Thanks, scottydogs, and thank YOU again for the help you gave.
tomsteve- yep, I've been hurting for days, but I'm in the same boat as you as far as "forced retirement", sort of. I had a 35# block fall off a structure we were building and it acted like a pile driver, ramming my head into my neck and back, and causing a different surgery when it bounced off my shoulder. I couldn't work, so I had to retire at 50 on disability ("But, I can't retire! I've only got 5 years before I can retire the RIGHT way!!) I spent 10 years dealing with lawyers, workman's comp, social security and the state's 2nd injury fund legal battles. Just recently found a good natural substitute for the Norco painkillers I was forced to take to deal with 24/7 pain and headaches, which is a combination of Kratom (it actually works for chronic pain) and medicinal cannabis from SF, CA. Plus, I still work out and run every other day, which really helps to keep the pain in check. Anyway, thanks for letting me know I'm not the only one out there. And, yes, there's nothing quite like bending over in a 45* or 90* angle to really bring on the pain these days. But as I said, it's for one of my kids, and she doesn't ask me to do it, I have to insist. So it's not so bad and there's nobody to blame for my aches but me.
