Whimper

I'd say my back hurts- but it doesn't seem like a strong enough statement for what life is like every day for me now.

There is no escape- massage doesn't help, can't lay on my back to take pressure off, can't slouch (like physically can't, and if I try to then it's highly uncomfortable), can't lean back (makes it hurt even more), laying on my left side has made my left hip/sciatic nerve really act up. And it goes on and on... it's just constant breath-stopping discomfort.

I can get a small amount of relief by going on all 4s. But the relief is minor, and the price is really sore arms, painful knees, and a significant increase in the reflux, which is already so bad that at times I feel like I'm going to be sick, or my chest is burning so badly it feels like a heart attack.

I know it's normal for the end to get "pretty uncomfortable". But nothing really prepares you for how unrelenting the discomfort is. If I could just have an hour or so now and again to feel normal, that'd be swell.

1 more week of work.

5 more weeks till due date.