Did you ever feel like you paid for having a great day?
By bonnie
@bunnybon7 (50973)
Holiday, Florida
February 28, 2011 5:15pm CST
i mean by having something terrible happen after wards? Saturday, as ive said, i had a great day. i felt so good all day that when i came home from my shopping i actually worked on cleaning my closet some and did a bunch of laundry and some dishes and wiped down counters, etc. Well my son said that was the problem. im not used to that and i over did it
That night around 9pm, my shoulder, of which ive had trouble before started hurting so bad it was spreading into my chest and up my neck till i felt a head ache coming on. 
then i couldnt lay down for the pain got worse and yet i was so tired i couldnt stay up. even though i was afraid to tell son about the chest pain, unless it got worse, for he would have rushed me off to ER, i told him i was having lots of pain. from shoulder neck and head. well, he checked my pulse and again griped that we needed a blood pressure measurer in the house. he has had medical training in the navy. but he couldnt detect any problems there. so he felt around my back and when i hollered owww, he said i had a pulled muscle there,so he put some kind of rub on it and it began to help. trouble is i had thought it might be conjestion in my lungs and took a musinex. STUPID me,
so, i was up every hour on the hour for using the bathroom,making water, you know, and therefore having dry mouth and drinking more and every time i got up my shoulder hurt so it would take me a bit to go back to sleep. i just felt like i was paying for a good day. fate was making me have a really bad night. has it ever happened like that with you? where you over done it?
That night around 9pm, my shoulder, of which ive had trouble before started hurting so bad it was spreading into my chest and up my neck till i felt a head ache coming on. then i couldnt lay down for the pain got worse and yet i was so tired i couldnt stay up. even though i was afraid to tell son about the chest pain, unless it got worse, for he would have rushed me off to ER, i told him i was having lots of pain. from shoulder neck and head. well, he checked my pulse and again griped that we needed a blood pressure measurer in the house. he has had medical training in the navy. but he couldnt detect any problems there. so he felt around my back and when i hollered owww, he said i had a pulled muscle there,so he put some kind of rub on it and it began to help. trouble is i had thought it might be conjestion in my lungs and took a musinex. STUPID me, so, i was up every hour on the hour for using the bathroom,making water, you know, and therefore having dry mouth and drinking more and every time i got up my shoulder hurt so it would take me a bit to go back to sleep. i just felt like i was paying for a good day. fate was making me have a really bad night. has it ever happened like that with you? where you over done it?2 people like this
16 responses
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
1 Mar 11
Hi, bunnybon7. Yes, this has happened to me so many of times. I am sorry that it has to you though.
Sometimes we tend to overdue ourselves, and this is very normal. I am glad that your son's expertise paid off in the long run.
At least you are feeling better. For the past week, I have been having a very hard time getting up out of my bed, when I wake up. I really need to find something that will ease this lower back pain that I am currently having. I hope that you will feel so much more better very soon.
Sometimes we tend to overdue ourselves, and this is very normal. I am glad that your son's expertise paid off in the long run. At least you are feeling better. For the past week, I have been having a very hard time getting up out of my bed, when I wake up. I really need to find something that will ease this lower back pain that I am currently having. I hope that you will feel so much more better very soon.
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
1 Mar 11
Hi. bunnybon7. I hope that it will never be related to kidney stones. As far as I am aware of, my kidneys are fine. I have an Herniated Disc in my back. I found out about this condition in July of 2008. My back has been bothering me ever since 2003. So, I truly believed that I could have contracted this condition between 2003 and 2008. I do plan to get a couple of things that will make my posture straight, pillows, some pain cream for Herniated Disc sufferers. I also plan to buy some Biofreeze. My Chiropractor used this on me when I had pain, and it works.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
1 Mar 11
have you asked the doctor if it could be kidney related? i always worry about that when my back hurts there. because ive had kidney stones. son says the icey hot stuff he put on my back helps. 
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@gloryacam (5540)
• Philippines
1 Mar 11
I hope you feel better soon! I think this always happens to me in terms of food. Sometimes, I go overboard, and eat anything and everything. Of course I'd regret it later at the bathroom. It's too soft or too hard! 
And the worst is, it's too watery! (Sorry if this is too graphic.) And, of course, there's always that long-term regret - the tip in the scales!
And the worst is, it's too watery! (Sorry if this is too graphic.) And, of course, there's always that long-term regret - the tip in the scales! @bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
1 Mar 11
oh that happens to me also. sometimes i do over eat with something i shouldnt. 
its always something, isnt it?@gloryacam (5540)
• Philippines
2 Mar 11
Right. I guess we should always be mindful of our body's limits.
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
9 Mar 11
No, I'm pretty sure I've never felt like I was paying the price for having a good day.
In fact, I don't think I've ever been in as much pain as what you were in...unless you count childbirth.
How do you cope with that? I don't know what I'd do if my shoulder got that bad...I have a bad shoulder and it's real agony to do my bra up in the morning.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
9 Mar 11
now im starting to wonder if having a bad shoulder is somehow related to us having to carry the weight in a bra. since a lot of my responders here are women that says they also have a bad shoulder. 
maybe it breaks down muscles or something. 
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
1 Mar 11
i know. ive went back to being my lazy self last few days. 
