Pain meds....

I haven't been able to kneel down or help myself up with then for quite a while now. About 15 years ago I had a doctor tell me I shouldn't ever kneel on my knees again. Up till 5 years ago I was still hiking 10/15 mile hikes with our Boy Scout troop, but the last five have just descended into this cesspool of constant pain. Like Dave said, I still feel more fortunate than many, I've been fortunate and made my way through life and never had any special consideration or public assistance. Everybody says why don't you get a handicapped parking pass or a hoveround, I just feel like those things are for people that really don't have the choice. I just suck it up and trudge on. It's really just hard to accept in my mind.