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PAIN

This is one element in my whole post retirement way of life that I have not yet mentioned, and the fact that I haven't yet mentioned it might be due to my socialisation, (big boys don't cry etc), and because for me it is a constant background to my waking hours. It is concentrated in my legs and feet and gets worse every day the more standing and walking that I do. It is bearable, I can walk, cycle and even climb stairs, although I am beginning to fear that more and more.

It exhausts me, especially after a six hour shift in the Birkbeck bar, when I can get it, I need a lot of sleep to rest and recover. It slows everything up. it took me hours to get up, do housework and get to College this morning.

http://gptu.net/orjo/WS310025.WMA This is a link to a recording I made whilst throwing the empty bottles from the night before in Birkbeck Bar into recycling bins, which is my first task of the day when I work there as a barman. I doubt if you'd know what it was if I hadn't described it, but it does give a slight idea of what constant background pain is like.