Two nights ago, I was happily sitting in my armchair and  reached for my cup of tea on a tabe beside me.

Suddenly I felt something give in my back and a sharp pain.

It was no too bad but began to build to extreme. So I  went into emergency pain management mode-

Double the tramadol, then add panadol, hey that rhymes.

Add a heat pack the  usje my electric massage device.

Nothinf wa helping much, then the muscels in my shoulder startd spasming so badly I yelled out loud each time.

Every movement was agony and if it had been on  y ldft sid e I would have presumed heart attack and called an ambulance.

Hours later I got some sleep then woke to find e erythi ng just as bad.

Somehow I got dressed, wishingI had smaller boobs  so I did not have

le to put a bra on lol

Walked or rather oozed into the docs office and waited half an hour regularly yelling inpain then crying, something I rarely do.

Two nurses were very sympathetic so that was nice

I did think I had broken a rib but was diagnosed with inflamed rib cartlidge which in turn flared the nerves and muscles

Darn cup of tea?

So off to the physio, a charming young lady who told me that she understood because she had crohns disease and also how whe had a special interest in rib problems as they are so hard to treat , great mate

So shoulder strapped double tablets 50mg of prednisone daily....much rest, no choice really.

Ho hum sneak attack by a cuppa

On the brighter side, after much thought I bought a tablet, typing this on it, I am thrilled with it as it is so much lighter and easier ti use than a computer.

I sit it on a  tray on my lap which is especially for computers and has a soft base which adjusts to you shape so comfy.Well the fingers don,t want to work so by for now

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