Hi Doydie,

Well, you sound like you had a satisfactory holiday season with the family and grand kids. Aren't grand kids great fun to visit and then when they poop or wet their diapers you just give them back to their parents. I love that part. I have two grandsons ages 3 1/2 and 1 1/2 years old. It is such great fun to play and talk to them. Of course little brother gets into whatever big brother is doing and in his house Thomas the train is the big thing right now.

As for your pain it seems that they could put you on Tramedol to take care of the pain. It is like a super strong Ibuprofen without the side effects. I love it for my chronic leg and back pain and it works great for headaches also. Try to keep the Prednisone at a minimum because it too has some serious side effects including leaching of calcium from the bones. Weakening the muscles from the bone, and unwanted weightgain that is hard to lose.

Do what you have to that works for you best.