I have to admit, there were some days last week, when the pain crept back, that I began to won­der if I’d ever be free from it. Dur­ing these times I feel like I’m slid­ing back down the moun­tain, pass­ing every­thing that I thought was progress.. I begin to doubt if I’ve really made it that far, or if it was just a mirage in the desert. Will I ever be able to make back into the real world? Or am I ban­ished for life to the land of the invalids?