back again!

and a double entendre as well....

Yes I have had a horrible month totally incapacitated by back pain! I don't think it was any one thing but just built up since last year when I hurt it pulling water from the well. Anyway after some really horrendous pain I went to see the doctor I saw a few years ago. He pronounced it serious ... no reflex all the way down my right leg ... and said that I might need surgery to get the disc back in place. Sent me off with a prescription for a range of drugs and asked to see me again in a week... or was it two??

Anyway the pain was less with the drugs but they made me very dizzy and drowsy and still unable to sit. So I spent a few weeks lying and sleeping interrupted only by some back exercises... oh and watching daytime tv and news... what a month of news!

The doctor is happy with my progress and surgery is no longer required. We have a new, very firm, mattress and I have a dustpan with a long handle that I can use to pick up and put down things like cat food bowls. This week I started back working and also walking Ruby again - just short walks.

It is great to be getting back to normality - but I can't overdo the sitting and must keep up the exercise.

I will post some more soon but just thought I should let you know that I hadn't fallen off the edge of the world.