It arrives almost regularly -once a year- with clock-like precision. Every May, my back acts up again. I have two herniated disks in my vertebrae and for most of the year, they stay put. It must be my sedentary winter and then the burst of spring activity that makes them aggravated. That, and I have a really lousy mattress that makes me ache every morning. UGH. I am hurting today. :-P Sometimes it just feels good to whine, lol.

I have a medicine cabinet full of pain relievers and various drugs. But to be honest, I HATE HATE HATE taking any kind of pill. I don’t even take my vitamins and iron supplements like I know I should. I’m not afraid of swallowing pills, nor am I concerned I’ll need to go to a drug treatment center! I don’t exactly know what it is, I just dislike taking medicine. I’d rather endure the pain and *hope* that it goes away. But deep down, I know that if it gets blindingly bad, I’m going to take some. I hate it, because it makes my thoughts fuzzy, and I’m ditzy enough, lol!

Anyway… like I said… sometimes it helps just to whine out loud. *sigh.*