pain in the neck!

i woke up at 5am with the worst neck pain! it's almost 4pm and the pain hasn't gone away. i popped pain killers and had some of my coworkers massage my neck, but it still hurts. do you know how it feels? it feels like a swimmer's leg cramp in my neck! but seriously, this morning i thought i would end up paralyzed... can't recall where i heard it from but my misery reminded me of the stories of people who woke up paralyzed. can you imagine?! waking up feeling numb from the waist down? luckily that didn't happen to me. i wasn't numb at all, i was suffering from excrutiating pain... and the worst part, driving to work cautiously and having to withstand the pain when i turned to view my blind spots. safety first.