I'm kind of on the fringe

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I've not started new topics for some time. I respond to a few of my friends discussions, but don't have enough focus to do much even with them. I feel like I'm on the fringe holding on. The ongoing pain continues, even though there are mornings when I am painfree for a bit. And it is very distracting. It his hard for me to concentrate and even harder to sit for long at the computer. My granddaughter is going through some tough experiences right now. And now there is word that a friend or ours with cancer has perhaps hours to live and we just wait by the phone to hear that she has passed on. I manage to do a few tasks, try to keeep up with responsibilities/commitments to people. Sometimes being busy distracts me. Sometimes it is just a chore to make it through the pain to do whatever needs to be done. Standing for any length of time is painful. Much of the time sitting is painful. The only real relief is when I have been horizontal for an hour and it subsides. Often when I awake in the morning it is only sore and moves into pain later in the afternoon. The pain is sciatic pain. Apparently my pelvic bone is twisted a bit. The pain meds take the edge of much of the time. The osteopathic treatments help for a couple of days but I get them only once a week. Right now I'm procrastinating about getting into the water to do the prescribed exercises, since I always hurt more afterwards. I really don't like feeling so "out of it" and I REALLY don't like getting so little accomplished. But I guess I'm still working on the lesson of patience. So, myLot friends, distract me and make me smile!