Thanks, that sounds less terrible! But three months away from work means I have to close my business, decades of work down the drain, let the staff go etc. And I was defiantely told six weeks, not twelve so it's worrying that it has taken people double that time to get their medical back. Both GP/AME and surgeon well aware of what I do for a living and never, ever indicated it would take that long....maybe because I have always been, until having to give up karate training, very fit and strong.
I suppose what I am trying to work out is, do I keep going like this in a lot of pain for another ten years and get it done when I retire, or do I get it done now and take a financial hit I may not be able to recover from in the current economic climate.
Last edited by Clare Prop; 9th July 2012 at 08:44.