Sunday, March 17, 2024

I am not happy

I don't get bad backs. I am fit and healthy. I object to getting a bad back.

Sitting doesn't help so I dragged Husband out for a short walk. It's the first time we've walked anywhere together without a dog for, well, years. It felt odd. Even odder was the number of people we saw out without dogs. "People walk without dogs?" I said.
"Covid," Husband said. "In lockdown people began walking more."

Elder Son has suggested going to Verdi's later. Ice cream is a well-known remedy for bad backs. I will be happy again at least for a while.


That ice cream is from Italy last year. We would have been preparing for another visit had it not been for Husband's ailments. But soon we hope.

Now I'm going to watch a little television with an ice pack. Not as cosy as a hot-water bottle but maybe more useful.


9 comments:

jabblog said...

Ibuprofen, which you're already taking, reduces inflammation, and paracetamol deals with the pain. Two of each every four to six hours should help.

Liz Hinds said...

Oh right, thank you. I haven't been taking both.

Debra She Who Seeks said...

Yea verily, ice cream is a miracle drug.

Boud said...

Ice cream, taken internally, helps a lot. I know that indignation well! I'm not supposed to get this, somebody else was!

Ann said...

I found that exercises work best to get rid of backaches but I have the hardest time getting myself to do them.

Anonymous said...

Jabblog I am allergic to Ibuprofen. Any alternative suggestion?

Anvilcloud said...

Yes, some of us do walk without dogs, but there are a lot of dog walkers, let me tell ya.

Abby said...

Back troubles = no fun. We all scream for ice cream.

Janie Junebug said...

I broke my back in 5 places in 2009, which left with back problems. I didn't know ice cream is a miracle cure. I'll start keeping some around the house now and there's also a place with wonderful ice cream very close by because I'm sure a variety of flavo0ors will do even more to help my back.

Love,
Janie