I think that the surgery to my herniated disc will help for a while.  I'm not sure how long though.  Once people start to have back problems the never seem to go away.  My biggest worries are about my financial situation.  I'm going to have to get the lawyer going on the bankruptcy soon.  Forty to fifty phone calls a day stinks.  I've gotten so used to ignoring my phone that when someone does call that I need to answer I miss those calls and I have to call back.  It's nine hundred up front then another eight hundred to do the whole job.  For three hundred he said he would start getting the phone calls to stop.  At the very least I'll get him to do that.  Don't know the recovery time from the surgery, but hopefully it won't be too long.  It's the unknowns that drag you down, but if your in this situation, you have to keep trying at it.  It will only get worse if you ignore the situation.  That's all for now.  RJC

   Had the spine surgery on Wednesday and am just now able to sit down a write a little.  I'll be the first to admit that it hurts like hell.  I don't know how long it will take for recovery nor if I will recover fully. Still have some weakness in my left leg and numbing in parts of my legs and both feet.  Hopefully I will recover to one hundred percent but there are no guarantees.  I've got one more day of recovery before I start hitting it hard on fixing my financial situation.  First thing I need to do is make a house payment.  Following that will be the bankruptcy, then taxes. I'll update the status regularly.  We shall see how all this turns out.  Thanks for reading and comments are welcome.  RJC