Col, thank you for asking. The pain is very, very gradually lessening, but I think this is going to take a long time to get better.
Someone brought me some little cakes yesterday. There is now only one left. To save any embarrassment,

I ate the last one before coming into Tea?
It seems there is one "person" to benefit from this. Leo the cat, he does not like being picked up very much, and I cannot pick him up at all at the moment. However, he sometimes needs encouragement to go out, when it is very cold.
Having mentionned this particular problem,

I am aware that we may now (with Tdr1nka's) assistance hurtle even more speedily towards 3000 posts.
