11/20/09 -day 7

Last night I laced down to 25.5" for the event. It was both as small as I could get it on my own, and as much as I could physically handle. I have 38" hips, so although 25" isn't small, it was a dramatic reduction even clothed. My husband ditched me, so I had to drive myself to the place a good 20 minutes away. This was hellacious. After I got there, it wasn't easy. I lasted another 45 minutes. Good thing it was only a "make an appearance" type of function. The big killer was my back. It felt as though all of the discomfort I had in my ribs before migrated around behind. It is all on my left side only. I undressed the second I got back in my car. The pain hit when I took the thing off, but only for about 30 seconds or so. Whoa! The bottom line is, I did it. I didn't do it all night or set myself back, but I did endure it for a while.

This morning I thought I would take the day off from being bound, but I felt frumpy, so I am wearing it again. Strangely enough, my back doesn't hurt today. Go figure.