The only thing worse than having a major, incredibly painful injury is not having any reason for it. But apparently that is exactly what I have done - nothing.

Although a cervical herniated disc may originate from some sort of trauma or injury to the cervical spine, the symptoms, including arm pain, commonly start spontaneously.

Of course, this isn't the first time this has happened - this medical adventure first reared its ugly head in late 2006. To have it return has not made me happy. It has been a long week of horrible pain, which has made it almost impossible to sleep, sit, stand, shower or drive. All you need to know is that it's been so bad I had to skip the Springsteen concert Wednesday night. Really, what else is there to say...

Usually when I'm home sick I take advantage by doing household tasks like laundry, but I can't even get off the couch to do that. Even being on the computer is painful because of the searing pain in my arm and the numbness in my left hand. But I have found a new favorite web site - Sporcle - a repository of games, including lots of sports quizzes. It is an incredible time waster. Here are a few of my favorites so far...

-http://www.sporcle.com/games/Booger/ProTeamGNames
-http://www.sporcle.com/games/sportlogos.php
-http://www.sporcle.com/games/nosportstate.php
-http://www.sporcle.com/games/metalbands.php
-http://www.sporcle.com/games/springsteenalbums.php
-http://www.sporcle.com/games/leeann82/female_singers

The other upside to being completely out of action this week is discovering the Captain makes a pretty good nurse. He's made me meals, tended to household tasks, brought me flowers and sent me pretty pictures...










So I guess it could be worse. Not much worse, but a little...