Woke up this morning - seven days after the
"event" and felt pretty good. I had slept better than most nights and
there were no annoying twinges in my back. Even as I gently manoeuvred my body
to the side of the bed in what could be a patented move to avoid a full back
muscle spasm there was little discomfort. I started to have pleasant day dreams
of perhaps leaving for my trip on time, and of wondering, almost in panic if I could have everything done by
next Monday.
Reality soon hit as I started to make breakfast. The rice
pot was almost two heavy to hold in one hand, turning too quickly caused my
back to spasm and within ten minutes I needed to sit down and give the muscles
a chance to calm down. Still two days ago, just getting up and going to the
bathroom required a ten-fifteen minute lay down. So things are looking up. Not fast enough for me, but at least enough to suggest that my present state may
not be a permanent condition.
Of course there are a number of things that I could be doing
in terms of getting ready and perhaps today I will at least figure out what
needs to be done. Hopefully my new MasterCard will arrive soon and then I can
look at some travel options and buy a new hostel card etc.
I really want to be travelling by next week, but I know (in
my more mature moments) that to do so might put me at some risk. I don`t want
to have to spend a day or two in Medicine Hat or Salmon Arms because my back is
just too sore to travel or even worse, spend two days on a bus because
hitchhiking is just too hard.
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