@Owlunar It is good to take time out of things - whether that be the forum or other aspects of your life. It is unfortunate with current times that you cannot take that break away just yet for a holiday but hopefully soon you will be able to.
Some anniversaries are harder than others but I also feel if we focus too much on them and make a big deal of them in our heads then that makes them so much harder to get through - if we make things in the past ever present then it is so much harder to live the life we are in in the here and now. We can never forget things that have happened (and nor should we) but focussing so much on them, marking that day each year and focussing on the 'bad' does not allow us to lead a more fulfilling and happier life right now. It really is a midset change though that we need to constantly work on - remember those we have lost, what we have been through and how that has all affected us but also find ways to acknowledge the pain, celebrate the time we have had with others lost and live for now with all the good we have around us.
I do hope you find some releif from the pain that is long lasting. You have been through so much with this shoulder (and other pain) and it would be very freeing for you to live with less pain. It is very admirable that you research alternative treatments - if it helps then that can only be a good thing.
Luckily we are in a unique position down on our little island - at the first sign of any outbreak on the mainland we can close our borders and thus stop any transmition here. We have also not had the same level of the disease here so life has been pretty 'normal' for us for a long time now. We really are very fortunate to both live where we do 
Hey @Owlunar A heads up - your tag didn't work so it may not have for others either 
Sorry to hear your back is not coming to the party - stupid back pain ...know it well Hopefully your shoulder isfeeling much better and you can get some help with your back.
The weather is just about the same here in Tassie at the moment. I walked a distance in the rain this morning after dropping off my car for a service then Mum picked me up. It was pouring at the time so although I had planned to walk to my parents' place from the garage it was just too heavy. Been very windy all day too so pleased to have Toby home where we are all safe and sound.
I am so pleased you have found some books you enjoy - I rarely read for pleasure anymore - just too much to do for work - but have 2 autobiographies on my side table ready to go when I can find the time.
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Update on the pain problem - which is my life really and I am used to it.
I had a bad day with it yesterday and by lunchtime I had taken enough medication and there was nothing else to do but to prop my shoulder up with the wheat pack and watch TV - and I went to sleep for hours - that was the best thing
Today I feel much better -
Hey - it's Friday already - how did that happen?
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