All I can say to all of you is..........thanks (!?!)
(not nearly enough, but I'm at a .....loss for words....who, me?)

I did sit back in the recliner, and popped a cold one last nite
at about 9 pm- got home from work after 8, and took a valium.
(left over from the MRI neck fall-I still sleep with a neck brace)

I tred to read but couldn't concentrate (that's Lyrica for ya).
Had to make do with the Discovery Channel and, CSI Re-Runs.
(No booty channel at my house)
Woke in the chair about 1:30 a.m.- took my midnite Lyrica &Tramadol
and went to bed.
This is becoming a loop, like a record on replay-constantly.

I have to watch out for the booze tho. My PCP wants me to see a
therapist for stress (I've been trying to get an appt for a month) cause she's concerned about me crawling back into the bottle. (like 7 yrs ago)
No chance of that, tho- too much to do, too little time, too much pain.

More than one or two......booze makes the PN pain worse.
She doesn't even want me to do that.
Afraid of continuing degradation of the nerves with alcohol.
She's right, of course.

I'm just glad I can come here and .......well, whatever