Hi mark (hug) .. You are such a lovely, positive person .. i always love your replies. Thank you for the prayers .. they really help.

At the moment I have two crutches, which help take the weight off my back as they have elbow support .. perhaps after the Stim I will migrate to canes OR no canes .. who knows I will wait and see.

I'm on NO opiates now I am proud to say. Though it's been hard - the fact that I can rest and not worry about the days when I can't do anything, is a blessing. Before I was taking morphine just to get to work and do my job.

It's a beautiful spring day here in the UK .. and we have some lovely woods behind us, and I've been managing to get into them for little walks .. and just to sit and listen to the birdsong. Beautiful!