02/04/2012 My Back's Breaking

In my rush to get finished and off the ship early on Friday I dragged a huge box marked Heavy 2 Man Lift from a shelf in the container to make room for tools, it subsequently dropped like a stone and I tried to hold it. I felt a pop in the bottom of my back and thought "That can't be good," however I took no notice and get on with my day. It felt slightly tight on Saturday when I got up, and worse as the day went on. I took a few Ibuprofen and some Paracetamol to see me through the day, and a couple more that night. Sunday morning at AB's when I woke up it was far worse, I struggled severely to get up and about, something is badly wrong here and it's getting worse.

Now here's the kicker, this morning it took me an hour to get out of bed and on my feet, and I do mean an hour, I can't stand up, to move my back in any direction is agony, I've never felt pain like it, I get so far and then the pain is so intense I have to give up. I think I could just get up on my feet and straighten my back quickly and I'll be OK. I try this tactic and find there is no way I can actually do it, it's just physically impossible. I'm in agony, the pain is so bad I'm actually thinking about calling reception and getting an ambulance to take me to hospital. Eventually my painkillers kick in and I manage to get from my back to my knees, then upright and mobile. I struggled about for an hour, called my Doctor and drove to see him, boy that was a fun drive..

The end result is I've torn a muscle in my back, I have Tramadol 100mg tablets for my pain, 2 a day for thirty days, I've taken 4 so far today just to function, they make me feel queasy and very lightheaded but they do dampen the pain.......2 days to Newcastle, this had better heal sharpish. I refuse to allow this to spoil my plans.


I do however resolve to never call anyone saying they have a bad back a lazy sod, I've always thought folk complaining about bad backs were malingerers, how bad can it be? I can now tell you, it's the worst pain I've ever had.





Agony be my name.