Today my husband spent the day helping his brother move.  Since I had other things to do — a full day of work, fixing my car, and babysitting — I had a good excuse not to help, but Michael felt obligated to go even if I couldn’t.

I was really worried that he would come home in pain.  He really shouldn’t overexert himself too much — a few years ago he had a herniated disk in his back, and had to have surgery to fix the problem.  If he messes his back up again, he might be able to find back pain relief via physical therapy and noninvasive treatments such as drugs, or from alternative treatments such as using magnetic therapy for pain.  However, most likely if he hurts his back that bad again it’ll be beyond any form of natural pain relief, and he’ll just need to have another surgery to fix the problem.

Luckily, he came home with his back in okay condition — his brother had hired movers for the really heavy stuff, so most of what Michael was moving was a bunch of boxes.  However, he also wasn’t feeling well, which may have had a hand in keeping him from overexerting himself — he is apparently getting a cold!

Michael is in bed now, all doped up on cold medicine.  I ought to feel more sympathetic about his cold, but mainly I’m just glad he didn’t hurt his back!

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