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To: Clappy who wrote (59588)	11/4/2003 8:53:42 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 65232

Thanks for the input Clappy. No doubt I've had my share of stress since I tore up my knee almost 4 yeas ago. I do believe that your frame of mind can have a profound effect on your body & your recovery from injury or disease. I've been seriously working to limit the stress in my life & to keep a positive outlook on things. As I had discussed here recently, I have always had the ability to return to a positive frame of mind even when things have seemed their worst (my inner self). It's an amazing thing to go to bed finding yourself up to your eye teeth in chit & physical pain, yet wake up the next day thinking rationally & firmly resolved to push ahead & make the best of my situation as I possibly can. And most of the time these days, I wake up in serious pain too. One thing I didn't mention with that is that I have had so many near death incidents in my life that I figure that every thing going forward is all gravy, so I may as well make the best of it...... not to mention how looking death in the face can alter one's outlook on life. Another thing is that my knee injury was quite real. And thanks to Worker's Comp, surgery was delayed 3 years, so I doubt stress is a serious part of the pain or recovery process. This was an extensive meniscus tear. Having to go 3+ years without surgery meant a lot of additional damage was done, not only to my knee, but with my back, hips, my good leg, etc., because of how I was forced to walk for so long. That only added to the amount of pain I had to live with & seriously contributed to my current maladies. The Achilles tendon injury is also real. Even though it hasn't been properly diagnosed yet, there is a visible lump (the Physiatrist called it a nodule) that appeared the first time I actually went out after my knee surgery in June (the Tull concert in Aug) & coincided with the onset of pain there. And even though I had this serious setback, I was in great spirits for weeks after that night out. One last thing. My knee is getting better every week, albeit the rehab is behind schedule. It's the other chit that has yet to be properly diagnosed or treated that is causing most of my pain. Again, I appreciate your input & concern. "Modern medicine typically treats the problem without much thought about the cause." Excellent point. If only I could get them to actually diagnose the problems instead of first prescribing pills that have lots of serious side effects. Aye, there's the rub.