Why Old People Are Cranky

In 1997 I was diagnosed with a non-reversible back condition. Of course, I was way too busy then to deal with it....and did not follow the advice of the doctor and follow through with pain management. (another term for "take a pill"). I was way to busy with work and kids....and I have just dealt with the pain. Some days are better than others and I have just adjusted to the pain. Well, as luck would have it....this last few weeks, there are more "other" days, than "better" days. Hoping each day that I wake that it will be better.........NOT. I am a busy woman with the most precious gifts that one could have. Grandchildren. Might I say....GRAND?
And of course, I have my little 10 year old gift, that I cannot imagine life without. Recently I found myself saying "I'm sorry, Grandma cannot get down on the floor and play", "I'm sorry, Grandma cannot give you a piggy back ride down the stairs". And that really sucks. Out right sucks. How can this be?
So a couple of nights ago, my beautiful son overheard his dad and I in the bathroom. I was crying.....Trying to keep my secret of my pain from my children has been difficult this last few weeks. My son approached me last night asking that I go to the doctor. It made me cry at the thought that he cares so much. And of course, him just being himself, "mom, you need to go to the doctor, you have to have something for the pain. We want you to be around for the kids."
So I promised him that I would. And I did. Just got back and low and behold, after a battery of x-rays.......... Dr. Ed enters the room and says, "You have the lower spine of at least a seventy year old"....I responded with, " You know Dr. Ed, that is the second beautiful compliment that I have received today"...."the first would have been my two year old grandson walking in the bathroom as I was exiting the tub, and he asked if Grandma has a baby in her belly too"!!!!!
Of course, to me, it was funny. And the truth be told....right now I have no pain. None. Between the shot and the prescription......I feel numb. Something that I could never have experienced in 1997........I was just way too busy.
I have decided that I was just way to cranky with the pain. And after I left the doctor this afternoon, it dawned on me that "OLD PEOPLE ARE CRANKY BECAUSE THEY HURT"!!!!
I know now that the pain made me less tolerable of people.......and I was testy. I am not that person as a rule and no longer want to be cranky....I will from this day forward..."take a pill"!!!
Good day to all............