Dept. of Stupidity

[kaffy_r]

I'm Not Kidding. Stupidity.

I'm listening to MSNBC's coverage of the South Carolina GOP primary, and after listening to interviews with said South Carolina primacy GOP voters, I am reminded yet again, that people who are determined to be stupid, usually triumph in that effort.

Jesus wept. 

(On the other hand, my longest back spasm episode EVAR, appears to have ended. I can sit at my desk again, w00t!!1! I still have my new neck, shoulder and left arm pain, but I can deal with that, at least during the day. Another w00t!!1! )

Still. Jesus fucking wept.

Comments

[chez_jae]

How long did one spasm last?

I had two brief back spasms, once upon a time, and I can't imagine it going on for more than a few seconds. Yikes!

[kaffy_r]

You're about to get tl:dr stuff, or at least TMI. The episodes consist of intermittent spasms. Each one usually lasts 1-2 seconds, which doesn't sound like much. However, the pattern is usually spasm - 30 seconds to 1.5 minutes without the spasm - followed by another spasm. This continues for hours, days, and in this case, two months. Most of the spasms are, as I've sometimes described, like labor pains in my back. Another type of pain connected to the spasms is a knifelike pain that sits on the border of my back and my upper side. It is more constant, and it's the pain that often keeps me up at night.

It's all fun.

[chez_jae]

D:

That sounds horrible!

[kaffy_r]

Yep. It is. One silver lining is that I come out of it with a fresh understanding of how wonderful the lack of pain is.