I am laying on the sofa in agony. My back has 'gone' having stupidly decided to tidy the house in order for a 6 yr old boy to come for tea with DD, just in case his mother stopped for a coffee when she came to collect, having never been here before (and having a humungous beautiful house herself). Did she stop? no she didn't. make some lame excuse and disappeared with her DS.
So, for a pretty pointless reason other than my own pride which was not even noticed, I put my back out completely and utterly. On thursday evening. I have tried since then to get the pain and spasms under control and I simply can't.
DH has just left for the weekend to got to a stag do, DS has a stinking flu bug (he is 3) and luckily is feeling better today, but last night had a fever of 40 and was only reducing a little with meds. luckily he is now through that and although grotty, feeling much more perky with medicine. DD is snoty, cracked lips, but stoic and 'caring' for mummy.
The kids are well-behaved. Thank goodness we have a laptop, an i-pad, a Nintendo (which i didn't want DD to have) and an abundance of mostly scratched films to watch. Two of my friends are coming over this afternoon to help with the children/let me rest take valium but for now:
FUCKING HELL IT HURTS! And I can't even reach my coffee.
there. that's it.
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ARGH fuckity fucking fuck. fucking bollox
PavlovtheCat · 26/01/2013 08:30
if you have to get up then think about anything you might need whilst you are up eg glass of juice, packet of biscuits etc,
When mine goes on me the doctor keeps telling me to get up and move around so I don't stiffen up - not a fucking chance in hell!! I rest, rest and rest and I find that I get better faster rather than moving around. I have a lovely big sofa and just veg out on that with a duvet over me, the DC's usually bring me a bell to ring if I need anything which they usually ignore 
I have also been known to sit in my car as is has heated seats and that also works, have you got a hot water bottle which you can use?
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Your dh WENT AWAY ON A JOLLY leaving you like this?!!!! 
If you can get to your laptop, I'd be researching solicitors re: divorce proceedings.
But you do have my sincere sympathies though. I'm recovering from surgery last week,after a badly-broken leg so am pretty immobile too. My kids are teens though and have been able to help, although as luck would have it, both they and dh have all gone down with a horrid flu-virus, so we're dependent on friends and family helping us out with meals, shopping and dog-walking. It's a nightmare.
I'm still that your dh went away and left you like this. Do you think you're safe, or rather are are your kids safe, in this situation? If not, get your dh home NOW.
noren yes I do - torn/prolapsed l5/s1 lumbar discs, unstable spine due to sever dehydration of the 'sick' disc and it's probably trapping a nerve, add to the mix something or other to do with facet joints and that just about covers it. just finally been put on a 12-15 waiting list to talk to a neurosurgeon about removing disc (partially) and spinal fusion.
And to be (a little bit) fair to DH. Although he does have a clue how much pain I am in, and that DS is poorly, we had plans to deal with it. It just so happens my friend had a positive PG test today, and now we know, I would not put her in that position. We suspected she might be yesterday, but DH would not have considered those things. If we had absolutely no-one to rely on he would not have gone I am sure. I will need to get someone to help, even if they can take DD out for a few hours as she is lumped with all this crap, just made her own sarnie 
He is paintballing so not in communication right now. And bloody miles away. With no car. I have it. And it's a good job as I think DS might need to see GP too, his temp is too high for my liking (i will post about that seperately).
What A Fucking Disaster - All At Once!
No point me seeing a GP, I have everything that can be done - tramadol, diazepam, anti-inflammatories, paracetamol (my friend dropped some in the letter box for me) hot wheat wrap, it just so happens I can't take more than the basic level of tramadol, and no diazepam while DS is so poorly. I need to be able to drive (even if it bloody hurts). A GP can't do any more than that if he came to see me.
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