Things continue to progress - I haven't used my walker in almost a month, and someone at the health club I go to observed that it looked like I was no longer depending on my cane so much, that I was using it mainly just for balance. I still get twinges in my lower back to remind me that some serious business took place there not long ago. I'm even starting to get sensation back in my toes, mostly on my left foot but some on the right as well. I'm already being pressed by various family members to start looking for a job, which I will have to do eventually. Ah, well...