One year

I was talking to my wife last night and she pointed out it was probably around November last year when the pain was really making my life difficult. Quality of life wasn't great, and there was a week when both of us were almost useless since she had hurt her neck and it had gone into some form of muscle spasm..

At the time I was of the opinion it would "go away" on it's own and that medical treatment was not necessary..

I see people go to doctors with the most small problem.. or with problems they had a week ago (a pain) and now the symptoms gone.. I can't believe how long it took for me to realise I needed help and to start sorting the problem out. I am also amazed that the first treatment that was offered to me was a pill - rather than thinking about what I could do myself.

With all of the technology I am still somewhat perplexed on the medical profession with this type of problem, what answers and solutions they are offering.

I still have bits of pain, but it's not chronic and acute.. it's more of an ache, which is manageable. I can do pretty much all of the things I need to do.

Getting Better Each Day

The pain is gradually becoming a distant memory - though it appears from time to time and now has more of a feeling of back ache, rather than the really severe and chronic pain that I had before.

Last week I managed a 7 hour drive to Belgium and a 7 hour drive back - with a lot of work in the house and garden - without any issues.

Still can't quite touch my toes yet, and I don't have enough dedication to do the exercises each day - but I do stretch the muscles as much as I can when sitting down.