Rachel, Thank You for your reply. Like you, I hated the word “disabled”. I’ve always been hard headed lol. After spending 32 years taking care of others in their best and worst moments we’re all I knew. I know there are others here that are medically trained and unfortunately we know what the usual outcomes can become. The first year after being “ retired “ I honestly went through a year of a deep depression and learned how bad and deep depression can become. Truthfully there were moments I considered doing the worst . One day I finally “woke up” and pursued a new purpose in life. I joined a forum ( which I won’t list ) and started helping others. After the forum was bought out I became involved helping older neighbors and trying to live a normal life. I went out and bought a boat ( I swore I would never buy another one prior to selling my old boat ) and try and get back into fishing. That didn’t last long as I tore all the meniscus in both knees lol. That’s one way to forget about neck pain for a bit is when you tear your knees up lol. So the boat was sold. As I looked through this site, I noticed there were other Health care professionals on this site as well. It’s actually a blessing and a curse as most of us are the worst patients lol. I was medically retired in 2016 and have learned more about all the road blocks and walls that “ patients” have to go through just to get help. Definitely a eye opener. Again Thank you for your reply ! I’ll stop my rambling now and make a pot of coffee lol. What I would give for a full night of sleep!……David