"Jay Honeck" wrote

And if you can't sit on PMC II, or even drive, how in the world can you
expect to teach?

Grit and determination, and knowing the end of each day is near. The rock
and a hard place is right. I can't afford to not work, and lose my medical,
that is the one biggest fact, plus earning a living.

You might check out this month's Flying magazine, and read Dick Karl's
column. (Karl is the guy that owns a Cheyenne.) He discusses his own
medical problems with a bad back, which sound nearly as nasty as yours.
He's apparently received some relief with pain therapy and some bed

I'l look at that. I am already going with pain therapy, but have gone
through all of the injections, and even done a long course of accupuncture.
I am getting mostly bed rest this summer, but it is not enough. If I were
to go through an operation now, I would not have sick leave enough, ond lose
pay and possibly lose my medical and job. Rock, meet hard place.


We'll drink a toast to "The Jims" this year -- Weir, Morgan, and Fisher
-- all AWOL, but not forgotten...

Thanks. That really means something., :-))
--
Jim in NC