Weather and Yard Work

We have had rain on and off now since last week.  I had thought to mow the yard last Sunday, but it was wet, and I hate to mow when it is wet.  And, on Saturday, I had done some serious housework, and my back was bothering me.  So, I let it go.  I thought I might mow one night during the week, as the temperatures were not suppose to be too high.

But, it continued to be wet.  And, my back still was bothering me.  I laid off on a couple of the exercises that I thought was aggravated the pain, as it felt more like muscle pain than the nerve pain I know I have, and that helped.  I also remembered to eat bananas, because some of the muscle pain was spasms, which might be due to low potassium.

I have kept to the schedule of water therapy regularly. I started feeling better by Wednesday.  But, when I left work, I saw lightning.  I did not check on the pool status.  I do not care if the pool was open, if I saw lightning, I did not need to go to the pool, so I did "dry exercises"instead.  Thursday, I did not exercise, and Friday, I was hurting.  But I was in a workshop most of the day, and went to the pool. And felt much better Friday night.

Today, I ran errands in the morning, and rested until later in the afternoon, then did housework and yard work! After the housework, which usually bothers my back, I was not hurting.  And, I was not hurting after the yard work!

I am hoping to do more yard work on Sunday.  I have to remember that I have to rest a lot.  But that is okay.

I am now taking Arthrotec http://www.rxlist.com/arthrotec-drug.htm as my nsaid http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-steroidal_anti-inflammatory_drug. I am not sure it is as good as Celebrex http://www.celebrex.com/default.aspx. But, it makes the insurance happy. I take the Arthrotec twice a day, which is helpful to me  I forget to take the pravastatin http://www.drugs.com/pro/pravastatin.html  at bedtime, but my provider agreed I could try it in the morning, or do as I had started doing, and take it before bedtime.  So, with taking the Arthrotec, I am reminded to take the pravastatin, too.

So, the sun came out late this afternoon for a while. We may have some weather blow in tonight, but I am hoping for some clearing so I can do some yard work. We shall see.