I hate my back.

I feel just plain miserable. It’s been going on for 36 hours straight.

I have for years had problems with my sciatic nerve in the left side of my lower back and hip, and it occasionally goes haywire, but this time it’s worse than I can ever remember. My entire lower back and left leg from hip to knee is sending out waves of mouth-watering pain every few seconds. It won’t stop. Sitting is excruciating, and lying down’s not much better. Standing is slightly less painful, and floating in the bathtub is also slightly less painful.

I took 2 different kinds of prescription pain pills today, which didn’t do jack shit for the pain but left me woozy, sleepy, and with a killer headache.

I went to work this morning and toughed it out to get some critical stuff done, then went to yoga class (I thought stretching would help; it didn’t), and came home afterwards.

If stretching doesn’t help, and medicine doesn’t help, I don’t know quite what to do. I’m really frustrated and catch myself making little moaning noises every now and then. I slept for a little while this afternoon but didn’t feel any better when I woke up. I guess I just have to tough it out and hope that I’ll feel better in the morning.