Anyone else having trouble with exercise due to back/joint/muscle pain?

Ala Forest Gump, I started "runnin'" a few months ago and found, shockingly, that I was not only capable of doing so, but that I almost enjoyed it. A month ago I was up to 3.5 miles a day, 5 days a week. Me! I was feeling like an olympian. But, alas, my uncooperative spine and angry joints finally put a violent halt to my Chariots of Fire dreams. My herniated disk spoke up, as did my cervical spine and shoulder, my arthritic hip, my sciatica, my flat as a swedish pancake feet...yikes. I'm a mess! My orthopedic surgeon took one look at me, nixed the running and told me I need a breast reduction. To which my only honest reply could be, "duh." Me and my DDD's were pleased however to hear it officially from the man who will someday write the letter to my insurance company. He did some tests, prescribed one month off, 8 weeks of physical therapy, pain killers, muscle relaxers, and swimming. Swimming? I was a swimmer in high school. I would love to swim. But, alas, I am too poor (on my nonprofit salary) for a gym membership and there's no olympic swimming pool in my near unglamorous future. I don't have a bicycle, which he also recommended. Maybe I'll get one for my birthday, but that's over a month off. I'm now feeling confused, discouraged and increasingly wimpy. Any ideas about how--on a budget--to get back on track with exercise would be much appreciated. I can't let these new found schwarznegeresque muscles wither away. Help, everyone! XOXO Jen

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