The Guilt Trip Cometh

There is, apparently, no end to the sacrifices I will make for my children.

I say this because I have eschewed any and all medications for the duration of this elimination diet, out of fear that something in those medications will cause problems for Mr. Happy.

Did I mention that I have an old whiplash injury and an old sprained back injury that occasionally pop up with a vengeance, causing headaches, stiff  everything and serious pain?

Taking Advil every 4 hours basically keeps the pain, stiffness, and headaches at bay so I can use stretching and hot/cold therapy to alleviate the cause without suffering too badly for the few days it lasts.

Right now, though, everything from the top of my head to my lower back is aching and hurting, and I am taking nothing.  The stretching and hot/cold therapy will eventually work, but I’m suffering through the time it takes to ease the muscle/ligament kink ups.

But have you read the ingredient list on a bottle of Advil lately?

Scary stuff, I tell you.  Can anyone even pronounce those words?

So, I’ll suffer through it.  The pain is just temporary anyway.

My kids better LOVE me for this, though.  (I sense a guilt trip coming in ten or fifteen years…don’t you?)

Anyone have any brilliant ideas on how to deal with muscle and ligament pain without drugs?