Back to back

A couple of weeks ago I fell in the bathroom and injured my back at the base of the spine. I was not walking for about 4 days. My back initially locked up on the Monday following the Sunday fall so it is most probably muscular. I am more ambulatory (with a cane) but hunched over still. Tomorrow I have a first therapy scheduled to hopefully expedite recovery. However, all who know such problems have advised me that it is a long recovery. I wish to thank all my friends and family for the warm thoughts and prayers and especially my wife who has taken it all in stride despite rising at 4:15 AM for her new job. She is simply the best and first class all the way.

My 4-6:15 job will got to 5 days a week for 5 weeks starting Monday. Four more weeks of 6:30-9:30 Tue and Thr. and five more weeks of Saturday 8-1. I am glad for the money to blast medical bills and consider a house and my new obsession with a commuter trike.

I need opinions. Spend an extra $400 on Aluminium trike because it will not rust and I live in IL and there's road salt etc. Or get the cheaper steel one and replace and upgrade parts as they break. Parts are metal anyway but frame is AL vs Steal. Please give opinions. Also Aluminium one is powder coated yellow, better visibility.