Back from the bed

Today is the first time in over a week that I can sit at my desk for more than ten minutes without experiencing excrutiating pain. Blogging resumes. Thanks for all the good wishes and suggestions. What I learned about back pain from the comments:

Try Pilates: Good for building muscle, am looking into this option.

Do Yoga: I’m not sure I’m the yoga type.

Dr. Sarno: Cultish but effective. I remember reading about this in Howard Stern’s book Miss America. I’m an emotionally closed person, so I don’t think this is going to work for me.

Chiropractor: Been there, hasn’t done shit.

Oatmeal and Tobasco on the knee: This one was so out there that I actually tried it. I left the combo on my knee for about ten minutes and felt no change. I contacted the commentor and he told me the reason why it didn’t help is that I used the flavor maple brown sugar instead of raisins and spice. He also said that I should have used Tabasco brand rather than Frank’s Hot Sauce. I’ll never make that mistake again.

Allegations of being in IDF Special Forces: Uh, no.