I got up this morning and there was light coming in on my that was just barely perceivable--like in a very dark painting where you can just make out a figure's arm or an embrace or something. So I took a selfie with my phone in my current mood. It came out black.
I decided to load all my phone camera photos on my desktop in the hour I allow myself to sit each day, and while I did it, fed this photo into LR to see if I could pull the light out of it. And sure enough, it did a decent job. I was hoping to feed it to Silver EfX and then realized, oh, yeah, new computer. It's on my old one. Can I still get a download from Google I wonder? I know it's no longer being updated, but I wonder.... Next session at the desktop I guess.
I've called the Dr. today because I'm a little afraid that my progress is not going as well as I'd hoped. The nurse said that with the steriods, pain meds, and anti-inflammatory meds I have taken, a muscle spasm should have gotten me back to my "baseline" before the injury. It is still well above that baseline. Waiting to hear back from Dr. office. Did I pull a tendon? Is it nerves? I know it's not fractured. I know there is evidence of some bulging disks, but normal bulging at my age. All I know is that sitting hurts. Walking is o.k. and lying down is pain free. Will let you know when I do. Heading back to the bed with an ice pack and water. Cheers.
It is a rather deep and dark picture and maybe just what you feel so that is good in some ways. You can connect computers through bluetooth, did you know! Using "airdrop".. Sometimes recuperation can take months - I know with myself.
@maggiemae Thanks. I will do that going forward. I had a ton of photos on my phone and I find a direct hookup does it faster. Hoping the recuperation is not months, but it is what it is. Just need to get back to WORK. :/
So sorry Daryl that it is taking so long for your back to recover. I know when I hurt my back a few years ago I began to think I was never going to be without pain. I had to work - going to London on the train every day - what a nightmare. I ended up standing most of the day leaning on the back of my chair as sitting was awful and I seemed to seize up if I sat for any length of time. I had to keep on the move - slowly - but it was the best thing for me and slowly the pain did ease. Sending you lots of big hugs - I know how frustrating it can be!! Take care xxx
I love the mood you have created with this image - I don't like that it reflects what you are going through - I haven't tried or checked but my understanding is Nik will be available just not updated anymore - I hope that's the case because I use it all the time and this laptop won't last forever
@pamknowler thanks so much for sharing your experience it gives me hope that I will be able to function again normally in some way. I've put in calls to the doctor again to make sure I am not missing something that is either nerve-related or possibly an infection. The medicines really should have Done more to alleviate the pain. In fact after taking all the steroids I was a little shocked that I didn't see much difference at all. So now I'm pretty confused.
@jgpittenger my feelings are so much frustration because so much depends on me this month and so much is getting in the way getting things done. It is what it is. But the timing could not be worse.
October 6th, 2017
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