Dadanga
Songster
Oh, being in a family of bad backs; I've seen the other vicious side of it. A monster fueled by prescription meds doing the unthinkable but because of those drugs, bloke gets bugger all of a sentence.As an RN, I have had many patients with bad backs. I did not want to end up like them. I started moving all my in-ground gardening to raised beds, at first only 6 inches high, but now all my raised beds are 16 inches high.
I don't have a bad back, but I don't want to end up with a bad back either, so I do lots of things to proactively protect myself knowing that I am not getting any younger. If I find a way to reduce the stress on my back or make a job easier by doing it at waist level instead of bending over, then I go for that option.
Lots of people with back pain issues don't get much relief. Many doctors are afraid of prescribing medication for back pain. There are too many people hooked on pain meds seeking more prescriptions. Also, doctors have to worry about someone getting hooked on their pain meds. Nobody wants to lose their license, so it's much easier for the doctor not to prescribe heavy potentially addictive pain meds and risk losing their license.
I know of a guy who had a history of drug abuse but also had a bad back. He wanted pain management but not addictive drugs. He got no help from his doctor. I found out, at the end, he was literally crawling to the bathroom because it was too painful for him to stand up and walk. He could not handle the pain and took his own life. I am sure his family would have preferred to deal with an addiction over death, if that was the only choice. My hope is that someone out there is successfully treating pain without getting patients addicted to the meds.
I hope you are in a better place and are managing your back pain so you can have a good life. But I truly understand the problems people face with back pain and how many people don't get the care they need.
I barely feel my back anymore. The only time it gets bad is if I've sat after a long time and it's the transition to standing that hurts a little bit. I want to work out more and keep my range of motion. I have some flab to get rid of LOL and summer is coming up. I'm just imagining getting all excited to do some exercise and bam! herniated disc!
Luckily the gardening helps. I didn't do a whole lot today except try to escape the heat. I delivered the quail eggs and got a thank you so that was nice. Probably going to do the watering of the garden when it cools down a bit more. Tomorrow it's going to be a lot cooler.
The chillies in the green house are all fruiting, mites are going nuts but tomorrow I'll start my rosemary oil pesticide and see how it goes. I'll do it three times a day for a while. They say it takes some time to work. Pakchoi is evolving into it's Seedchoi form sadly. I'll keep her going though and maybe sprinkle the seeds over the bed more evenly. I love how the little artichokes look with their interesting leaves.
I should of taken more care in seeding the radish as I must of got a big cluster going. I'll wait a bit more before thinning them out. What's really interesting to me is that despite an aggressive cutback of the roots on the vietmint it just continues to roll on getting fatter. Would love to see how it compares to actual mint and do a race of sorts.
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