Kyle,

        I guess I am glad that I am not the "outdoors" type. About four
years ago my son and some of my brothers-in laws four wheeled into the high
country in
Colorado and the altitude got me. That is the cheapest way to get "stoned"
I know! I was so dizzy ande wobbly and we had to cross the ppiece of water
on stapping stones. My son was behind me saying, "Dad, if you fall, I'll
die of embarassment. So much for family support!

        Anyway, if I were the active type, like you, I would be in a real mess.
Be careful because for whatever its faults, this ol' body is the only one
we have.

Bobby

>But--doggone it!--it was worth it!  It's been very difficult for me to
>accept the idea that I "can't" do things that were once (not long ago)
>easy, so I guess I'll just suck it up until I can't stand the pain
>anymore.  Kind of a cruel twist of fate for someone who loves the
>"outdoors" so much to be given such a crappy body.  Ha-rumph!
>
>-Kyle