Groupie - I'm sorry to hear you are dealing with that. Before I had both my hips replaced I had to try a steroid injection in each of them first. The first set lasted a month or so, the second did nothing and we went on to surgery. Thank you for the kind words.

NKIT - Thank you very much. I'm still in a low spot but I'm "maintaining" as best as I can. I'm definitely not as low as I was, but I still feel somedays of the week that living isn't worth it anymore. My folks and my family keep me around.