The spasms didn’t lessen at night, last night, they bloody carried on all the night through and then all day today.
I’m now in pain, pain that seems to emanate from somewhere in my spine, I think the degenerated joint, one third of the way up my back. Each time I feel the pain, my legs jerk, so I think that I’ve probably been in pain for ages without feeling it and now it’s bad enough to feel it, despite it coming from an area that is below my spinal cord break.
The second operation that I have planned, a week after the first on August 23rd, should address the painful joint, shoring it up within an artificial cage around my spine.
Until then, I expect this new addition to my problems to continue.
My buddy, Rob, just emailed to say that he swallowed a wasp today, though not on purpose, and it stang him on the way down, that being its’ last act.
In some countries they catch mosquitos by the swarm and then compress them into mosquitos burgers, after adding a few herbs.
Apparently highly nutritious..
That sounds agonising, Russ. I don’t think I’m alone among your readers in hoping that these ops will clean out the infection and stop the spasms for good. It seems like they’re the thing that make your life most hellish. And everything is worse on no sleep.
But are you hinting you’re about to try DIY accupuncture? It must be a real devil trying to get the wasp to sting you in exactly the right spot.
I hope you can get some pain relief pills for your back, perhaps they will help with calming the spasms, too.
Poor Rob, fortunately it sounds like he didn’t end up with anaphylactic shock.
Amber’s inventive way of wringing mobey out of you was genius, even if you didn’t complete the dare. Maybe you have crazy neighbours that would up the ante? 🙂 xxxx