There has been so much going on at Le Château. Firstly, my students have completed their exams and this pretty much sums up their level of preparedness:
Cat Daddy is home, and Louis Catorze is so happy about this that his screaming and purring have been through the roof. A couple of nights ago a flock of parakeets, irritated by the infernal racket, gathered to see what was going on in the garden below. Yes, it was THAT bad.
Dans un autre domaine, as well as my long-standing neck and shoulder problems, I now have a new lower back problem which just came from nowhere. So I have been back to the physio again.
Cat Daddy, before my appointment: “I bet it’s because of all those hours on the sofa watching horror films with HIM on your lap.”
Me: “I’ve sat on that sofa with him a zillion times and my back’s always been fine. It can’t possibly be that.”
During my appointment:
Physio: “Was there a particular activity that caused you to hurt your back?”
Me: “No. It was just like that when I woke up one morning.”
Her: “Lower backs don’t react well to many hours in the same position …”
Me: “…”
Her: “Have you been doing a lot of sitting down lately?”
Merde.
Since this is the same physio that I saw when I had my Laziness With Cat knee injury, I couldn’t quite bring myself to tell her that I now had a new injury caused by the same thing. So I just said I didn’t know. Yes, I know how preposterous it sounds to tell someone that you actually DON’T KNOW whether or not you’ve been doing a lot of sitting down.
Anyway, the physio has given me some exercises to do twice a day, and it seems that Le Roi does not approve of these exercises. Which is a bit rude since he is the reason I have to do them. He has let me know of his disapproval by circling me on the bed as I do the exercises, screaming his guts out, then putting his front paws onto me and screaming some more.
I guess this is the end of me being TUC unless I take regular stretch breaks every two hours. Not that Sa Maj gives a merde since he is now back in his happy place:
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Now that it is warm I only have the laptop on top of me, as the cats prefer to be closer to the fans. But I need to stretch too, thanks for remindingme…
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Watch out for the dangers of being TUC!
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Cat Daddy sounds like a good expert on back pain.
Let’s hope the exercises you were given help you to feel better soon.
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Thank you!
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After all, what is more important: your health or your cat’s happiness? 🙂
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He says I need to be able to bend so that I can serve him his Orijen. 😩
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Good point
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You poor thing! Louis really does do you harm!
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He is EVIL.
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Evil seems like a strong term to apply to one’s furry, Kittenish vampire. Maybe Louis is just malevolent or wicked or plain-jane mischievous, in which case he means you no harm–he’s just trying to amuse himself while CD is gone.
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He has you well and truly fooled.
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Next time, take Louis to the physio with you so the physio can teach you how to sit properly with Louis on your lap so as not to hurt your back 😀
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Oh my word, can you IMAGINE the screaming?
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As the physio is a woman, there’s nothing in it for Louis. Now, if you switched to a MALE physio…
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Goodness, he would lose his tiny mind!
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My lower back complains too, if I’ve been TUC for too many evenings! Only in my case it’s usually TUCs in the plural!! x
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You’re TU many Cs! 😱😱😱
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I hope the physio does the trick– back pain is a nightmare.
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Thank you! It’s very slow progress indeed, and very expensive at £55-£110 per week depending on the length of the session needed! 😩
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Yikes, that’s expensive 😦 Physio used to be covered by the government here, but some genius decided people in pain should pay to feel better. That’s a rant for another day, though, If the physio is helping you, then the cost is worth it.
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You can get government-funded physio here, but they keep it a secret so that people don’t use it. And they don’t do any manipulation work; they just instruct you. I had 6 weeks of it and the therapist didn’t even touch me. 🤷♀️
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Sounds very helpful (sigh).
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