Back trouble sucks!
Well, it’s almost a month now since I stood up at work and had to immediately lie down as my back went into spasm. It’s been a slow process, recovery, and it’s not over yet by any means. There has been progress though - I can get up and down pretty much as and when I decide to now, rather than having to carefully roll into various positions that allow me to get into other positions that eventually let me get up. I also noticed last night that I was climbing the stairs with a symmetrical gait, which has to be good news. It’s strange though, because I don’t tend to notice the increased mobility as much as the fact the pain seems to change, but not decrease much. It seems that whenever I get a new exercise or get manipulated, the next two days show great leaps and bounds and I feel as if I’m mostly better, then the following few days it feels as if it’s worsening. It can get quite depressing but I’m forgetting to note that underneath the ups-and-downs of the levels of discomfort, I seem to be gaining mobility all the time.
The problem is not eased by the fact that the only decent furniture in my house is my thermarest and an office chair I brought with me all the way from Southend in 1995… and that is only ?*half* decent. I’m going to get a posture seat but have no idea how to make a space for it - the small lounge here contains sofa, two chairs (all soft and saggy) a dining table and four chairs (all rickety) and a fireplace. There’s not a lot of room for extra furniture. The only alternative is to de-junk the front room (which has played study/junkroom for the last couple of years). In there though is a single bed, fireplace, wardrobe and desk that I am not at liberty to throw away.
I wish this house price crash would hurry up and happen, I’m looking forward to having a place where I’m allowed to throw the furniture away!