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Ouch :(

April 26th, 2014 at 12:52 am

For the past two weeks my back has been giving me more and more problems. I'm constantly sitting in my office chair now with a heating pad behind me. I have to move it around too, in order to hit all the spots. At work it's been affecting me too - like yesterday when I was supposed to jump as part of a song with my 4 year olds, I did one jump and that was it - no way was I going to attempt a second jump. On Wednesday I was driving to the PO after work and turned slightly, and yelped in pain. Today I was thinking about trying to go for a walk - beautiful day - but my back was hurting off and on just walking across campus. Frown

If my back keeps this up, then I am going to have to hire some people to load my truck and unload it. Which stinks. (The pain is right in the middle/side, and some in the tailbone too - wonder if some of it is coming back from when I landed hard on my tailbone a 4? years ago - remember on the stairs at my mom's ex husbands house?)

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The other thing is my tooth. About two weeks ago or so I either lost a filling or chipped it. It's getting to be more of a nuisance. Sometimes I forget about the hole, and chomp down on something on that side, and it goes straight up into that hole. I may not be able to wait til June to get this taken care of.

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4 weeks left of school now, and boy am I ready for it to be over. I really think that whatever job I get next it will be an office job. I'm just so tired of dealing with kids with attitude problems. Even making twice what I make here just would not be worth it.

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I got a survey from a bank I have a checking account with - only reason I got the checking account in the first place was because my dad had one there, and it was easier for him to transfer money to me that way (long story.) I kept it after he died mainly because I didn't feel like going through the hassle of closing it, and there were no fees. Recently I opened a cash rewards cc with this bank (not naming bank on purpose.) This cash rewards cc made it make sense to continue keeping the account open.

So the survey gave me a heads up that my type of checking account may be going away, and the only way I could keep it free would be direct deposit or a minimum balance. So I guess that means that I will have to go through the hassle of closing this account anyway. I have DD through the end of June (at ING) but after that, I have no idea what my pay situation will be. As for the minimum balance? No way am I going to keep more than $100 in an account that doesn't pay interest!!

Ugh and double ugh!

6 Responses to “Ouch :(”

  1. mamasita Says:
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    I can empathize with the back pain a little- mine has been in my neck. I keep hoping it will go away on its own. I know that neck and back pain can be tricky to diagnose. There are so many things that can be causing the pain.

  2. Kiki Says:
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    I am so sorry for the back pain. I have had it a few times in the past two years. I would recommend seeing a doctor if the pain has been going on this long. I was scolded by my doctor for waiting a long time (over a week) when I first hurt because the pain and inflammation can be made worse. Hopefully they could give you something to relax a couple of days and get rid of the inflammation, it could linger longer and you don't want to face something more serious with no insurance in June. Sorry about the tooth, too!

    Could you hire a few of the older responsible students to help pack the truck if you supervise really well?

  3. creditcardfree Says:
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    I have back pain/neck time from time to time. You might have a pinched nerve. A chiropractor might be able to help.

  4. FrugalTexan75 Says:
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    Thanks everyone. It's better today. I will go to a chiropractor if it gets worse - though have never been to one before and am not sure where one might be.

  5. Looking Forward Says:
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    Are you also taking an anti-inflammatory like Advil? Rx strength is typically 800mg so when my back is really bad I take that much (4 of the 200mg).

    Feel better!

  6. FrugalTexan75 Says:
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    Thanks LF!

    I have been taking some generic aspirin. I really try to limit my intake of that kind of thing until pain gets really bad (I can get really bad headaches .. not quite migraines but about as close as you can get without it being one ...)

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