Pity Party for Me - Written June 12, 2013

Today is a pretty painful day for me physically. On a scale of 1-10 (10 being my last birthday which I spent in the hospital wishing back pain would leave) I would say it is a 5. I have lived with back pain for most of my adult life. Sure I see a chiropractor and a massage therapist. I have dabbled in physiotherapy and acupuncture. I had a trainer, got fit, lost a ton of weight and all only offer me a small amount of relief.

This bout of back pain is my third in 6 months. The second to last more than 2 weeks in discomfort and what have I learned from that – apparently nothing. May 23 was 20 days ago and I have done no exercise, little ‘core’ building and no stretching and today I am paying for it.

The goal is to be accountable to me (and by extension you in this blog) – why am I not working harder to improve my life physically? It is only going to get worse, as I age and become less bendable. . England in 3 weeks is going to be somewhat painful for me. And still I have no immediate plans beyond ‘eugh maybe I will get a massage’.

So I am having a pity party but like a hangover after a night of drinking – there is no one to blame but myself.