I tried shopping this week, with my mom. I did it without pain killers, but I was only able to walk around for about an hour before I got very sore. It wasn't my back, it was my knees. That seems to be the problem lately.
I have a tendency to hyperfocus on my artwork. It's almost a meditative state. The good news is, I don't notice pain when I'm in the middle of it, but when I decide to take a break, the awareness goes back to my legs. All I can say is "Ow" It's all in my knees, which isn't surprising, since I've been sitting on my bed working on this art for a good deal of time now. I just took ibuprofen, I hope it helps.
I've also been trying to work on organizing my room, but there are certain things I can't do. Like move the mini fridge. I guess I'll just have to live with it as is, for now :)
One thing that's become clear to me is that I will need to regain some sort of stamina for standing before I go back to work. While this constant rest has done wonders for my disk pain, I'm finding that I can't stand up for as long as I could even two weeks ago. We'll see what happens.
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