Back Pain

Back pain is a pain in the ass, not the back.

Gosh, I really never thought that a certain pain could last so long and be so persistent. I was wrong. I now clearly understand the pain that some of my older charter customers were experiencing on the boat over the years. I had one gentleman named Joe who had a bad back. He was constantly looking for the next panacea to make everything as it was in his much younger years. Medicines, rubs, braces and even surgery. It took him almost 6 years to get it right. But he did. His persistence beat out the pain’s persistence. He was so happy about it, as was I.

My pain is fixable. Or is it? I know that surgery is going to be best. I’ve read enough to know that compression fractures, a side effect of multiple myeloma, can be fixed using a glue or cement like substance injected into the spine to set things straight. But there is also the possibility of new fractures appearing if I don’t reach remission soon enough. It’s ok. I really don’t want to go through what Joe went through for 6 years. I’m going to get this done and move on to the next hurdle that MM will surely throw my way.

I’m being tested.