Denouement

no pain in morning, started midafternoon, so slight I couldn't be sure it was SI but by night I was.  Up to a 3, consistent pain, dull, but pain with every step.  Even rotating in bed the pain was just dull, so that is something to be grateful for.  At least I was able to get back walking without pain--that was a blessing.  I plan to keep off the crutches/wheelchair despite the setback.

Pain all day while walking, gradually increasing to 3, took two aleve last night, pain a 2 by the time I went to bed and went down to almost 0 by 3am, so that's good.  I'll do a course of Aleve for  the next several days to see if it keeps pain away.

The Aleve is working, pain mostly 0-1, but some 2, both in the day and while sleeping.  I'll continue to take it through Saturday, then lay off.  Still walking. Found myself taking the steps in our house really fast coming down.  It was kind of exciting!

Pain today better, 0-1 throughout day and night, still on Aleve.  Feeling normal.  I am wanting to get out there and start walking with a plan to start running again, but I need to remind myself this is drug-induced, and on 6-13 my MRI was really bad, so hold off. I'll get advice on how to find out when I am ready from the rheum. and I'll get an appt with dr. mclane in case he isn't sure.

I don't think having a Costco size m&ms bag in my house is working for me.

Officially one week walking, and celebrated by weeding a little in my side yard.  Weeding is so addictive and I probably did a little too much.  Truth be told, I also weeded for about 10 minutes on Monday, back when I had more serious pain. That wasn't so great.  But today the ground was softer and my pain was there but much less (1.75?  Teena I hope you are reading!)  So I started feeling pain from croutching, some SI, but even more the hamstring insertion point - the injury which doesn't go away, not even with months of inactivity.  After weeding that area continued to be sore, but not bad.  Pain today 0-1, with perhaps going to 2 toward the end and after the weeding.

I am very happy to have my homemaking life going back to normal.   I finished laundry on Wednesday, and for the first time in 6 weeks the laundry made it out of the laundry room and into drawers.  That is a major step toward normality--the fact that the kids don't have to go to the laundry room to get dressed.

Pain 0-1, sitting on grass still not comfortable. Still on Aleve.

Woke up at 4am, just because I miss waking up that early, and woke the three kiddies up at 4:15, and we went to the Provo parade route. We picked up 2 dozen donuts, bananas, oj, and choc milk on the way.  The kids fell asleep in sleeping bags since we got there at 5am, and I read.  I cheered on the runners (I was at 500 N and Univ Ave), so just short of mile 3 marker for the 10k.  Lindsey Dunkley was in first for the 5k, and I didn't recognize first in the 10k, though I saw Julie from SLC (can't remember her last name) at about 3-4 and Marianne at about 5th.  I was feeling pretty supportive, for the first 20 minutes of cheering, then I got blue since I was on the sidelines and had already eaten a donut, so I got a second donut and went right to the edge of the race and called out to the runners "I am eating a donut and you are racing."  "My donut tastes so good!!!"  All the racers who noticed me that I could see were good sports about it and one said it did look good and another wanted a bite.  I am afraid I wasn't a very good sport, but the runners took it in stride.  Speaking of which, there was an Uncle Sam on stilts running, and I screamed at him to lengthen his stride.

I've mentioned my lurking bf Lupita before.  Her family is moving to Wisc, land of the cheese heads, they are moving out of their Orem house next week, so spending the day with them was sweet.  

Pain 0-1.  Good day.