Thank you all for the warm welcome. Its nice to find a place to get things off the chest with people who understand. I feel that the empathy of family & friends can sometimes run dry. As you all probably can associate with, sympathy is not what I am after, but friends being able to understand why I cant do the things I used to, despite physically looking the same (albeit without my abs) is all I desire. Well, apart from manageable pain, lol...

I hadn't heard of neuro muscular therapy Ginnie. I will do a little research into that & nod my doctor in that direction to see what their thoughts are.

Hope is all we have. I have been of the negative mindset & it tipped me to breaking point, so a conscious choice of looking for positives, no matter how small, is extremely important & really does help. I am also aware that many many others have things far worse than I do...