General Update

The last seven days have been a bit of a nightmare.

After I did the review of Ednburgh Zoo I was absolutely shattered and in a lot of pain. I expected to be although I was surprised by the sheer amount of pain. Over the following days it never eased which became a bit of a worry, and it in fact increased a bit.

I had shoots booked in on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and Thursday was the second Project Inspiration shoot, this time with Dougie MacLean. Anyway, by the sunday morning I knew that I wouldn't be able to shoot, so better to postpone Mon-Wed shoots in the hope I'll be okay for Thursday.

I kept going with the heat treatment, with lots of painkillers and all the little tricks you pick up with a history of back pain, but nothing seemed to be helping, and then on Tuesday, Dougie MacLean postponed our shoot on the same day that I was going to have to do the same.

So I went to the doctors. As I suspected I've got another slipped disc, along with a muscle in spasm and I've got nerve pain down my leg again. Thankfully the doctor prescribed me much stronger painkillers and I can tell the difference already, mostly because I'm able to sit upright again. I haven't been able to do that for the last three days.

Anyway, I'm going to try a wee shoot at the weekend for my mum's charity event. No pressure or anything, but its with Big Brother Winner Josie Gibson, so as usual I'm hoping the shots will turn out rather spectacular.

I'm hoping that I can manage even a wee shoot, because I don't want to write off another six months of my life with yet another slipped disc. I've got too much to do, and too much momentum built up to stop now.

I guess it's 'Watch this space'!

Craig