Why did YOU have to take your dad? Ok, don't take that wrong. There has to be another way, and you need to find those options so you can take care of you.

I find giving myself MUCH MORE TIME to get a task done helps greatly...it means driving around a few minutes waiting for a parking spot or to find the front door or whatever... won't put me behind. I've learned I have to do it anyway, but putting the extra time in there means I don't get stressed out about it...it is what it is.

NOW take time for yourself, tonight and tomorrow! ICE, rest, heat, rest Ice... and eat well, but lightly, do your stretches (ham strings are crucial!) You know all this, I'm just reminding you, like my pain T always does me.

Did you make a list of things to do for pain flares? I have a whole typed sheet, for when the brain doesn't fully engage. I actually forget to take my pain meds!