I just had a two week break from work and my head was full of plans

clean the house, do some craft and spend quality time with my grands

but the best laid plans, as Robbie Burns said, can often go astray

and sciatica came visiting  my place and refused to go away

now  sciatica is a pain in the but and a pain in the leg as well

this very unwelcome visitor turned my break from heaven to hell

The good thing about sciatica is that people are full of advice

exercise, take painkillers, use heat packs and pack on the ice

I did a little of everything and hoped I was doing it right

the thought that sciatica would never leave gave me quite a fright

The break is now over and I’m off to work once more

sciatica has not left me but is not always quite as sore

the silver lining on the cloud is my crochet rug’s nearly done

so after all sciatica nil …….. and Penny has only just won!