Back pain- again

OMG this morning was one of the worst back pain mornings (or afternoons or evenings or nights) ever! I have no idea why. I've been in a lot of pain the last few days in general, but I slept fine last night and woke up with just a bit of pain. But by the time I got in the shower I was moaning and that continued through getting dressed and trying to make breakfast (which I have to eat to get the pain meds to work better and also for the whole blood sugar thing, so I moaned through that too). After I finished eating I dragged myself and my tea to my iJoy shiatsu chair (which we bought when I was first diagnosed with endo cancer back in 2004) and did three cycles (one lower back, one full back, and another lower back) for 45 minutes and drank my tea and looked through catalogs. Thankfully it took the edge off and while it still hurts I am able to breathe normally and not moan (good thing I was alone in the house this morning). I am unfortunately skipping my Open Studio class this afternoon as I am feeling precariously on the edge with this pain and afraid that the driving will set me right over it.

Days like this are completely exhausting (and it's only 12:30pm- I've got a long day and evening ahead of me still- later this evening I'm babysitting a friend of Z.'s and her little brother). I am already ready to go back to bed for the rest of the day, but I won't. Although I'll probably end up falling asleep sitting up in a chair at some point this afternoon. I've promised myself that after lunch I will sit down and do some little artwork thing. If I can't be there at least I can be doing art at the same time as the others.