I think I exacerbated it because even though a nice man got my cart of the bus while I was saying "OW, OW, OW"and clutching my hip, I still had to get it off, home and up my stairs.

Though with sciatica, it's my understanding, that the more you use move and use it the better it is for alleviating pain. Dunno if that's true or not.

Ibuprofen every four hours and ice.

Thank you Kat-- I now have a bag of spnich on my hip.

I also want to kill my cat because she peed on my sofa!!!! And I laid in it!

Oooooh! Bad kitty!

Though with sciatica, it's my understanding, that the more you use move and use it the better it is for alleviating pain. Dunno if that's true or not.

I can say with this that I feel a lot better standing and walking that sitting or laying down.

The cat only did that because you already felt bad.

Sophia, I dunno. I think the standard medical advice is to ice first, but that assumes it's a strain. I don't know if that's what you have, but I am guessing that ice doesn't actually hurt, so you could start there?

I got some stuff done this morning and now I'm lazing around. I really need to mop the kitchen floor and go buy alcohol at BevMo. Hmm.

I was also told that not taking care of a childs medical needs isn't abuse, either.

The fuck?? Or if it's a matter of semantics, surely ignoring a child's medical needs counts as neglect or reckless endangerment, or something that would warrant authorities getting involved?

I kid you not, a woman here just asked if she could have her pictures for free because she lost her wallet.

I washed and dried my garage and building passkey. I hope it still works.