Another bad back pain episode

[juushika]

Making a note here, huge success minor failure: I've been dealing with another episode of worse than usual back pain; my first recorded note of it is two weeks ago, so I imagine I'm actually at the three week point now. I'm not sure if it's an independent episode or another "this condition keeps getting worse" escalation (see: old entry describing the escalation-plateau cycle). I do know it's resistant to naproxen sodium, and I don't have access to the big gun painkillers for another week. I do know it's at least as bad as the episode I had in 2012 (the one where my hotpad broke from overuse). I do know it's interfering with sleep, because everything (sitting standing lying down sleeping) hurts. And I know that with my period starting, I have ~36 hours of cramps to look forward to on top of/aggravating the preexisting pain.

That's it, no deep thoughts about how my back makes me feel, because I'm exhausted; but I know I want to have these episodes recorded and tagged for future access.