I applaud anyone who tries to carry on when it would be so much easier to just pack it in, working with the pain alone is debilitating never mind all the other problems that tend to come as part of the package.
I always intended to retire at 55 (providing I lived that long) but I had to throw the towel in aged just 36 and it killed me to do it but I just put my sensible head on and figured I’d lived with pain since I was 15 years old and 21 years wasn’t that bad. 14 years on I wish I had stopped sooner as the extra damage I did through struggling on has caused lots more problems but it’s lovely outside today and I’m going to go for a coffee this afternoon and possibly blow some cash on something I totally don’t need but what the hell. ??