MY PHYSICAL PAIN IS SO BAD THAT I NOW COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHAT MY SISTER MEANT WHEN SHE SAID SHE WAS READY TO LET GO AND DIE BECAUSE SHE COULD NO LONGER TAKE THE CONSTANT PAIN. HOWEVER, THE DOCTOR HAS TOLD ME THAT AFTER MY NEXT THREE SURGERIES, MY PAIN SHOULD BE GREATLY REDUCED ALTHOUGH HE DID SAY I WOULD PROBABLY BE ON PAIN MEDICATION, THE REST OF MY LIFE.. I’M LOOKING BACK AT 2012 WHEN I FIRST CAME TO NORTH CAROLINA. I THINK I WAS 57 THEN I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT IN JUST 14 YEARS, MY BODY HAS DECLINED SO MUCH. DESPITE EXERCISE….. HELL MAYBE BECAUSE OF THE EXERCISE….