Today was Okay

The awful pain I had in my upper back last Thursday so far has not returned. Just some pain to remind me it is there. Not bad though. I continue to have problems with the lower back. I had therapy for it again today. It did get sore by the end of the day at work. The therapist asked me what I am doing when it bothers me. So I am trying to pay attention to what I am doing when it starts to bother me. It usually does not hurt when I sit down for a bit, but when I get up again then it will. It also bothers me when doing standing or slow walking things. Like working in the kitchen, or walking around the grocery store. It seems to have no rhyme or reason to it most of the time. Each time I go to therapy I learn something new to do to strengthen or to stretch my back and torso.

I got up just now for a Java refill, and it wasn't too bad this time to get up and walk. Like I said, I never know when it is going to hurt and when it is not. I just have to go with the flow most of the time.

Last night Edward found himself on the floor. He somehow rolled out of bed. We are not sure how it happened. Too close to the edge probably and then rolled over and boom, he was on the floor. I woke up because his falling off shook the bed enough to wake me up. He just told me that he is a little sore from the jarring of landing on the floor. Fortunately that is all it is. Also, fortunately the night stand on his side is NOT next to the bed. On my side it is, so if I were to fall out, I would conk my head first before landing on the floor. Does give you something to think about. I remember as a child falling out of bed and for some reason the bottom drawer of my dresser was open. I can remember hitting my head on the bottom drawer. May have to rethink furniture arrangement in the bedroom. But nightstands are so handy for putting reading material and my glasses. Many of the patients I work with have it far worse when they fall due to their fragility. Many times a bone is broken. Sometimes it is the hip and sometimes it can be a shoulder or upper arm. Depends on how they land and the type of flooring they have. Sometimes these falls are from falling out of bed. We can laugh about our situation, for many it is not funny.