Yes, quite literally, I have a pain in my neck! I woke up this morning and my neck was hurting. I have had this sore spot for a while now. Two spots, really - the glands on either side of my neck. I got sick last February - I had a sinus infection, along with a double ear infection. The doctor called in two prescriptions for me, one of which was oral and reasonably priced. The other, however, was eardrops and was so ridiculously high priced that we didn’t have the money for it. And I swear - for real - that the glands in my neck have hurt - off and on - since then! Some mornings I wake up and the one on the right side is really sore and I feel like I’m getting one of my vicious migraines, so I put ActivOn on it. You know, the arthritis cream! Ha!

Sometimes when I wake up and my neck and shoulders are sore and the migraine is trying to sneak in, I put Freeze It on my shoulders and just itsy-bitsy part way up my neck and that helps a lot. But I can’t really get Freeze It too high up on my neck or it burns. It’s really weird - I love that stuff, it’s totally awesome, but, I have to be careful when using it on my neck.

I just accidentally discovered that ActivOn would work for this purpose. I think you could call it a double accident!

Accident One: Mark’s mom had given it to him for some pain he was having, so it wasn’t even mine.

Accident Two: The fact that I discovered it would help on the front (practically) of my freaking neck! Well, heck fire - I don’t know how I stumbled onto that revelation. I am sure glad I did, though!

I made a quick video to show you where I’m talking about, because, when I was telling my brother where it was hurting, I think I totally confused him with my nonsense. (What makes me think a video is going to make sense of my nonsense, I don’t know!) I had just gotten out of the shower and thrown my hair up in a clip - so it’s a mess. But ya’ll don’t mind that now, do ya? ;)

I know I must be completely psychotic for thinking an illness in February has left my glands affected this long, but, I’ve been called worse. And I’ve been called crazy a lot! So it’s okay, I can hang.

But I got up this morning and it was hurting worse than usual - bummer. And then I realized that I have a sore in my mouth. See, here’s another totally goofy thing about me - my sore throats almost always start with a sore in my mouth. Told ya I was strange. And my right ear has had a couple pangs of sharp pain. Cruddy puddy if I’m not getting sick again! I hope not, but, even if I am, it’s been a loooooong time. So that is pretty cool! I usually get sick once or twice, at least, in the summer. I don’t think I’ve been sick since last spring, though.