Sam,

I understand, and I hope you didn't take my post the wrong way, or think that I was condescending. I've had some days that were very discouraging; a couple weeks ago, I had an adverse reaction to Lyrica, and was nearly involuntarily committed on a psych hold, because of suicidal ideation. It was a terribly grueling ordeal.

As I've mentioned, I train and compete in Strongman - despite my sciatic neurothapy, despite the DISH, despite the terrible pain. I've had many, many doctors tell me I can't do this; that I can't even lift weights; that I should be sedentary.

I like my current doctor, who says "Hey, who am I to judge? You have 5 years left. You want to throw rocks around, pick up cars? Yeah, I think you're wacked, but it's your life. Go do it. My job is to make that possible."

Anyhow, I hope that today was better for you.

Stay strong. Fight hard. The good things don't come easy.