First off thank you very much for putting up with the occasional rants and all I put up.

Secondly a special thank you to those who have kept up with my various mails and all. The cards and things made Easter that much brighter. Trust me, especially lately, I enjoy coming home to find mail that isn't a bill and brings a smile to my face.

Okay now on to the health stuff. I have no idea what is going on with my back yet. I see the first of two specialists this coming Tuesday. My nerves near doctors are never good, but this is a necessary evil if I am going to continue to work and live my life normally, or at least as whatever the new normal is. The good news is a friend of mine helped to write a book on pain management and injuries to the back. It gives you some general information, which helps to know what some of the things that might be mentioned to me are. That is after I also asked (nearly jumped on) two people with medical knowledge here on the site.

Dad went to see his primary today. He has been running with a cold for over two weeks. Naturally he needs that gone if he is going to be able to undergo the surgery for his aneurysms. So at least one of two problems will be fixed.

I do apologize if am not as available or as focused lately. Especially since I have gone back to work, if I open I come home, eat something, and then I pass out. If I am smart I take the pills for pain and the muscle relaxer first. If not I wake up hours later (like I did tonight) and then take them so I can get back to sleep and face work again tomorrow. If I am closing, well, I try to spend most of the day in bed flat on my back so the muscles and all can relax because once I hit work I will be standing the whole time, and with the aid of a cane. Trust me, for someone who never has been hospitalized, broken a bone, and hates to take an aspirin unless the headache is blinding, this whole thing is a new experience and one I would rather have avoided.

Also a bit stressed because my job didn't put in any sort of sick or vacation time for the period I was out. Trust me I can't go for two weeks with no pay. I still have bills to pay. So trying to get that straightened out as well. So my apologies if you had work I was going to help with, or anything else, but until my life is on slightly sturdier ground I can make no promises to how fast anything is done.

Thanks for understanding.