stiff neck

this was probably the longest period of not blogging for me for a quite a while. well, i suffered rather badly over the last week or so. you see, last wednesday, i woke up, changed up and decided to sweep the floor before heading to work. while i sweeping the floor, i felt a muscle pull on my neck. the pull tightened over the next 5 min and next thing i knew, it felt like i had suffered a stiff neck. the pain was terrible. i did some stretching and continued heading to work. the pain did not subside over the day. and neither did it improve over thurs. by friday morning, just when i thought it had improved a little, i pulled the neck muscle again while ironing my shirt. and later on while driving to work, the same muscle pulled again. it was a case of my neck muscles going into involuntary spasm! arghhh... i endured the pain and hoped it would go. but it did not. when evening came, i decided i needed medication and i downed 2 anarex tablets (muscle relaxant). all these while, i didn't sleep well due to the terrible pain.

by sunday morning, i woke up feeling a little better. and just when i thought things had turned for the better, i pulled the muscle again. it was really terrible. again, i endured the pain and tried to do my activities as normal. by afternoon, my whole body was all so stiffened up i couldn't move my body without feeling pain. i came home from my bro's place and decided to lie on my bed. and it freaked me out to find that i couldn't get up as my neck was so painful it felt like snapping. and by evening, i decided i needed help. i headed to the hospital a&e.

the doctor gave me a jab, some muscle relaxant and a super strong painkiller. that jab was a life saver. for the first time in almost a week, i slept soundly. well, as of now, there is still a lingering pain. but well, at least, it is manageable and i am able to move about almost naturally...

:-)