Thank you Open, that really helps, makes sense and is a relief. I fell into a black hole for a while there.

I have actually tried challenging the physical pain. The last time I challenged the knee pain by walking a relatively short distance the pain became so intense and the limp so pronounced that it not only worsened the knee, but triggered back, hip and foot pain leaving me stranded on a bench for some time in considerable pain, with the very real fear I wouldn’t be able to make it home. Consequently the knee pain, which had been improving, was pretty severe for some days afterward and the chiropractor needed to adjust my spine and hyper-mobile pelvis which had become displaced by the limp in the attempt to push through. Likewise when my back pain was worse than it is now I would frequently push myself so hard that I would find myself stranded and sobbing in such pain I could barely make it to a chair, and as a consequence of pushing through it I now have a double curve in my spine and deterioration of same. So how far do you sensibly go in confronting mobility challenges by pushing through?

Pam