hoping it's notthing~ma to ND!!!!

Well, i think my excessive of cranberry is working, as that area no longer hurts. However i did sublux three ribs while sleeping and woke up (3 hours before my alarm) to agonizing pain of the kind that made a 30 second phone call to my dr take 2 minutes, while i tried to talk btwn sobs. I can't yet figure out a way to blame the cats, there's really no indication that they were jumping on my neck while i slept.

Not sure how i drove to the office on my own, but i did (without hitting any pedestrians), and cried some more, and got adjusted and taped and biofreezed and iced. Then my Chiro (bless her to the ends of the earth) reminded me that i have a TENS unit which has enabled me to get through a full night at work. Well, i still have three hours to go but i made it through the toughest, most active part of the evening just fine, albeit with minimal head movements. I love my tens unit with a burning, radiating, stabbing kind of love. And as soon as i get home i shall love some flexeril just as much.

eta: part of the tears was me asking the Chiro if too much cranberry concentrate and overhydtation might have caused my back and neck misery. She laughed and said absolutely not.

Erin, ugh. That all sounds horrible. I hope getting taped up helps. At least the cranberry's been helpful! Hope the other pain gets less soon, too.

the one good think about agonizing pain in the back is that nothing else hurts! hahaha, ok, until i wake up tomorrow.

We can add me back to the injuries list - vertigo is back with a vengeance. Don't think I'll be able to make it home by myself without veering into traffic so just texted DH to see if he can escort me home at lunch.

Oh Jars ugh. I had something similar 2 years ago and it was horrible-feeling. Hope it goes away very soon. Balance and non-spinny~ma.

~ma to ND. Pix, too.

Seska, of course that makes you upset. It's so horrible. BTW, would be interested in reading your paper. With tea to hand, of course.

Me too, smonster. Definitely sounds like a hypermobility thing. I am of the (exceptionally un-medically-informed) opinion that a lot more people have hypermobility problems than know about it.

Oh, I have a list as long as my arm of reasons why I have it. Just never been diagnosed.

Erin, love, that sounds horrible. I hope you feel better, soon.

And you too, Jars. And omnis and Sean. WTF, universe, back off my peeps!

People! Stop being in pain or having funny head-swimming things! Also, be able to concentrate on putting together your important presentations!

Aww! The 'mac and cheese in the mail' idea is so adorable of you all. It will cost you a small fortune in postage, though, so you really shouldn't. But thank you! *bounce*

Can't do a damn' thing about your PhD funding, but by gum, that stuff is on sale this week like a sign from On High, and I don't care if it costs more in postage than it does to actually buy it. You deserve some good old fashioned Orange American Non-Aerosol Cheezfood.

Health~ma all round, sounds like almost everyone needs it today!

I, however, feel great. (Despite my GI tract yesterday letting me know that I *really* should stop eating bread, no, seriously, now.) Over the past few weeks I have: (1) stopped drinking soda, (2) started taking kelp supplements for iodine, (3) *lowered* my Wellbutrin dose, and (4) started taking Deplin, and I feel almost... well, what I imagine normal might feel like. If I can manage to (5) exercise daily, (6) east a vegetable every now and then, and (7) stop eating bread, I should (8) lose the weight, and then maybe (9) my joints will stop hurting and I'll be okay.

Arabic numbers are so cute.

You deserve some good old fashioned Orange American Non-Aerosol Cheezfood.

You are so sweet! Thank you thank you thank you! The Girl will be very amused that people other than her are acting as my international mac and cheese dealers.

BTW, would be interested in reading your paper. With tea to hand, of course.

You're welcome to read whatever I produce, although that will mainly be in (possibly illegible) note form, as it's a verbal presentation and group discussion. I will put 'email notes to smonster' on my to-do list for after the weekend.

We can add me back to the injuries list - vertigo is back with a vengeance.

Not good. I hope your DH can help, and that you get home safely. Are you leaving work early? Get rest!

Seska, I think it's more or less always been okay to end sentences on prepositions, in which case it's grammatically correct in any case! I think. Maybe I made that up to make myself feel better. Hmm.

Heh. I think it's technically incorrect but often done in informal usage. I have my 'former English teacher' pride, though!

Teppy, if you DO decide you'd rather go with George Clooney, give my grandmother a call. She knows some of his Cincy relatives.