As most of you know, I broke my back in two places and just got out of the hospital after a year. It's been a couple of months now, and I started having sharp,tearing pains in my lower back, about belt level. It got so bad that I have been bedfast for about three weeks. I went down to LA and talked to my doctor about the new problem.

He ordered X-Rays and it showed that I have broken my back again, plus one of the metal screws that was installed in the lattice in my back has come loose and is allowing a big chunk of the lattice to move freely.

Where I had been having tearing pains when I moved, the doctor prescribed a new pain killer that was supposed to be stronger, and now the pain comes when it wants to and I'm now getting terrible pains st any time. I call it 'having spasms'

Now I can be lying perfectly still and suddenly it hits me and I scream and wait for it to go away.

I have a dental appointment this Friday, and after I finish that one, I've asked to be admitted to the hospital until I get another back operation and recover from that.

Needless to say, Hot Stuff is back in storage. There's no telling when I can get back to her.

*SIGH*

Steve Stanfield
Ridgecrest, CA
(Near Death Valley)

Too many cars to list.