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UPDATE......I stepped outside this afternoon and Denis the dude from upstairs was waiting for his boss to pick him up. I did not know he was there. I started to rub my lower back due to stiffness and I heard, "what's the matter, your back's hurting?" So I whip around and he's leaning on the building, because he really can't stand. I tell him yeah and go into my woes, spinal surgery, muscle problems, etc. It was cold and damp today. I say that when the weather starts to change I really feel it in my bones. Denis responds with, "yeah, I know what you mean, look at me".

He starts to tell my about how screwed up he is. The guy tells me that he had bone cancer in 1990 which he had to have a load of surgeries for. He tells me about tumors and bones put together with plates, screws and rods. He tells me that he has more hardware in him than the hardware guy across the street. BTW, he had kidney cancer at the same time.

He asks me what I do for the chronic pain,I tell him Aleve but I self medicate sometimes with Bourbon. Denis tells me that he does as well.

There you have it ladies and gents.........self medication for a crippled soul.