My back... has significantly improved. I expected it to get worse, but upon waking, I was able to stand without wincing or moaning in pain. Was it the frozen glass? The solid night’s sleep? There’s still a lingering ache, sure, but it only stirs with a sharp twist or sudden bend. I can now move without groaning—“Merde, merde, merde,” every few seconds.
All in all, the gnawing pain that so consumed me yesterday has, quite miraculously, faded. I suddenly feel silly looking back at what I wrote.. Being that vulnerable and dramatic over a single day of back pain…