6/1/08 What's Happening

Whats Happening
Well I'm waiting for the next lot of denervation injections in my back I went to the hospital just before Christmas and the consultant has agreed to do the left hand side of my lower back and to top up the right hand side, funny when I asked originally if they would do both sides at the same time I got various reasons for not doing so from it's too long to do both to it's a matter of too greater risk, anyway I was told it will be 11 weeks or sooner so it should be about the end of February.
I can't wait I didn't realise how beneficial it has been until I recall things I could and couldn't do 6 months ago and the things I have been doing lately about 2 months after the operation I bought a Dog and started taking daily walks with him and up till a couple of weeks ago we had managed to walk round the lake for about a mile it took us approx 40 to 45 minutes but having the dog with me certainly made it easier and much more enjoyable I had forgotten how wonderful it is to have a dog it must be about 30 years ago when I last had a dog and because of work commitments I have only had cats since. Anyway its getting harder now to do the mile and I'm beginning to struggle to keep up the pace so the sooner the operation happens hopefully I will be able to improve one the mile.
I must say in the early days before the denervation when I was 2 stone heavier and in constant pain learning to paint was my savior, not only did it give me something to fill the hours with after giving up my job, but it turned out to be the best pain relief ever. I became so engrossed in painting that my pain seemed to go away, only when I went to get up did I realise the brief respite I had experienced whilst painting.
Note to all those overweight hard though it may be it is worth loosing even just a little bit it really does help, once I got myself help with the pain in the form of painkillers I was able to go to the gym and together with joining weight watchers I managed to loose 2 stone