When rain is in the forecast, do you place your plants out on your porch steps so they’ll enjoy the rain water?
I had done that last week during a rainy spell. After the rain, I hung the pansy baskets back up on the porch.
A short time later, I noticed a pain in the middle of my back. The hanging basket episode crossed my mind, because one of the baskets had been a challenge to return to its hook.
And instead of improving over the weekend, the pain seemed to get worse. And it moved up toward my shoulder blades.
I don’t consider myself a hypochondriac, but at 4:00 a.m. when you wake up with that pain, you can’t help but think about all the times you’ve read about “silent heart attacks”. You know the ones where the pain is in the back or the arm or the neck – anywhere but the chest….? And how you shouldn’t put off going to seek medical attention because you’re worried about being embarrassed that it’s nothing serious?
Well, finally, on Monday, Motor Man had heard enough about the “what ifs”, and took me to “seek medical attention” at our doctor’s office. I mentioned the hanging basket episode to the doc right at the beginning. During the visit, he said that I had pulled a muscle. He was confident in this diagnosis because he could SEE a difference in the right side of my back as opposed to the left. Motor Man could even see it. I had no idea something like that would be outwardly visible.
So that proves it. Guilty as charged:
these days of mine 