May 24, 2011 19:17
Well, the vacation was lovely, and I was really optimistic about my condition afterwards. Never tweaked my back, never ended up in crazy amounts of pain. It was so much better than this time last year, when things were pretty much unending pain and hardly able to walk straight.
Of course, we were careful; everything we did was gentle (mostly walking) and low-key and limited. We'd take several breaks during the day to go back to the cottage so I could lay down for a while. Still, it was very encouraging. It made us really upbeat about how well I was doing :) over and above how much fun we had.