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One of my biggest pet peeves is when people tell me I don't know back pain.
I've been living with near-chronic back pain for years. I've been to physiotherapy, and massage therapy. I've tried muscle relaxant pills. I've tried sleeping on the floor. I've tried stretching. It's all temporary relief, it ALWAYS comes back.
I can feel fine for days, or weeks even. And then something like putting away laundry will trigger it, and I will be in so much pain that I can't even stand, like tonight.
I have ridiculous knots all down both sides of my spine. Christ, you can even SEE them in this photo. Yes, those awkward lumps next to my spine are MUSCLE KNOTS.
Sometimes it gets so bad it hurts to breathe because my lungs push against them when I inhale.

Sometimes it hurts to BREATHE.

I broke my foot in 3 places, cracked open my skull 3 times, have had 5 concussions, destroyed a hamstring, broken a toe, fallen into things and gotten HUGE bruises, and I wrecked my knees a few years ago. Nothing has ever hurt as bad as this does.

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So, I found a Dragon today. I'm gonna go back in the Spring and try and thaw him out :).

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Thanks to Elizabeth for being my remote control for me, since I haven't gotten the one for the new cam yet ;)

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Model: Trina
MUA: Angie Valente

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First selfie of 2012, and co-oncidently, also the first selfie on my NEW camera, the d300s! Love.