Sunset Over The Doctor's Office

I managed to get an evening appointment with my doctor to see if he could do anything to help my back which has now rendered me almost immobile.  He gave me Valium, which surprised me because I didn't realize that was a muscle relaxer.   I've always thought it was something that you took when you didn't want to care about why you hurt, which I did and which it does.  I still ended up calling the paramedics in the wee hours of the morning because the pain was so bad.  Fortunately, they just recommended I take more Valium because if they took me to the hospital I'd end up waiting for hours and they wouldn't do much more for me than give me more Valium.  So, happily drugged, I was able to sleep, missed a day's work and am feeling only marginally better.  I have an X-ray scheduled for Thursday, but I'm not getting my hopes up.  In the meantime, I feel like I've been run over by heavy machinery.