lol.. chocolate and Whiskey, never thought of that combo but hmmmm maybe I'll have to give it a shot I've actually been making Cocoa w/RumpleMinze .. good but, I actually realized it was making things worse for me and not better. Better go back to the glass of Vino!

Az-Di - I am sorry you (and many others) are also struggling with spread/increased pain right now! Thinking of you.. and hope the acupuncture helps you. Just and FYI.. my SCS is still a Godsend in my opinion. It isn't 100% of course but, without it I would literally need a padded room and straight jacket. I actually turned it off for 15min last night because I wanted to try to reset its effectiveness and I was shocked at how much pain it truly was masking. It only took seconds for me to lose the ability to walk even a few steps, so even though I still depend of other things to control pain without it I would be in big trouble. I know you were considering it at one point.. might be worth a shot. PS., I live in the Mountains about 2 hrs SE of Seattle. Very similar to Michigan in terms of weather except that I think Michigan even with the lake effect is still drier Snow has already fallen here a few times in the past 3 weeks.. gonna be a long winter.

Bram - So glad the storm missed you and I hope those that were affected are warm and safe today.