Wonder Drugs

I never cease to be amazed by the power of drugs. This morning, I was screaming (literally screaming) with every time I tried to sit down because the the back pain. I crawled down to the orthopedic surgeon at CHC, Dr. Ruben Arafilis, who told me the pain was coming from a muscle spasm, and put me on Baclofen. Thirty minutes after taking the pill, the pain stopped. The spasm is happening either because of a herniated disk or a compressed disk -- neither of which is good. A compressed disk can be seen with a simple X-ray, so I got one today. If it's normal, then I may have to go to Guam for an MRI to evaluate for a herniated disk.

In the meantime, no soccer for me I've been waiting all year for the co-ed season to start again, and here I am sidelined, as the games get underway.