While out with Ollie yesterday, I started to get a pain in my back. It didn’t feel like conventional ‘backache’, but was no less unpleasant. By the time I got home, I was feeling rather unwell with it, and couldn’t get comfortable. So I took some Brufen, and laid on the bed for a while.
I managed to prepare dinner for when Julie got home from work at 6:30 pm, but I didn’t enjoy it, as the pain hadn’t shifted at all. Before 8pm, still daylight here, I had to take more tablets, and go back to bed.
The pain woke me up after midnight, and Julie found me some much stronger tablets, Naproxen. After taking two of those, I went back to bed and managed to get back off to sleep. I didn’t wake up this morning until 9:20. I had slept for almost twelve hours, and the pain had gone.
Though it left behind that ‘pain memory’, a niggling feeling around the same area where the problem had been. I have no idea what caused it, but I really hope it doesn’t come back.
Glad to know you are okay now Pete.
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Thanks Arlene. That was a strange evening. I hope that pain never comes back.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Alright you’ve got me at “Mystery Pain”. Pete, just before the pain began on your walk with Ollie, what were you thinking about? Were you thinking about how nice the walk with ollie was? or When will everyone return to normal, whatever normal actually is? Perhaps, the mystery was a inner body stress event. Or, a slight , ever so slight twist of a foot causing the back to angle just right in the wrong direction.. It is a mystery , indeed….
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Thanks, Laura. I think the biggest mystery is that it made me feel so ill for one night, and I woke up the next day and it was gone. I just hope it never comes back.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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Always a bit concerning when it’s not the “usual” thing…your body keeps tossing y some curveballs (baseball expression), hope it was something you may never know the cause but it’s gone so that’s ok!
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Thanks, John. That will suit me nicely. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Sometimes sleep is the best medicine. The human body already knows what it needs. We just got him off-beat with too much medicine. Glad you’re feeling better Pete! xx Michael
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Thanks, Michael. A good sleep really does help.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Indeed, Pete! Only sleep must come voluntarily and not be brought about by alcohol. xx Michael
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Probably the rest helped to relieve a pulled muscle? Glad the pain’s gone.
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Could be that, but it felt like something ‘inside’, Stevie. Either way, it went, so that’s good. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I also wish that the pain does not come back.
But you should mention it the next time you visit a doctor
All the best, Irene
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Thanks very much, Irene. If it comes back like yesterday, I will definitely be visiting a doctor.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I can think of some really good puns here, but I’d rather just wish you well, and hope that the “pain memory” fades away, even though the mystery won’t be forgotten.
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Thanks, David. I was expecting a pun barrage! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I hope that whatever it was, it‘s gone for good!!
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Me too. Thanks, Themis.
Best wishes, Pete.
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This all sounds a little too familiar, Pete. Mystery pains! When I break down, I want to be able to say I’m hurting because I climbed in the Himalayas or ran a marathon. Pulling a muscle while rolling over in bed doesn’t garner much sympathy.🤣
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I don’t know what that was, Pete. It didn’t feel like muscle pain, but at least it went away when I woke up yesterday.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Sincerely hope it doesn’t come back, back pain is horrendous! Take it easy Pete x
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Thanks, Ami. Fingers are crossed, but it seems to have been a one-off.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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Take it easy today Pete, the pain is telling you something isn’t right. I wonder what it could be? If it comes back please have it checked out, worried in Cali, C
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It was deep inside my back, so probably not the usual ‘backache’. If it comes back like yesterday, you can be sure I will be getting some tests.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Back pain is so debilitating. I’m glad it finally went away and you got some sleep!
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Thanks, Susanne. It wasn’t like normal backache, it felt deeper inside. At least it didn’t come back today. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I hope it doesn’t come back but I’m glad you’re prepared to do to the doctor if it does.
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Yes, if that comes back, I will get it checked. It made me feel so ill yesterday.
Best wishes, Pete.
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This doesn’t sound very good, Pete. I hope it doesn’t come back. Back pain is horrible.
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It didn’t feel like conventional backache, more like something deeper inside. It was worrying, but it seems to have disappeared today. Fingers crossed!
Thanks, Robbie.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Your body was telling you something. But it’s a mystery story! Weird. Keep us posted. Healing thoughts winging your way (if necessary).
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Thanks very much, Janet. Whatever it was, it hasn’t come back again today, so fingers crossed! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Pete, it could be your gallbladder. An inflamed gallbladder can cause back pain and anti inflammatories would give temporary relief. I’m sure you’re keeping an eye on it.
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It could be your gall bladder Pete. An inflamed gall bladder can cause back pain and be temporarily improved with anti inflammatories. I’m sure you’re keeping an eye on it.
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It could be your gall bladder Pete. An inflamed gall bladder can cause back pain and be temporarily improved with anti inflammatories. I’m sure you’re keeping an eye on it.
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Could well be that, Keith. That or some sort of kidney issue. It’s okay today, but if it comes back, I will get it checked out.
Hope you’re well mate.
Pete. x
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Glad you feel better. Hope the pain was a “one off”!
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Thanks, Yeti. I have spent all day expecting it to come back, but so far, so good. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Hope it was just a trapped nerve. We are all so reluctant to go to the doctor at present. I have pain in my shoulders whenever I go out walking, even if I’m not carrying anything. I put that down to old age. My head feels too heavy for my neck. Of course it could be tension and it was suggested I should have massage. I’m not sure about that.
Best Wishes, Julie.
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It felt different to a trapped nerve. But like you, I’m getting older, so it could be anything.
I reckon a neck massge would do no harm, and might be worth trying, Julie.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Pains like that are dreadful and leave you with the memory of it and for a while constantly on the alert for it coming back. Here’s hoping it was a one off Pete
Angie
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That’s my hope too.
Thanks, Angie.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I hope it stays away
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Me too, Beth. It was worryingly painful at my age. 😦
Best wishes, Pete.
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I can sure sympathize, Pete, only mine is in the hip. Getting old is sure not for wimps!!
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Definitely not, GP. I don’t want that again, it completely ruined my evening. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I have found the older I get those ‘mystery pins’ get more frequent…..I understand the pain in the broken leg and the loss of toes….but others pop up without warning…..chuq
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At least mine went away. Could well be age-related, I’m sure.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Glad it’s better. I worry about anti-inflammatories. Please take according to the instructions.
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Thanks, Peggy. I was careful with the tablets, I assure you.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Glad that you are better, Pete. I have gone through severe back pain this Jan. It went on for one and half months and still scares me… So, I understand why you can’t get it out of your mind. Check for any residual swelling in the area and avoid any heavy lifting and bending for a few days.
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There will be no lifting, and minimal bending, I assure you.
Thanks, Shaily.
Best wishes, Pete.
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😁 Wise decision
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what a pain day you got pete hope it doesn’t trouble you again and be fit and healthy
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Thanks, I hope so too.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I second that, Pete: I wouldn’t ignore it if you experience it again. I’m no expert, but I wonder if it could be an indication of kidney trouble, which can lead to all sorts of complications: a very good friend only narrowly escaped death recently from a kidney infection which brought on pneumonia, so he was very lucky. Better safe than sorry! Cheers, Jon.
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I was starting to think it might be kidney stones, Jon. But I doubt painkillers alone would have cured that, so it might have been something else.
Best wishes, Pete.
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That must have been scary Pete, hope it doesn’t come back but if it does get it looked at.
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If it hadn’t gone away, I might have gone to A&E. I was starting to think it might be renal colic.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Eek hope not!
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I doubt tablets would have taken that pain away, so hopefully not that.
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Yes, let us hope so. Warmest regards, Theo
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