Cancelled holiday

[gilld]

As I write this, I SHOULD be 3/4 of the way the Singapore, but I'm not. For the past 10 days I've been suffering with sciatic and I knew I couldn't sit for over 13 hours on a plane, and my GP told me it would be very unwise to go so just yesterday we had to cancel.

We were SO looking forward to this holiday as we were to have toured around the Far East for 18 days but obviously it wasn't meant to be.

Fortunately, we have managed to get on a cruise to Spain and Portugal leaving from Southampton in 13 days so no flying. It won't be the same but at least we get to go away.

 

[Miffy2003]

Oh Gill, that's really disappointing for you

Plus the pain of your sciatica - ouch!

You will just have to do the Far East another year and at least you have a lovely cruise to look forward to now

Will the butler be available at such short notice though?

 

[Netty]

So sorry to hear that you've had to cancel your holiday..

I used to suffer with sciatica very severely for 18 months , i know how painful it can be, the pain used to shoot down to my ankle.
I now for the past 5 years have been free from it, How?? well i was told by my doc to put a pole across my bed door and hang from it to stretch out the spine, also if you curl over into a ball in bed it helps as well. also while standing up, bend forward and then backwards.


I was that bad that the hospital said that i should have surgery, but i refused.
I am really sorry that you have had to cancel your hols because of this and i hope that you enjoy your cruise.
jeanette

 

[gilld]

Sadly the butler won't be available as we don't have a suite on this one LOL They only had 3 cabins left so it was take one or take nothing

The pain isn't too bad unless I sit for long periods, obviously 13+ hours was just too long. I am trying to stretch backwards and forwards but I haven't heard of "hanging from a pole" as yet maybe I'll give it a try.

 

[KayleeUK]

Gill sorry to here that I hope you have a lovely cruise though!