Guess whose back...back again

It's my back. Tell a friend.

For the past 2-3 years I've had an ongoing back problem. I think it developed due to 15+ years of playing basketball, but I have no real evidence to support that claim. It's just a theory. 

However, I'm finding that unless someone has experienced true back pain, they're often unsympathetic or ignorant to how debilitating it can be. 

I have a disc injury that applies pressure to a nerve in my back. It's enough to make me walk like an baboon sometimes. 

That's when I love receiving unsolicited advice from someone who currently has no back pain. 

A teacher at my school dismissively told me to "take an advil, get a heating pack, you'll be fine".

No. Actually. I won't. Because even medications like skelaxin and codeine don't provide sufficient relief. 

It's getting better though which is the good news.

On another topic, I'm tempted to start a week of posts that just turn into tangents. Grumpy Bastard Week we could call it. Just wanting to allow myself to be publicly annoyed and/or angry. Or is every week Grumpy Bastard Week on this blog?

Maybe the next week will follow with only positive and lauding posts to help some of you get through the negativity.