My life is a country song....

In about 48 hours, my City will be a war zone.  That should be fun.

Hot Runner, grab a beer. Welcome. 

Goggles... Ya, I was a light smoker, I really hate it actually, just a habit. Quit several years ago... Off and on. Now on, but definitely need to be off. I'm starting this week. Feel like crap.Congrats on the races, really sorry you lost your loved ones.

Mdg.... Lyrica made it worse but that was pre surgery. Was on nuerotin for a while after surgery. It's like talking stupid pills. At my highest dose I couldn't even put a sentence together. I might actually accept that if it helped, but no relief. Doc finally tells me everything is permanent. That hit me hard. Then I thought I had a simple solution... 2 pain docs tell me won't work. Pain originates in cord so can't burn nerves. Next is SCS. I think it's getting worse, but just might be all the added BS. My wife even suggested weed.... Sounds awesome to me... But I might as well put a bullet in my head now because that is exactly where I will end up. That's just indicative of our level of frustration for some sort of relief.

Ya, Ferguson... That should be a hoot.

Eh......I will remain positive on this one.  I imagine there will be some stupidity on all sides....and maybe we'll all learn something about each other.  Hopefully we get through it without any loss of life.  Those are hard lessons.

PM - keep your chin up....you know the drill....left foot, right foot, left foot.  You've been down that road, there's light in front of you.

My wedding planner says I need my own reality TV show
-In Sept my employer released me with out cause. 90 days to find a new job
-Wedding looming 12/13/14
-I injured my knee at the beginning of sept (running straight ahead on a flat surface...who does that?) It became significantly worse SLEEPING (again who does that) To the point walking was difficult and stairs were impossible-This resulted in knee surgery 10/10 and lets just say my knee is a mess
-Which resulted in no IM this year
-In the mean time still trying to find a job
-Had not one but TWO maids of honor bail on me for the wedding.
-I still can't run and knee keeps getting tweaked
-The weekend i had my knee surgery my cat died
-I have another cat who vomits daily. Between trying to track that down and the one that died I am about $4000 in vet bills the last 6 weeks and I am still cleaning up cat vomit daily and my baby is gone
-My fiance's ex is being vile hauling him into court over stupidity and they are threatening to put him in jail every weekend = no wedding I have a boatload of money wrapped up in.  WHY only the weekends? Because he couldn't work if he were in jail during the week and would loose his job
-There is a possibilty said vile ex will try to come after me for money after we get married

On the good side I am verbally committed to a job in January (waiting for the contract), I am seeing an atty friday to get a pre-nup, I found two lovely ladies to be in my wedding

oh good, now because the employer didn't read the contract they signed with the recruiting firm I may be screwed out of a job

I hope you're right, but I don't share your optimism.  Stay safe and thanks for your service.

Sorry to hear that Socks. Definitely sucks when we have pet problems. Thanks for always taking your time to answer some Dr. questions. Be sure to have fun at the wedding!

Thanks everyone... perspective helps. I know me personally, and I know I will get past it. Not because I am some Pollyanna miss Sunshine type... I just get bored being mad and down. I also know I'm not the only person that has medical issues. If you ask me would I rather be paralyzed, or have nerve damage from surgery... well... I would rather be 100%

Sorry... ya, I'll take walking thank you. It's just been a trip.

Hang in there! Into everyone's life a little rain must fall so you just have to learn how to dance in it, or in my case, just waddle around for a bit. 2014 certainly has had it's fair share of "tension" and its a daily fight for me to trust that it will all turn around. Some days I feel like the luckiest person walking the face of the earth, some days I believe I live in Hell......I won't go into details. Just hang in there, keep your chin up and remember....you get to do it all again tomorrow!