*so very much doesn't wave, but would like to*

[stillane]

Okay. So.

I was going to have con notes and pictures up tonight, and maybe a report on all the gloriously crazy stuff that's been going on this week, but... Well, I woke up this morning unable to get my head past medial position without lots and lots of pain. I'm pretty pain-tolerant, most of the time, but this is just annoying. I made embarrassing whimpery sounds while trying to brush my hair, and hauled myself into work, where I spent about an hour very carefully not moving in front of a computer screen before my boss caught me and said, "Home. Now. With drugs."

Ibuprofen ain't touching it, a hot shower was no help, and I've got enough Bengay on my neck to numb a rhino. Although, on the plus side, that particular product always makes me think of due South, so... heh.

I'd really like to know what the hell I did, specifically for the purpose of never, ever doing it again. (Not, as my sister suggested, for planning out ways to inflict it on other people. She's a little evil, that one. I'm so proud.) I just went to bed great, and woke up ow.

In apology for not having anything actually cool to say, I will leave you with this picture:

Yes, that's the Hewlett. Yes, that's the Penguin o'Doom. Yes, there's a story. And yes, I swear I'll get around to telling it as soon as this whole typing shtick doesn't make me want to pant miserably. In the meantime, any and all advice on how to make this stop would be accepted gratefully.

Ow.

Comments

[sangga.livejournal.com]

i think you might wanna try a physiotherapist, if anyone you know has the contact for a good one. my physio helped relieve a whole lot of problems i had through manual therapy, and then sent me home with a regime of simple exercises that stopped me ever having such difficulties again.

a good physio is worth their weight in gold.

until you get an appointment...*here's a hug*

[stillane.livejournal.com]

*hugs back* Thanks for the advice. I'm a little better today, and our campus med center is closed for the weekend, but I'm definitely keeping the physiotherapist idea in mind. I've never been to one before, but I've been all kinds of out of whack since I broke my tailbone last summer. I'm thinking this neck thing might just be symptomatic of that overall problem. Maybe it's time to let a profession put me back together. *g*