever you can toss her. She'll be okay until your DH gets home, and you might really need to put yourself first in this case.

Thirding Hec and Aimee. Thrown backs suck.

Oh, Susan! You poor thing! I hope your DH is home. Please take it easy and take care of yourself.

Right now, I don't think I could pick Annabel up. Just getting myself from the living room, where this happened, to the bedroom, where she is, almost seems like too much for me. Thank God it's a one storey house, 'cuz I really couldn't do stairs. I just went to the bathroom, and the back pain made it ten times the ordeal it ever was right after Annabel was born.

Funny, I no longer care so much about that contest. Can I have all my finalist~ma transferred to continued nap~ma for Annabel, fast bus~ma for DH, and please-God-make-it-stop-hurting~ma for me?