1 horrible old neck injury (high-speed highway rollover, 1986: C4 and C5) x too much housework and gardening (yesterday) x general stress (ongoing) = shoulder, neck and scalp muscles in spasm = extreme nausea + plenty of hyoscine hydrobromide + too much codeine + 1 moving, upsetting funeral of a 60-year-old woman you've known since you were born + several hours with your father & sisters + far too many brandies (today) + 2 x really crucial deadlines that matter a lot to a lot of other people (imminent) = X, where X is how you'll feel at 8 am when the alarm goes off.
On the other hand, it's 20 years today (3.30 am, November 26th 1989) since I had my last cigarette: cold turkey from 40-50 a day. CP, if you're reading this, thanks from the heart.
One suspects a neck and shoulder massage is in order!
ReplyDeleteSame here, but different elements feeding into a similar mix. Yes good idea SL, sending cyber- N&S massage to Pav.
ReplyDeleteYay you for your 20 year anniversary. If you can do that, you can do anything. Hope the cyber massage is helping.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your anniversary, Pav. The rest sounds awful.
ReplyDeleteX sounds not very nice at all. It sounds that feeling you get when you wake up, feeling tired, but knowing you simply must drag yourself out of bed and into the shower, because no one is going to do it for you.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the smoke-free existence.
Yes congrats on the anniversary. Such will power if I couldn't each chocolate I would know exactly how many days since my last one as well.
ReplyDeleteHey - just a suggestion but have you got any crazy wonderful Chinese massage parlour near you? They are starting to appear in the malls and are BRILLIANT/ No appointment and you are guaranteed to leave in the upright position. (My old injuries include being rear ended by a 4x4, rolled on by a horse and some broken bones in back - I always find them really helpful!)
Good work and good luck
ReplyDeleteHard to believe you can have too much codeine ..... but...