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She's been eating those pain pills the doctor gave her as if they were her favorite candy. Mom hasn't been feeling well at all with her back the way it is; she's in an aweful lot of pain and nothing, not heat, not massages, not even prescribed medicine has helped so far... she's got us all worried.

Dad is taking her back to the doctor to see what can be done. In fact, they just left a few minutes ago after Mom called in sick at work. This is amazingly, only the second time she's ever missed a days work since she started having major back pain. She's a cashier at a hardware store and she is no doubt one of the hardest working people in that building. Her back has always given her trouble as the result of a motorcycle crash when she was younger. However, in spite of this, she still does plenty of heavy lifting, walking the floor of that huge store to complete returns and to help customers, being on her feet for 8 hours (sometimes more than that) working as a "part time" employee.

I really hope that something can be done to help her... my Mom is a strong person. Seeing her in any sort of pain bothers me a lot. Honestly, I don't think its just the result of that crash she had thats causing her problem, I believe her job has a lot to do with it. Mom does a lot more than she's expected to. If she's not on a register, she's helping customers on the floor, stocking shelves or doing returns. Since my Mom is stubborn, no matter the weight, if she can lift it she puts it on the shelf without help...and she's starting to really hurt from lifting so much. She's been hurting for the past week and as I've said, today is only the second day she's taken off. The rest of the week she's worked as much she would any other day.

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I just want her to feel better.