Hello my friends, Firstly it's been a long time since my last blog, for absolutely no reason other than it's just been put on the back boiler for a while, thank you for being here. So here I am with a chatty catch up for you. So where do I start, yes it's best to start at the beginning of when I became absent isn't it and when I say the beginning I really mean the last few years that have been particularly difficult for me. I don't know if I've kept you informed about my back situation but I have shared this on my YouTube channel certainly over the last few years anyway, that I suffer with rheumatoid arthritis. I have done for over 30 years now but what's come to fruition over recent years is my back problem. I was diagnosed with having severe osteoarthritis in my lower back and the top of my neck the vertebrae, lots of wear and tear bulging discs narrowing of the spinal cord canal. I was undergoing a lot of the treatment for example nerve blocks and v