Ouch, my neck!

We are back from Congress! Corky was wonderful, she handled everything really great. We finished somewhere in the top 14 of the class :-]. I was one of the only non-professionals in the class...very proud to show my own yearling that I bred, raised, and trained without any outside help. I don't have a lot of respect for people that buy their youngesters and them ship them off to trainers to do all the work, or hire big names just to show their horse for political reasons. People like that are what creates and enables politics in the show ring. OK, off of the soapbox!

I spent saturday night in the hospital emergency room...finally broke down at midnight and admitted that the pain in my neck was too bad to live with. When I turned my head to the left, my vision went black. Seems I have a pinched nerve and an 'acute cervical sprain' (ooo, sounds serious LOL!). Unfortunately I cannot stay on the drugs prescribed, because then I can't work. So I only took the meds on Sunday, and have been toughing it out for the past 3 days. I refuse to be a baby and complain all the time...I haven't even told anyone about the pain (other than my poor husband who had to sit for 3 hours in the hospital with me!). I just keep telling myself to suck it up and get on with it!

Being in pain really makes one appreciate good health. I have taken it for granted for so long...never even considering that I might one day not be able to do the active things I do daily. I hope I never slow down physically...that would be so depressing. I want to get even stronger and more fit, so that very little will tire me out. I need to get stronger so I can be more secure when breaking Corky to saddle this winter. She is going to be a strong one...I need to stay stronger. Having my neck injured really makes me a bit more paranoid about back/neck injuries. Without a good spine, one is pretty useless. I need good strong legs also, plus arms. Hmmmm...if I had to sacrifice a body part, whcih ones could I live without? I suppose maybe one of my inner toes, like the second smallest one? I don't think that one gets much of a workout. I already sacrificed the end of one thumb, I don't miss it all that much. I could probably live without a nose, but then I would look funny and how would my glasses stay up? Ok, I think I will go home and take some vitamins (Bugs Bunny, of course!).