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What's outside of your picture window today?
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Outside my picture window it is ever changing. I am saddled with an incurable chronic disease that has me on opioids so I had to give up my CDL 10 years ago. My wife now does all of the driving. I ride along and help in every way that I can. Blessed to have her for 47 years now. She just got an award from our company for having well over a million miles of safe driving. 2-3000 miles every week.
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What a touching story...it kept me wondering there ought to be a way out of this pain of yours even if just slightly less...each day , each week to build hope.
As one who has entered the eighth decade, I can attest to the new pains that are first of its kind I noticed this summer. But nothing that would prevent me from taking care of myself independently. Walking each day -- or just pacing in my apartment brooding over the questions that I must think through -- taking care with good wholesome food and busying myself with the grander purpose it helps me to chart each day to get closer to where I want to be. It certainly helps with sound 8-hr sleep. So far no meds, no tests, no surgeries, and the funny thing is there were some inconveniences which have now disappeared, it has given me such a sense of elation: 'Life is GOOD.' Seems we only appreciate when hardships abound!
You say you had CDL so I suspect it must be quite a sedentary life unless you were able to balance it each week or so with physically demanding activities, house work, recreation or hobbies. As Mayo site, https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/7-tips-to-live-a-happier-life/ I came across looking for what helps with healthier life. It seems to suggest what I seem to do each day. Could this be a way to mitigate your health concerns, including less dependency on opioids? In my understanding -- and I've no expertise in biomedicine but much interest in what makes for a healthier person -- bolstering body's own healing system can stave off dependence on much medical intervention. All best, my friend!
You are blessed with having a good wife, a 47-year relationship, still riding, still being able to help at work, being a passenger with a safe driver, being with an award-winning driver.... there's certainly a lot more.
Every day brings a new dawn. Here comes the Sun!
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@jemock, What a great story to share! In my younger days I had the opportunity to make quite a few cross-country trips in the days of CB radios. It always made my day on some of the long open country routes to chat with truckers and others enjoying the beautiful scenery. Having your better half with you is always a blessing.