All Marked, Ready To Quilt

I can guarantee is that my newest Christmas quilt will be complete by this Christmas. I finished marking the top a few minutes ago. Tomorrow I will start layering and basting. That always takes a while. Squatting tailor style doesn't suit old folks well and this week I have been suffering from a pinched nerve in my upper back. I have a very bad upper spine, skull down to mid-back, including having had discectomy and fusion on four levels in my neck several years ago. Although thoracic disc ruptures are remarkably rare I am lucky enough to have two ruptured thoracic discs at levels 2 and 3. I have been eating ibuprofen as if it were jelly beans so the next thing to go will undoubtedly be my stomach. Of course no one in her right mind would want to have a thoracic disc repair. They crack open the ribs as for open heart surgery and it is simply a hideous process and recovery. Luckily all I have is the serious pain, not any numbness or tingling yet.