I had a hard time getting out of bed this morning. I still haven’t put my tent up. For the last few months, I’ve been getting a weird low back pain that seems to be associated with my period. I can exercise just fine, but there’s pain with changing positions. Today the pain started radiating a bit down my left leg.
There were some very interesting dreams last night. Adventure dreams. I felt Ambrose’s presence in one for sure.
I did my mail walk once I got out of bed, and watered my plants. I’m kind of amazed my potatoes haven’t outright died yet. I don’t know if they’ll yield anything, but they’re all alive. I weeded a bit. With my back hurting, I went ahead and did breathing for my exercises today. But I did get a set of 10 incline pushups in later in the day.
I tried taking Aleve for the pain during the work day, and it didn’t help. I took something stronger after work, and that did help, but I can’t exactly take that every day.
I’m trying to figure out if I should consult with a doctor about this pain stuff. It’s been happening for a while, but it seems to get a little worse each time. I’m able to hike and do regular activities. It doesn’t seem to be a muscle thing. I’m thinking it’s probably an ovarian cyst, getting big at certain times of my cycle and putting pressure on my organs. There’s nothing that can be done about that, medically speaking. I hope it goes away soon.
I was going to go to the Midvale Farmers Market this evening, but I decided against it. My body just doesn’t want to do anything. I did put up the dishes. And now it’s time for bed. Maybe I’ve been not getting good rest because of this pain.