I've learned to accept the flowers lol, he can be more of a romantic that I. He also brought home Godiva chocolates, but I didn't mention that before because I didn't want to share lol.

He originally injured his back at work many years ago. There was a piece of equipment that needed to be repaired on the third floor, the only access to that floor and equipment is a "ladder" (looks like those old fashion fire escapes straight up and down with like a cage around the back for floors 2, 3 and 4). While the machine was down, the mechanics decided to do preventive maintenance on a machine next to the ladder on the second floor. A hose full of hydrolic oil got away from them and sprayed the ladder with oil and it did not even occur to them to say something via radio to my husband. He fell two floors before getting his foot caught in the ladder the beginning of the first floor. He hung there for a bit, but before they could bring the sissor lift over to get him down he fell to the floor.

His main complaint for the longest time was his knee. It made sense, he landed on his knee. We later learned that this somehow ruptured three the disks in his back. The injury was compounded by him seeking the company doctor and them treating it as a knee injury. He sneezed while on the table with our family doctor and our family doctor said "that's your back!" and sent him for an MRI and referred him to his current doctor.