Red and Blue

A beautiful sunny morning with clear blue sky as you can see but I feel really unhappy. I finally plucked up the courage to phone the doctors for my MRI scan results on my back and was told that I have multiple protruding discs that are occasionally touching nerves but no actual nerve damage at present. I also have a small cyst at the base of my spine which may or may not give me problems in the future. These problems are not bad enough to warrant any surgery (which is a huge relief to me) but beyond the physiotherapy exercises and painkillers there is nothing else that can be done, so basically I've just got to put up with the pain and not being able to bend etc. It's really taken the wind out of my sails and I feel very pessimistic at the moment but I will bounce back and there is a chance that the condition could improve in time ( at least 6 months but more likely several years), I just need to keep doing the exercises and not sit for long periods, which is hard when you can't be very active. Typically since I found out, my back feels much worse (almost certainly largely psychosomatic ) and I'm feeling rather sorry for myself. I suspect I will have a day or two of feeling like this and then I will resolve to get on with things regardless and I will feel a lot better. Sorry to bore you with all this but I just had to get it all off my chest - now I must stand up and walk about for a while :-)