Stuck in bed...

So, apparently I majorly jacked up my back yesterday. I didn't really feel it until I finally sat down around eh, 10:30pm,  or so. The longer I sat, the more pain I felt come on. This wasn't good, because I had already taken extra strength tylenol. When I finally got up from the recliner to take my behind to bed, I could barely move. I knew I was in for it and decided to take half of a pain pill before it got any worse. I did my normal nightly routine, {Ow friggidy owing the whole time.} and then lay down with my book to read myself to sleep.

I couldn't get comfortable, every movement HURT. My hips and pelvis were in more pain than ever, and my back hurt so badly it brought me to tears with each movement. Even large breathes caused a lot of pain. I kept reading, waiting for the medication to start working. Eventually I grew sleepy enough to turn out my bedside light and try to sleep, but the pain really wasn't that much better. I tried finding the least painful position. It ended up being on my left side, and I was finally able to doze in and out of sleep. I never truly hit a real sleep though. I was still aware of everything going on, the pain was increasing so much there was no way I was sleeping through it. I couldn't help but wondering if I was having back labor. Every time a wave of pain would hit I would try and feel and see if my tummy tightened up. It didn't seem to be, so I felt less worried.

Exhaustion got the better of me and I dozed off again. Repeatedly coming in and out of sleep. I kept dreaming I was in labor, that's how much pain I was in. I felt like I was waiting for my water to break at any minute. I knew I wasn't in labor, but my semiconscious self interpreted the pain as labor so it's all I dreamt about when I was able to doze off here and there. When an extraordinarily painful wave would hit, I would come to and wonder if I should call my doctor. I knew I wasn't in labor, but didn't think hurting that badly could possibly be okay.

Finally I got up, used the bathroom and took another half of a pain pill. {They were prescribed to me while pregnant, and while I hated taking them, but at this point not taking them was no longer an option.} I laid back down, sipped some water and tried to get comfortable enough to fall asleep. I could tell when when the medicine began to kick in. It didn't stop the pain, but I was able to doze off again. I slept much better this time around, only waking in pain when moving. I slept until Mel came to tell me goodbye as he was leaving for work, shortly after 6. I told him that I was up all night in a ton of pain, but at that moment didn't feel too terribly bad. He left, I moved, and the pain came back.

Now here I am, explaining my night of pain while I half sit/half lie in my bed, still in a lot of pain. Still wondering if I should call my doctor. Still not knowing what to do. Wondering if it's normal to be fine all day, just a little sore, and then have the pain hit suddenly 10 hours after moving furniture. Trying to text someone, anyone to get an answer, and trying really hard to hold tears back. Most of all feeling really, REALLY dumb for overdoing it yesterday.

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