But…I don’t FEEL old!
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007
Getting old bites the big one.
I’m not saying I’m old…42 is NOT OLD. (Repeat…repeat…
But I FEEL so old. Especially this week.
Some of you might know I had some pretty serious back issues a few years ago. Had to be rushed to the ER due to numbness down my right leg–after dealing with debilitating back pain for 2 years. Turned out I had 2 herniated discs which were pressing on my nerves and I had to have a radial microdiscectomy. Which was a HUGE RELIEF. Fixed the leg problem (mostly, though I have about a 2″ wide numb spot to this day…that’s kinda weird!) And the back pain is waaaaay better. (I can get by for a few days without any Motrin, which is saying a lot since I lived on it, 4 x every 4 hours, for a good year.)
But…every once in a while, my back decides to remind me that I am not the 25 year old I picture in my mind. (Not in the mirror…that old bag should be *happy* to be only 42 some days!)
This weekend, hubby and I went to Florida to do some work on our as yet unsold house, getting ready to put it back on the market. I had a looooong list for both of us. So the first day, I get to work out in the front, cutting back some huge, out-of-control Birds of Paradise bushes, which wasn’t difficult work, but did involve some bending.
Well, I bent…my back, however, did not. It instead popped and started screaming at me, which basically put me out of commission for the entire weekend!
It is so darned frustrating, because, as I said above, I still mentally see myself as the strong, active 20…okay, that’s a stretch…30-something I was a few years ago. To be very painfully reminded that I’m not just TICKS ME OFF! Especially when it’s caused by something so simple. I mean, I didn’t throw my back out when sliding down the ice and crashing into the trees two weeks ago, or while tubing down the mountain at the ski resort. No. I did it trimming some stinking bushes in my yard.
Yep. Getting old really stinks. 
Anybody else have back issues? Any suggestions on how to deal with them? (beyond copious amounts of drugs? 
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PS: VOTE! 
Julie, Janelle and I, along with some of our Plotmonkey pals including Kimberly Raye, Rhonda Nelson, Julie Miller, Jill Shalvis, Joanne Rock and other Blaze authors are all nominated for awards in the eHarlequin Reader’s Choice Awards. (Actually, Boys of Summer, by me, Julie & Kimberly, is up against Janelle’s Christmas Blaze anthology! ACK! Good thing we’re such good friends or we’d have to have a rumble over that one. 
Anyway if you’d like to vote for your favorite Harlequin releases of 2006, CLICK HERE.
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Carly’s winner from yesterday is …
# 24
Jolene Fehr
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