Awesome. I just started at my new comapny and everything’s going smoothly: great colleagues, interestig tasks, really cool working environment. Just today there’s an important kick-off meeting with my team and what happens to me? Lumbago!

Can’t believe it! It started yesterday morning with a stiff back and a little pain. It didn’t hurt so bad or feel extraordinarily, though, so I didn’t care too much about it and just ignored it.

This morning, however, the stiffness and the pain were still there but still, it wasn’t that bad. So I left the house and went to work normally. When I tried to change trains at Karlsplatz station, I suddenly wasn’t able to take another step! From one second to another, the whole lower back ignited in sheer agony. Somehow I manged to take a seat and flipped through my options: Going to work was not amongst them for I didn’t know how to ever stand up from that seat again so I called a colleague and reported sick leave for the day. Great, now I’m going to miss the first important meeting!! 🙁

Anyways, after calling the emergency hotline, they told me the address of an orthopedist close to my current location. I somehow managed to get there (but the distance that would’ve taken me less than a minute, normally, took me almost 15 minutes…) and finally received some shots to the back. Right now, I’m still lying there and waiting for the painkillers to kick in, eventually, so I can go home.

Duh. Piece of crap! Of course, it’s never the “right time” for such a thing but why on earth had this to happen TO-FUCKING-DAY?!? Not only am I going to miss the meeting I was looking forward to but also my being sick just directly after joining the company is just about the worst timing I could think of…