The best thing you can do is stop advising people to use your suggestions of herbal treatments for all kinds of medical problems and preventing medical problems. You are not a doctor, nor do you have any understanding of the risks involved in people taking your advise, using herbal supplements in combination with prescription meds or not seeking medical advise for a problem. Recently you where seeking advise for yourself on medical problems that probably have occured from taking all these herbal supplements that you are posting about. Wasn't it something about black vomit? The best thing anyone can do that sees and reads your posts is to ignore any and all advise. By the way, chronic back pain can be the symptom of very serious medical conditions that your advise, if it where followed, could lead to even further serious medical conditions and even death. I hope everyone just ignores your continued posts and the dangers that they pose.

My first thought was also gallstones, until you mentioned the tremendous amount of stress you've been under. I would BET the stress is causing your back pain. I know this will sound crazy, but you need to read the book: Healing Back Pain: The Mind - Body Connection by Dr. John Sarno. You are probably suffering from Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS), the name Dr. Sarno gave to this condition. The book teaches you how stress causes most back problems. Just reading the book will probably cure your back. Don't take my word for it. Read some of these reviews on Amazon. I bought my book on eBay for about $4. It stays loaned out to friends most of the time, so I'm thinking about buying a second copy so I will always have one on hand. Seriously, read some of these reviews so you'll know how much this book can help your back pain. This is one of the best books I own, and I reread it anytime my back starts to hurt, and it's always when I am stressed out about something. I first heard about Dr. Sarno on the TV program 20/20 about ten years ago, and it showed him healing three different patients, just by teaching them that they can cure their back with their mind. Just knowing about the TMS syndrome and how the mind works will make your back stop hurting. It's so simple, it's unreal. Good luck! Here is a link that might be useful: 318 book reviews on Amazon

My SIL cautioned me on this after she chose the same sink model she'd had before but in an undermount version not drop-in. She's a few inches taller than me and said that it does make her back ache when she has to reach in or when she's lifting a large pot full of water. I had planned to use the same model I currently have but now I'm hesitating. If I did this, I'd have one bowl 11 1/4" below the countertop as opposed to current 9 1/2" (10" deep bowl that sit 1/2" above countertop). The other bowl is about 2" shallower so this side won't be a problem. It's the almost 1' foot deep sink that gives me pause. I've already had my share of back problems, don't need to add to them but I'm not sure how this will affect me. So many of the sinks I see are the same depths regardless of mount style. While I can understand this from manufacturers' point of view (fewer design modifications, reduced cost), it does mean that we consumers are often stuck. Once again what I thought would be a simple decision has grown in scale. Oy. So I'm going to ask hubby to make me a 1 3/4" tall booster to put at the sink to test out whether that difference will be a problem. If so, then I need to keep on shopping. (I think shopping for a sink with a tape measure is *very smart*! 'Course I say that because I do it, too!).

I googled the chairs, came up with this site, which may help you. Are you under doctor's care? An orthopedist would probably have the best recommendation for your specific injury. https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/g39757450/best-office-chair-for-back-pain/