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Two Saturday nights ago, I got a little too intoxicated, and when I got home, I must have curled up like a cat, with my head in my chest, because I woke up the next morning with a pain like no other in my neck and upper shoulders. My neck was so stiff, it was as if I dry swallowed a Viagra.
I figured it would take a few days to straighten itself out. So I gave it a few days, and then a week. A week of double/triple doses of Aleve and Ibuprofen, which did nothing but tune out the pain, making it a little more tolerable and easier to do my job and go through my day to day life.
Of course, sleeping is no fun. It's not that I can't fall asleep, it's that I HAVE to sleep flat on my back with my head slightly elevated, straight as a board to sleep. I hate sleeping on my back. I like to sleep on my tummy or in the fetal position.
So I went to the doctor this morning. The doctor at work that you can see for free (it beats paying $20 to see my regular doctor and get sent away being told that it's all in my head and "Just take some ibuprofen and you'll be fine). He actually felt my neck and listened to what I had to say. He was very nice and caring.
He wrote me a prescription for Tramadol and Cyclobenzaprine. It's about a week's worth of meds in both. He said if things aren't any better by next week, I'll have to get a refill and possibly seek physical therapy and if my neck starts interfering anymore with my work, be placed on medical restriction (meaning I won't be able to do anything but sit ALL shift long).
I took my first dose of Tramadol an hour and a half ago, and still feel a ton of pain. I won't be taking the Cyclo unless it's bedtime......so in a few hours, but definetly not when I have to be fully awake and alert.
Two Saturday nights ago, I got a little too intoxicated, and when I got home, I must have curled up like a cat, with my head in my chest, because I woke up the next morning with a pain like no other in my neck and upper shoulders. My neck was so stiff, it was as if I dry swallowed a Viagra.
I figured it would take a few days to straighten itself out. So I gave it a few days, and then a week. A week of double/triple doses of Aleve and Ibuprofen, which did nothing but tune out the pain, making it a little more tolerable and easier to do my job and go through my day to day life.
Of course, sleeping is no fun. It's not that I can't fall asleep, it's that I HAVE to sleep flat on my back with my head slightly elevated, straight as a board to sleep. I hate sleeping on my back. I like to sleep on my tummy or in the fetal position.
So I went to the doctor this morning. The doctor at work that you can see for free (it beats paying $20 to see my regular doctor and get sent away being told that it's all in my head and "Just take some ibuprofen and you'll be fine). He actually felt my neck and listened to what I had to say. He was very nice and caring.
He wrote me a prescription for Tramadol and Cyclobenzaprine. It's about a week's worth of meds in both. He said if things aren't any better by next week, I'll have to get a refill and possibly seek physical therapy and if my neck starts interfering anymore with my work, be placed on medical restriction (meaning I won't be able to do anything but sit ALL shift long).
I took my first dose of Tramadol an hour and a half ago, and still feel a ton of pain. I won't be taking the Cyclo unless it's bedtime......so in a few hours, but definetly not when I have to be fully awake and alert.
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