Back pain explained

As Ric Romero could report, being busy detracts from blogging time.

My back pain ended up being residual pain from the surgery. The worst case scenario would have been that I had another ruptured disc. The MRI showed no extra disc in my back, but it did show some extra floaters in the general area of my spine. They way they explained it was this:

Imagine if you have a single rock in your shoe. Most of the time, it's between your toes, or in a crevice somewhere, where it doesn't hurt. However, every once in awhile, it will get under your toes or your arch, or your heel, and when you step down, it hurts like hell. So, you wiggle your foot inside your shoe and move that rock out of the way again.

Basically, some material in my spinal column bumped against my nerve, and that became pain. My job was to basically wait for this material to die down.

Afterwards, I was cleared for Physical Therapy. I saw the great people at Great Plains Therapy in Vermillion, and Ruth and company were excellent at getting my strength back, plus some.

Unfortunately, financial reasons prohibit me from spending $45 a week to work out, so I had to quit... I hope to start on a more all-inclusive workout plan soon...