Last night I got home from work and was making my usual cup of decaf tea to unwind before going to bed. I realized that if I knew how to whistle, I'd be whistling a happy tune. I felt good. I felt no pain. I felt like myself again.
Now this may sound really lame, but part of it was because the back pain is gone and the tightness is going away - but it was also because I came home to a clean floor. I took my time and didn't do anything strenuous, but I swept, vacuumed and mopped the floors. The pleasure of the clean floors was equal to my pleasure of having no pain!