Normal Life - Day One
I am still not willing to say there was really anything good about 7 weeks of bronchitis, but I will concede that it gave me my first day totally free of any back pain in years. By Christmas day, the sharp, grabbing pains that are the biggest danger to me had been gone for a few weeks, and the constant aching on days it snowed had finally stopped. But there was a chronic ache in the small of my back that never stopped or let up, and I thought I might just have to live with. It was still the farthest I'd gotten, but it was always there . But after the first week or so of bronchitis, it had finally let up. And, while the bronchitis was completely and utterly miserable, my back didn't lose ground or stiffen up, which my therapist was quite pleased to see. I was pleased too, and would have been pretty giddy about the ache going away if I hadn't still been sick and stuck mostly in bed anyway. It's wonderful to make progress, but if you still don't feel wel...