You have got to be the most enthusiastic person with chronic pain I've ever come across. Thank you for your inspiration. My pain does not sound as bad as yours. Good luck with the recovery and have fun out there.

vicious cycle dude my pains are going away but it has been more warm than cold lately

Have you ever had a severe back spasm while sitting on the toilet??

Not a pretty sight.

You can't even move your
eyeballs without severe pain.

Eventually, someone finds you. puts you down on the bathroom floor.
throws a blanket over you
CYA

6 hours later you emerge, crawling on hands and knees

Where you been all day??

The empathy is overwhelming.

I am now searching for a baseball bat!

Been there ,done that.

THAT's why I work on my spine everyday.

I don't want to be the "Shelly Winter's" type, stuck in hole on the Posiden Adventure

When I loose bowel control,and not know it, then they can cut.

Graphics are important here.

It's what forces me to do what I do, when I don't want to do it.....

Pain level,now a 2,
very loose, unstable feeling.
especially while sitting.

From the previous post:
"On a scale of 10 it's a 4.
By tomorrow I will be at 2 and Sunday"

Sooo then.
I am right on schedule for my recovery.

24 years this is how I earned my PHD
Physical rehad Hurts Daily

PS
A very important piece of the puzzle I forgot to mention.

Often times the pain will shift back and forth from the right "dimple" to the Left "dimple", then back again..

This scenario, I found out is a good thing.

The body is trying to balance and adjust itself.

surfdog

I agree, my back, hip, knee and neck issues come up so regularly that my patient, kind hubby just ignores me now. I don't even want to tell him when I'm hurting anymore. So, I've developed movie time, for when I'm having some pain. I try not to say anything about the pain, and get into the recliner and watch movies. The rest of the time, I try to move, clean the house, do gardening, or whatever I can to make sure I keep moving. If the pain in really bad, I take a pain killer, mild I take Aleve or percogesic. In any case I try to keep moving. The more you sit and let your muscles weaken, the harder it is to move later.

I can really identify with surfing the swell. I'm just recovering from surgery and have gone at the physio exercises with a vengeance. Still learning to pace self which I'm sure you know is difficult when having good day and want to do all those things you have been unable to do. good luck

I am new to this site but I can really relate with your post. I am riding the swell right now. My family is done with me. My doctor and surgeon are angry with me because I refuse more surgery. I can't stand, I can't sit and certainly cannot keep up with my house. This is the longest time, since before my last surgery, that I have been in this much pain. I feel like I am in a Vicodin induced haze. Frankly, it just makes me feel stupid. Pain + no sleep = psycho in my case.