Thanks, everybody. I am going back to the RO today to see if there's more we can do about the pain; he gave me Dilaudid, but it just isn't doing the trick. I wish I could accept that these will be the hardest weeks...I was so ready to be DONE! My biggest disappointment is not to be at school teaching my new students when that's all I want to do -- join the "real" world again.

I'm glad I have all of you to keep me on track...this is such a great community!