Forgot to mention what happened at the doctor. He checked stuff out, said I'm perfectly healthy and that I should take some anti-inflammatories to help my back recover. It wasn't hurting so bad that I couldn't work, but it hurt every day for about 3 weeks, which I figured was a little too long. Anyway, he prescribed Naprosyn, for which the pharmacy gave me naproxen, the generic substitute. It was only $5 for the whole thing, though. Much better than the $30+ I have to pay for my allergy medicine. When I told him of my diet and exercise, he said 'good for you' and 'keep it up', and that it wouldn't be bad for me to only eat 1k calories/day.
I talked to my mom and she asked if I was prescribed any pain medication, and was surprised when I told her no. But then, I didn't get any when I found out I had gout, either. Now if anything I should have had something for the pain then. I've never felt that kind of pain before. It sucked. My doctor doesn't like to give out prescriptions for that stuff, I guess. I haven't gotten an allergy shot for a while, too, he doesn't like to give those out either. I suppose that's good, though. I don't like taking medicine unless I really need it. That's why I changed my diet when I found out about the gout, and didn't just go for the 'take a pill a day' route.
Well, since I got the anti-inflammatories, I've been doing a lot better, hopefully my back will be all better soon. The weather says it's supposed to rain, but I don't think it will. We've had so very little rain this year, it would be nice. Actually, it's supposed to be thunderstorms, but unless things change quick, there won't be much thunder...