[Rod Salter]

Then in 2017 my forever since I was a kid, sore bad back --- “blew out”
Two prolapsed discs!
The pain was excruciating and I couldn't pee
Some weeks in hospital, two panadol four hourly (if I asked)
Catheter removed, I was wheeled out, to go home and end that pain
My sister grabbed me and took me (dry vomiting) one hours drive to a chiropractor on a late Saturday afternoon
I think I almost screamed like a girl at a Micheal Jackson concert each time she touched me
At least she got me to dribble some pee
Months of bed ridden (on mind altering drugs) and multiple trips to chiro and remedial massage, I began to walk with a walker first then two crutches, eventually two walking sticks
I lost a lot of weight, then blew up to the heaviest I had ever been
All our savings were gone
I won't ever go back to that hospital and I won't suffer that pain again
How my wife put up with me I'll never know

The blitzes and everything else were on permanent hold

It is now 2023 and I survived, I am 71
I am still visiting the chiro and remedial massage each month
Some days I need a walking stick, It has left me with a weak left leg
It has taken a big mental effort to loose the weight and go out to do anything
Back then I never though I would be, at present doing long days, while it is cool/cold to try to catch up

Some people have had worse medical issues

Much more exciting truck saga to come - watch this space cheers rod