Hi pile panickers! Am able to report significant improvement - no real discomfort anymore [apart from the obvious suppository twice a day routine, which has its own issues and discomforts which really don't need to be shared]. Have managed to hold back the tide of a major health anxiety episode around all types of bowel disorders, so that's good. Still 'icing' in the evenings and putting feet up. Real benefit is having an excuse not to return to the gym this morning - will stick to yoga for a while and just hope that my downward dog doesn't cause a grape style relapse...
This aging lark totally sucks. Wrapped in suitable outer garments I look pretty good, I think. But my god, start peeling back the layers and you can see a road map going all the way back to my [very] misspent youth. Thighs still flabby as never went to gym after 1st child and didn't take up yoga until it was too late, shins covered in white patches due to early intensive sunbathing, face similarly affected by sun but dark patches, hair dry through years of bleaching, eyebrows very interesting shape due to mega plucking in teens, feet covered in high-heel induced corns and scars from blisters, etc. Thank the lord I can't actually see the effects of cake, fags and alcohol on my insides!
It has just hit me = isn't it wonderful that the answer to all the issues in the above paragraph appears to be shopping to keep those outer garments looking their best?