A bit of my truth

No phone my friend

I will find out in the middle of next week as I have another appt,it's hard for me because well why does it have to be my dominant hand, I don't want the problem period but I think if I still had usr of my "Typing" hand I could accept this hurdle a little easier

No I personally don't have a phone but I do use my brothers to come on the site,he's a very good brother and I appreciate him letting me use his phone to come here

It may very well get to that point but I'm going to fight it until I can't anymore

I agree - happy with or without me is exactly right, and unconditionally. And above all I think my wife's understanding and forgiving are just about the nicest things she can do for me. I encourage my wife to travel to places and do other kinds of things with her friends that I can't do. I encourage her because I don't want to hold her back. It does hurt sometimes when she and my kids go to places I can't go - backpacking in Grand Tetons Nat Park was the latest. Twenty years ago I would have been right there, ready to go. With the combination of the meds I'm on and the surgeries I've had, I would just be sitting there in a campsite all day, every day for two weeks. I do cherish my time alone too though. Gives me a chance to take a step back and look at the world, and do some thinking. But two weeks is kind of a long time to be without human contact.

@True concern there are a couple of things you can take for neuropathy. I hope you get that figured out soon. I'm from CA living in PA. I've lived in many states. Idaho, Hawaii, S Carolina, Louisiana, but I've been here for over 30 years.

I do hope to figure it out sooner than later,I never realized or even considered how sad I maybe if I can't type anymore but it has indeed become very important for me and I want to be able to respond to the new members,I just can't type in length which means I can't truly speak from my heart so ya it makes me sad.

Thank you for asking,I am doing ok,I haven't been sleeping well at all however but I know as a person removes substances it does throw the sleep cycle into mass confusion so slowly I decrease thus,that,and the other...so to speak and my sleep is paying a price for it but I know it's worth the achievement I'm after,as for my arm and hand....Still completely numb as far as the flesh but starting to have fairly intense pain in like ligaments and bones.Its very odd to be partially numb partially in pain but I'm staying positive, forward looking only

I been through the indica treatment my brother, I'm in the middle of OVERCOME IT ALL,I don't judge smoke that herb but for me, it's in my heart and soul brother I am rounding a corner my man and my heart is my drug,it however does not judg it simply see's, understands,and believes in humanity, nothing more nothing less

I see it a bit deeper but yes humanity supplies the fuel that feeds the compassion, that heals the world