I haven't been here in a long time. Times have been a little shaky. I am doing better with finaces. I have been getting a little bit of work. Mostly I am working hard to keep busy but I have too much time still. Too much time to ruminate on what bothers me. The weather is getting better, and it actually feels like spring this week.I have been to several medical appointments this past month. Some of it unpleasant. I still don't have a final second opinion on what to do with the bone spurs in my neck. I had an appt. with a neurologist who gave me a new diagnosis: Myofascial Pain Syndrome. My thought was: "NO kidding, I think everyone my age with CP has this. Tell me something I don't know!" All of my joints and several other spots like my chest and shoulder blades hurt when he pressed on them. I would've been thrilled by this news when I was in my late twenties, as I was in tremendous pain everywhere and I didn't have a name for it. Some of my providers thought it was psychosomoatic pain. It got better when I got my scooter. (Using my body less to walk, what a concept!!) Anyway, in my late twenties I was working and going to school--too much. If my body didn't feel any pain I wouldn't be myself, and I wouldn't know what to do with that! It's when it gets screaming in my face that I can't stand it. I'm doing OK mentally though. The weather is nice and I am sober!! .