Back Pain is Back

So I'm still a little high on life from last night. Our patient made it through the night and the outlook isn't great, but it isn't dismal either. I'll take it.
Today I went down to the river with a bunch of the guys to go swimming and to jump off of stuff. I was having a great time, and maybe I've been feeling a little too bullet-proof, because I decided to do a backflip off a rock into the river and when I did it my back locked up again. It has been really painful all day. I made a hasty appointment at my chiropractor and he got me in today. He said that it looks like I just shocked my joints, and that I probably didn't do any real damage. I need to give it time to really heal. Then he said "Yeah, this might mess up your summer." I am not happy to hear that, I don't want to feel like this all summer, hell, I don't want to feel like this next week.
Anyway, I decided once again not to do my workout tonight. I am feeling kind of bad about it, because this is the second workout I've missed and I haven't even been going a month yet. Plus it's an upper-body workout, and that is really where I have been concentrating on getting stronger up until the back injury. I think maybe on my Free Day in the morning if I am feeling good I will try and sneak in a good upper body workout so I don't fall too far off the track here.
I stopped at the grocery store and picked up some steaks for dinner tonight. I definitely ate more than my appropriate servings tonight, but I am not going to be too stingy. Maybe it's all psychological but I feel like I need the meat to rebuild and heal faster. I am also taking an obscene amount of Ibuprofen in the hopes that it gets the inflammation down fast.
Ok, I sound like a spaz again tonight. But I wanted to get this done before I pass out from meat overdose.

Too Early to Start Losing Days

So I missed my first post yesterday. That should be the only time in the next, oh, eleven and a half weeks that happens.

At some point I really torqued my back. Yesterday it was so sore I couldn't participate in some of the drills in my fire academy. There have been a few students in the academy that have had-- how should I put this diplomatically-- "questionable injuries" that prevented them from training with us. I am terrified of being perceived in the same light as those malingerers, so I was really trying to keep up with everyone no matter how much it hurt. It's tough, because I know that if I really hurt myself that is the best way to end my career early, but I also have my pride.

I had a leg workout tonight, and even though my back feels a little better, I really tried to take it easy. I had to drop my weights WAY down, and cut out a few of the more stressful exercises. I am proud of myself for getting my workout in under less than ideal conditions, but I can't say that I have the gym-high that I am really starting to enjoy from my workouts.

Keeping this post short tonight because I am on shift and I need to put my work costume back on.