It is days like today and yesterday that really frustrate me. I have been in terrible pain where I have not even felt like getting out of bed for very long and it is frustrating. There is no reason for me to be in this much pain. When I say that, I mean that I did not do an extreme amount of exercise, or shopping for that matter, that would make me think that that is why I am in pain. There are two triggers that I have found and both are kind over unable to be gotten around. If I sit for an extreme amount of time, ie. traveling to see my doctor 3 hours from home, I am guaranteed to be in pain for a little while after that. Also if I am standing for a long period, like over 2 hours, I am in extreme pain. The standing is a little easier to handle since I am changing the way that my classroom is run this year, but sitting is not as easy to handle. I am glad that I have found these triggers but I know that there has to be more and I want to find those now too.
When the pain hits to the level that it is right now and has been all weekend, it causes me to just want to curl up in a tight ball and not move. Even when I do move then the pain increases. And there lies the problems with this pain. There is no real relief that I have found and it is driving me crazy. I just wish that I was all better and that I was not continuing to have this pain. I am getting ready to start my 5th year of teaching and I was hoping to enter this year mostly pain free. I guess I will have to deal with a little less in pain. Any little bit does help so I guess I should be glad about a slight decrease and keep working with what I am doing.
