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I did not sleep at all last night, but I didn't get out of bed either, until about 06:30... and then I got up and peed and went back to bed and actually slept for two hours.

Of course, it's not like I had to rest up or anything like that, and I really don't feel too bad right now, except for the back.

And the back, it's just like it was yesterday. Which wasn't as bad as Friday, of course.

I think that most of the damage that was done was done in the first few seconds after I got out of bed Friday, before I really knew that I was wounded. Waking up clear-headed was never one of my fortes.

O'yeah... I did get up last night shortly after I went to bed and took a shower... I'd thought about showering earlier, but then decided against it because of the lack of rails in the shower. But then I started thinking about it and itching all over and felt dirty, so there was no way around it... and I did feel a lot better when I was done, of course, even though my last shower was less than 24 hours before.

Around 13:30 I called my doc's office, and talked to the nurse on call, who talked to the doc on call, who essentially told her to write me a script for whatever I thought would work, heh. So I've got some flexeril and lortabs coming, and I'm looking forward to getting some relief.

16:38... Well, got the meds on board and I'm hoping for some quick relief, heh. Yeah, I'm impatient, I know.

The longer this goes on, the further up by spine the pain goes... it's up to the mid-thoracic now.

I need to call my supervisor and let her know that I won't be in tomorrow, barring a miracle... not that I would *mind* a miracle, y'understand....

Listening to LA Bradford... nice stuff.

And the meds are starting to kick in, I'm getting that spacy feeling... but I'm not yet willing to test my boundaries yet, heh. What I want to do mostly is go to sleep. But I need to talk to my supervisor first, and her line is constantly busy.

Eh, so I just left her a message....

Karen got a blood pressure machine while she was at Walgreens, and mine was 159/76... still way too high systolically. I really don't know what's going on there, dammit, but I wish it would quit. It's not like I don't have enough to worry about....

19:07...
Ah well, can't sleep yet, but I did lay in bed for a coupla hours. I'll stay up for a while, then try it again after I take another round of pills. Drug-aided rest is about the only way to cure this type of thing.