stupid potato....

[MonkeyFunk]

I was even bragging to my bf and my mom lately how good my back has been lately.

Today, I cooked a turkey breast in the crockpot and baked a potato. Bent over to get the potato out of the oven and *snap*.

sigh... I'm waiting to see how bad it'll be. It usually takes a few hours to really know. Wish me luck.

[PeaceNikki]

1. Hope it is minor!!

Who still bakes taters in the oven these days?

Microwave that bad boy!

[MonkeyFunk]

3. I like a crunchy skin on it

[PeaceNikki]

4. Ah. Well, I've been known to microwave and then transfer to toaster oven for crisping cycle.

I do hope your back pain subsides quickly.

How did the turkey turn out in the crockpot? I've never tried that.

[MonkeyFunk]

5. LOL

delicious, but I tried to lift it out to put it under the broiler for a few minutes to crisp up the skin, and the whole thing fell apart.

So I won't be getting sliced turkey... but the chunks were delicious!

[Maraya1969]

2. Oh damn I bet that hurt. Back problems suck eggs.

Hope you are feeling better soon....or that it doesn't develop into something.

:hug:

[MonkeyFunk]

6. Ironically

I tried to lift the corner of a hot tub this weekend, spent the weekend doing maintenance on it, and today, I broke up a bunch of branches and scooped up a bunch of yard trimmings to put in the bin.

Then I bent over to retrieve a potato. Sigh...

I've never hurt my back doing anything cool

[elleng]

7. GOOD LUCK!

Breathe. Move (if you must) SLOWLY; flat back exercise, against wall, if possible. Tighten butt, strengthen stomach muscles. Ibuprofen. RELAX!!!!

Happened to me opening fridge door once!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

8. Ouch!

I'm sorry to hear that. :hug::hug::hug:

How are your knees? Sounds like a strange question, I know. But years of vegetable gardening taught me to use my knees to bend as much as possible, to take strain off the back...especially when lifting things.

I hope you're quickly back to normal!

[MonkeyFunk]

9. my knees are fine

and yes, I should've bent my knees to get it, but I had a few things going on and all I wanted to do was retrieve a goddamned potato, so I just bent over without thinking.

grrrr

[GoddessOfGuinness]

10. ...

:hug::hug::hug:

[MonkeyFunk]

11. I used to have one of those

but I'll be damned if I know where it is now.

But... it's a disc that presses on a nerve - heat doesn't really help much, and I have a hot tub for when my muscles are sore from walking like Groucho.

So far it doesn't seem too bad. I can't walk upright, but the pain isn't too bad. We'll have to wait 'til tomorrow to see what the real damage is.

It's just frustrating because it's gone out 3 times in the last year and a half or so, and I was so happy that it was doing well lately. I shouldn't have bragged about it - my Mom and I were comparing bad back stories, and I made the mistake of telling her mine was doing great.