At the w/e I posted an observation about other things going wrong when you're trying to put something right. kantara71 summed it up succinctly as "Sod's Law".
Last night I had my first physio session on how to deal with the ongoing problems with my spine (As it happens, its all about exercising to build up my core strength). Its been a longish road complete with x-ray and MRI to get to that point. Excellent, great steps forward.
I'm now laid up in bed with flu like symptoms. I actually chuckled to myself as I finished writing that last bit. To understand the true essence of this post, all you have to do is sprinkle the above liberally with your choice of expletives.
I'm still not going to get down. Actually not at all hungry up to now so I may have started the 5:2 without even trying