A little over a week ago the week from hell began. I was fast asleep, dreaming pleasant dreams when 45 mins before my alarm was due to wake me for another day of work I felt CRACK in my neck. The crack and the 10/10 woke me in a heartbeat. Owww. And I couldn’t turn my head without an insane amount of pain. So I do what anyone else would do first thing in the morning – go for a whiz. I went to move my neck while walking to the bathroom, and that was the end of me. Within seconds I was lying on the floor in severe pain. I was fainting and feeling nauseous. I was sweating hard, and I couldn’t move, let alone get up to wee.
The fainting and feeling of vomiting made us quickly decide to call the ambulance. They got here quick enough and said I had a classic case of acute wry neck. Basically, something was making it spasm. It was suggested I could have some anti-inflammatories, that would help, also Voltaren cream. The last time I had either I was coated in hives from head to toe. Panamax did nothing. So they recommended calling my doctor to see what he can suggest. I could go to the hospital but they’d tell me the same, and send me on my way with a 90 minute bus ride, or $70 taxi ride, still in pain.
We decided to say home and monitor. Perhaps it could get better?
The next 24 hours sucked. I couldn’t move without wincing. I couldn’t get dressed, and the only thing that brought relief was a hot shower and the heat pack. Misa-chan was a great help, caring for me. But I’m such a wuss, the heat pack was either too hot, or not hot enough. There was no sweet spot. We ended up calling the GP 30 hours after the pain started and he SMSd me a prescription for Panadeine Forte. Driving to the chemist was an adventure, Misa-chan had to check left and right for me as I couldn’t turn my head. We made it home safely and I soon had my first Panadeine Forte. The lingering pain soon went away, but would still be there if I moved the wrong way.
It’s coming on 190 hours since this all began. I used 4 days of sick leave – a new record – and returned yesterday. Even now, I’m not 100% healed. There is still some tightness and sensitivity, and if massaged or rubbed wrong, there’s one spot that spasms hard, it’s like being electrocuted. Not good.
But I woke up to some good news yesterday. Trey is back with Faith No More. And this Sony Discman I bid on before bedtime last night I won. And I changed the logo here, so it matches the one I have on YouTuve. I also made this new website yesterday, as part of a plan to see more of Fukuoka next time we go.
The website is a gacha capsule machine, and I need to click the wheel 3 times for the ball to drop. Click on the ball, and it opens to reveal a random train station in Fukuoka that I need to go to. When I get to the station, I click another 3 times to get the second ball. Open that shows a list of 10 random tasks (from a list of 20+) to complete. My only rules are that everything must be completed without the aid of maps, and everything had to be legal – no funny business (As if I’m going to be a jerk and do something dodgy in Japan!). I have 3 hours to complete as many tasks as possible. 4/10 or less is a Fail, 5/10 to 9/10 is scored from E to A, and 10/10 is A+. It’s going to be fun! I’ve put a link to it in the menu. It’s still being tweaked, but I’m nearly there.
And now that it’s almost 1am, it’s probably best I go to bed soon. Have a big day coming up!
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