If you are wondering why I have not posted, well usually if the pain has increased, my posts decrease. That is what happened. I have not been feeling 100%, frankly not 60%. I have been resting a lot because we are going to a New England Patriots football game tomorrow and in a couple weeks we have playoffs. I don't want to be in so much pain that I cannot go. Also we are leaving for Massachusetts today to spend the holidays with our family. Wish me luck. Not sure when we will be back, but on the 3rd I am going to get another epidural in my hip joint area to try  to help the back pain. The doctor originally thought he would not do another one because the previous two made me really sick, but when I showed where the pain is (it is not where he assumed it was and previously tried to inject) he thought I might benefit from it. Wish me luck with that too.Happy Holidays to all my friends! See you next year. (I probably will not be able to check in before that.)