And December Goes On...

Sunday the 7th, my back started to act up and by Monday the 8th, I was in full blown pain.  I have osteoporosis of the spine and every now and then I forget and twist or bend or help put up a Christmas tree or something stupid like that and then I am in pain for days.  There is not a lot I can do to relieve the pain...hot showers and hot compresses, Aleve and my regular medication for the osteoporosis.  Usually it takes close to a week for it to become manageable but until then, sitting for long periods of time or sleeping at night, is difficult and painful.  Tuesday and Wednesday I got absolutely nothing done between the intense back pain and the weather.  I do not like being so idle this time of year.  I have so much I want to do.

Last week we got snow, snow and more snow.  Not a storm by UP standards but the usual winter weather here in the UP.  It continued until Thursday morning.  At least it is was not below zero temperatures.  I can deal with snow but I despise the frigid cold. And on that note, the snow was supposed to taper off by Friday and then the weekend temps went down to frigid.  I am NOT a winter person.

On the up side of last week, I have all my Christmas shopping done and spent the weekend wrapping (my back decided to cooperate) the house is decorated and the tree is up and decorated.  All my grocery shopping for holiday meals is done and I will be starting to bake this week.  Also, the upside of a very painful back is that I can sit and watch holiday movies without guilt as the cheerful holiday movies make my back feel a bit better (B smiles at that statement cause he knows its bs).

This week I am determined to get the rest of my Christmas To Do list done, back pain or not.