Man'o howdy! After my walk the other morning I bent over to change the on-off setting for the lights along the seawall. Just like that, my lower back transmitted to my head via it's nociceptors a terrible message that it had developed an acute painful situation. Almost didn't allow me to stand back upright. It still isn't back to normal but I have been able to do the morning's hour stroll.
During the walk the cool temperatures coupled with a nice breeze causes my eyes to become pretty watery and my nose to run fairly constantly. The runny nose creates a need to use my handkerchief for a good blow every so often. I'm 68 years of age and for the first time ever I became aware that when blowing your nose you activate some muscles in your lower back, for assistance I guess. It may be just because I have a rather large nose but at every blow my back sends a small message that I'm causing it some aggravation. A body and all it's functions are truly amazing!
Last evening the back pain wasn't even in my mind. The pain of my loss at the gambling joint was too large to leave any room for other pains! Except for a small tiny one created by the fact that Dory won more than I lost but she wouldn't replace a little of my loss with it.
Again scrapping the bottom of the barrel of thoughts just to send you a note.
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The location of pain often affects a person's emotional and cognitive response, in that pain related to the head/mind is usually more disturbing than pain of equal or greater severity in the lower back or legs.
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