Everything was fine. I was getting ready for some serious "spring cleaning", right after I lollygagged in my bubble bath for an hour that is.
I got out of the bath and grabbed my towel. I felt the dreaded "WHAP!" in my low back. Trying not to panic, I set about getting my robe on and slipping on a pair of panties. Nope, panties were not going to be in the cards.
I get low back "spasms" from time to time and they are never fun, but this was one of those times that I realized that life as I know it had changed for the worse. When these horrible pains hit, they take my breath away, and my legs, and my ability to remain upright. Dressed in a big white terrycloth robe, I inched like a worm across the floor to get the the bed in Harry's apartment. I could not walk, but could pull myself with my arms if I took it slow enough. Sweat was pouring into my eyes making it hard to see, but that didn't really matter. I knew getting upright enough to throw myself on to the bed would be tricky or impossible. Either or.
My life flashed before my eyes. I really hated thinking that I would be found lying on the floor, with no underpants on in a shabby robe moaning in pain. It's just not dignified. I make every effort to stay in bed until 9:00 AM because most people (I read this on the Internet), die early in the morning. This lying on the floor dead and without panties thing is my worst nightmare.
It took me an hour to drag myself to the bed. I tried pulling the sides of the mattress to get me up, but my legs weren't working and my back went into horrid spasms with any movement of my legs or back. Finally, I pushed myself to my feet and threw myself forward onto the mattress. I think I blacked out for a few minutes from the pain.
Never mind, I was on the bed. I even managed to throw my body over so I could lie there sunny side up. I glanced at my watch and saw it was only another 6 hours until my husband would be home. And both dogs climbed on the bed next to me to give me solace. Or they were waiting to see if I died and then they would eat me. Either or.
What are these spasms like, you may ask. Okay, Ladies, imagine you are giving those last ten pushes before childbirth and you have had no painkillers whatsoever. Gentlemen, imagine you have an Alien climbing out of your low back and using its sharp teeth to get out. Then magnify it by 10. You now have some idea of these spasms. They can knock you on the floor! They can spin your head like in that "Exorcist" movie. That's how bad it is.
When my husband got home, I was bursting to go to the bathroom. He came in the room and saw my plight and said something like "Oh poor baby!". Well, poor baby was trying her hardest to roll from side to side to get over so I could possibly sit up. I looked like a turtle stuck on it's back.
I realized how undignified this looked and asked (okay, screamed) at Alex to go get me a pair of panties and put them on me. He did as I asked and I felt so much more able to cope with this miserable pain and indignity.
It's Tuesday now, I have lived to tell the tale. Always keep a pair of panties handy.
