-=> CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 CA> I think the years of pain have worn you down,

It certainly has.

 CA> I know the pain
 CA> wears on me. I have had a 'bad' knee since I was 21 and now two
 CA> shoulders. It makes me very tired at times trying to ignore the
 CA> pain. Once either of us gets tired beyond a certain point, yes
 CA> it does seem that any sort of additional pain would kill us.

I think it's eroded my stamina to the point I
simply would pass under general anesthesia
undergoing major spinal surgery.

 CA> fwiw: I have witnessed people who were put in so much pain that
 CA> even after everything healed they were never quite the same. It
 CA> affected how they viewed the world and I would imagine there
 CA> was a great deal of anger knowing other people had not had to
 CA> endure what they had to.

A certain sysop who I shall not name in this echo thinks I'm
a welfare fraud and this is a walk in the park.
I recently told that individual to get back to me when _he's_
lost 2 1/2 inches out of a five inch length of spine.
Of course the isolation and lack of activity has taken a toll.
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