For a good two months I have been spared the company of this insufferable enemy, but today it has come to haunt me again - with a somewhat renewed vengeance!! I probably should have known it was coming when i started to feel that familiar achy feeling in my legs and that too-tender-to-touch sensation on that anatomy i will not name. But I had let my guard down these last couple of moons - complacent and blissfully unaware of the big surprise i had waiting for me today.
We were out in town, enjoying the rare sunny December day when it hit me. My first instinct was to double over, crouch down in a heap, do something. But the streets were packed with people doing their last minute Christmas shopping and the idea of making a scene in such a big crowd didn't really sit well with me.
I needed a plan B - pain relief!
In the olden days when the pain was a more regular visitor, I used to carry around a little emergency kit for just this kind of situation. In it i had the usual knick-knacks of painkillers, heat packs, fiery jacks and other nitbits. Today, i had none of those in my bag. And being the cheapskate that i am, I was reluctant to buy any since i had all of them at home.
As i was contemplating what to do, the sharp pain of my old enemy made the decision for me. So I went to the nearest pharmacy, grabbed a box of Panadol (Actifast, cos it supposedly acts faster), paid up (a big rip off for just 10 tablets) and gulped 2 down (those things are huge compared to the normal panadol) in a matter of nanoseconds.
I'm happy to say, that the effects of the drugs kicked in slightly quicker than I expected, and by the time we were in for lunch at the restaurant, i felt like my normal self again. After lunch, we went window 'shopping' along the Christmas-decorated streets without the slightest peep from the pain gremlins that were just hours before giving me so much trouble. Happy days~~~
Alas, this only lasted about 6 hours.
The minute we got home i started to feel it slowly creep up again (Hello there, my old enemy!). Although i'm better prepared for such a thing at home, it still doesn't eliminate the fact that I feel miserable because of all the aches and pains. The only good thing about being at home is that I could pamper myself silly. I could lie in bed with a hot water bottle tucked away at that one place where it hurts the most, with a cup of steaming hot cocoa for added psychological relief, and a movie to take my mind off the pain.
(these don't usually work as well as i hope tho, but better than nothing)
So, who said being a girl was easy?
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