I realize I haven't written for over month. Have I been gallivanting in Europe, having an affair or won the lottery? Or have I had any quirky edge dulled by pain and done very little. Sadly, it's the latter.
I saw that I wrote on April 6th that I had back trouble so that makes it more than 6 weeks now, that I've had pain daily. You know what I don't like about pain - not that it's painful, which is a given, but that it impact on me is to turn me into someone I don't like. I'm snappy, with low patience, low interest, not moving much physically or spiritually.
So for the first few weeks I thought it would pass, and for the next few weeks I thought this will never pass this is my life from now on, and in the past week or so I've become much more proactive - I changed meds, went to a physical therapist, and then went to a chiropractor that my friend recommended.
The meds are definitely essential, and the physical therapist was okay but no real difference. After one session with the chiropractor I feel hopeful that this is not going to be the rest of my life... I'm having another session tomrrow and hopefully more interesting blogs (and a quirkier life!) will follow....
(I did find meditation helpful, and in my proactive phase have started listening to Joan Borysenko regularly again. She's really very good.)
