Sorry to hear about your back – I get lower back pain from time to time and I know how debilitating that can be. Hopefully the physio will sort it.
Good news about your tax though – does this mean that you will not have to seek bankruptcy? I do hope so.
My last minute digs in Nantes seem ok. They are small and dark – but the plus point is that they are a stone’s throw from the River Erde – so I can walk along the riverbank every day – bliss. I won’t be on the site as often now as I have decided to do some on-line English teaching. It doesn’t pay very much but it will help me feel that I am not going to run out of money before I get my pension. I hope you get well soon – and have a good Christmas and New Year if I don’t talk with you before.