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
3 Mar 11
oh you are so sweet dear. i just think its fate getting to me at times. 
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
3 Mar 11
I hope that you are at least feeling better now. As for me, I really can't think of any time that I've felt like I had to pay for having a really good day. I mean there are those times that we will go out as a family hiking or something like that and it will make me sore for a couple of days afterward, but to me the pain is worth the adventures that we were able to have as a family. Other than that though, I think that having a really good day is my payment for all of the bad days that I have.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
3 Mar 11
oh thats for sure. everyone deserves a good day at least once a week or so. and when i was as young as you, i never had much health problems or pains at all. so i should be thankful for that.
so i should be thankful for that. 
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
3 Mar 11
you know a friend of mine says she thinks i have that but i havent mentioned it to my latest doctor because they usually shoot me down about it. ive mentioned it before and they just say, no, its your emphezema.
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
2 Mar 11
That doesn't sound like much fun. I suppose I've pulled a muscle or something and ended up suffering on what was a good day, but I can't think of an example right now.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
3 Mar 11
i know. id thought you mentioned a muscle problem a while back. but i must be confused. another thing i often do
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
1 Mar 11
I know exactly what u are talking about, Bon. It happens to me every time i feel better i do too much & then i pay for it the next day. Aren't these golden years just wonderful.lol I hope u are feeling better.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
1 Mar 11
yes its just so hard to get used to not being able to just jump and do all that needs done like we used to. hope you are well also.
@mentalward (14690)
• United States
1 Mar 11
I pay all the time, whether I have a great day or not.
I have fibromyalgia so, if I overdo it, like I have been recently with the weather getting warmer, I pay... that night and the next day, sometimes two days afterward. I'm so sore after working in the garden after awhile of not being outside. It also happened when my husband came home from the hospital after his spine surgery. I had to take care of everything in the house, including the animals and HIM. He was quite incapacitated so I had to do everything for him. Well, except going to the bathroom. He did manage to do that on his own.
I have fibromyalgia so, if I overdo it, like I have been recently with the weather getting warmer, I pay... that night and the next day, sometimes two days afterward. I'm so sore after working in the garden after awhile of not being outside. It also happened when my husband came home from the hospital after his spine surgery. I had to take care of everything in the house, including the animals and HIM. He was quite incapacitated so I had to do everything for him. Well, except going to the bathroom. He did manage to do that on his own. @bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
1 Mar 11
oh my and men can be such babies when hurt or sick. i mean forget any peace at all, huh? i remember my first husbands were all like that. only the last one didnt want me to do anything for him. it must be hard. i shouldnt say all men. cause like i said only the last one was different.
i mean forget any peace at all, huh? i remember my first husbands were all like that. only the last one didnt want me to do anything for him. it must be hard. i shouldnt say all men. cause like i said only the last one was different.
@thaMARKER (2503)
• Philippines
1 Mar 11
sometimes if i'm in my place all day and has to do something to make it okay or to get me through the day with a smile on my face before i close my eyes for a good night sleep.
sometimes, i ask for it. hehehehe.. i ask someone to help me out cause am just the type of person that would wait for something until it hits me. hahaha.. laid back or reserved type you know. :D
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
1 Mar 11
thats good you can slow yourself down. wish i was more laid back myself
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
1 Mar 11
I usually pay for almost anything I do as I tend to way over do just about anything I do. I am so sorry and hope you are feeling better.
Usually when I am determined to complete x amount of articles in one day I tend to over do it and the next day instead of being ahead of my set goals I end up behind for 2 -3 days there after.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
1 Mar 11
exactly. thats whats happened to me several times. it just seems so unfair. i cant get used to not doing the things i used to do. i sure do miss me. 
@erricgunawan (611)
• Indonesia
1 Mar 11
Hope you get well soon. It's nice to have a nice son beside you :)
I've once trying to clean the kitchen since it's very dirty. The result is nice. But the night I've got an ache all over my body :D
Well, I guess it doesn't matter for me. Since I only needed a good night sleep. And in the morning, my body seemed to be better. But I guess, it pays! :)
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
1 Mar 11
yes i was a bit better in the morning but it would have been nice to get enough sleep to since i was awful tired.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
1 Mar 11
thanks you sweetie. i will really try to slow down as much as i dont like it.
@GardenGerty (160713)
• United States
28 Feb 11
I cannot think of any specific time that has happened but I do tend to over do things and then pay for it, and not be able to figure out why I have sore muscles, etc. I am sorry you overdid it. You need to be your own voice of reason and make sure you rest after you have been out. You may be able to build up some in the future, but friend, you need to take it easy.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
1 Mar 11
i think from now on son will be watching that. tonight, i made dinner and had done some other work and son said, i love it mom but be careful. 
@Lore2009 (7378)
• United States
1 Mar 11
Poor you, I hope you are feeling better today. I have had days like that so finally, I am learning to make my day more balanced. I tell myself to take it easy since i used to overwhelm myself all the time! Now that I have a 'system' going: stretch, clean a little each day.. my body is getting more stable to handle more of the other tasks. Take care!
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
1 Mar 11
yes i usually do that. i stretch it out. but because i get so far behind i thought gee, i can do extra today. guess i know better now.
