Morning everyone ;)
Hi @Sweetp can't stay I'm off to work
That is a fine looking bike sweetp;)
Have a fantabulous flinging day all; )

@SweetP -- Lovely scooter and graphics! Didn't know we had another artist in our midst.

Please @yimmy7 No Yelling;/

I again appreciate your concern @SweetP but I didn't start treating this yesterday. I don't want to waste your time or mine but I'll answer your question. Yes, I tried many different approaches, both inpatient and out, with Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation and Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation. I wore a TENS unit on my belt for many years but with limited benefit. It did help keep the muscles from freezing up while I worked but that allowed the nerves to be contacted/entrapped as I moved. Win/lose, Lose/win type battle. My main problem is with C4/5 and C5/6. Both discs were fragmented. Since this is my neck, it's a body part you use to do anything. I can't escape it. Even laying down to sleep compresses one or more nerves which leads to pain, headaches, or both. And yes, I've tried numerous braces and traction devices. I'm currently limited to one sleep position that uses nine pillows and a little contortion on my part to attempt any sleep. It took over fifteen years to find it. And it's not always effective and doesn't allow for more than three hours of sleep. I literally didn't sleep for over a decade. To be truthful, I wouldn't sleep for two or three days and then pass out for two hours or so, wake up in more pain with a severe headache, and start the cycle again. I've even allowed surgeons to insert wires, while I was awake, into the froraminal spaces of my vertebrae to access the outer coating of nerves as the leave my spinal cord. You have to be awake to tell them when they've hit the nerve and that it's the correct one. They then proceeded to burn the exterior of the nerves and hopefully only the exterior membrane. That's the part of the nerve that transmits pain sensation. I did get limited relief with this approach but the human body is a wonderful device. It tries, and in most cases succeeds, to regrow the membrane, albeit with the added benefit of scar tissue. I tried this many times until the scar tissue entrapment outweighed the benefit. And I won't list everything but in addition to surgeries, I've also tried different diets, medications (oral and transdermal), physical therapies, traction, hypnosis, relaxation therapy, steroid injections, trigger point injections, epidural injections, bio-feedback, and I could go on. Heck, I even tried acupuncture and got limited relief. But on more than one occasion they hit a nerve that would lock me up for weeks at a time. BTW, I also have numerous other bulging or herniated discs in addition to the fused C4-5 and C5-6, but have only had to fuse L4-5 so far. These are painful and irritating in there own ways, but it's mainly my neck that dictates my pain, activity level and sleep life. On the plus side. Most everything still works most of the time, even if eating soup is getting more challenging. And as I said in my profile, playing Angry Birds helps distract me from the pain. But only if it's interesting and a challenge. Rinse and repeat levels increase my pain. That's why I like Space. But I haven't had any new releases in Space in the last year to distract me. Did you hear that Rovio? I write this not for your pity but to let you know I'm very active in my own heath and keep up with most of the new approaches to pain management and neurology. Again thanks but I got this.

@rat -- I think it is hard to realize that modern medicine can't always fix everything, but unfortunately that seems to be the case. We all wish you could find the one thing that maybe you overlooked, or that has improved, that would relieve your pain. Unfortunately, it sounds like you're more of an expert on your type of back pain than many doctors. Let's all hope for a breakthrough treatment soon.

Yes, @kathy there is...
@yimmy7 there is a forum that's for everything Bad Piggies. You can even start your own topic if you don't see anything there that you'd like to discuss. Check out this link: http://www.angrybirdsnest.com/forums/forum/bad-piggies-pigineering/

@SweetP -- I wouldn't even think you painted the gas tank yourself! In my mind, that's an entirely different kind of skill from devising the artistic design, which I thought was really good.
@Yimmy7 does know about the new Bad Piggies forum, and in fact, has started his own forum. I think he is just wishing there were more posts.
Yimmy7 -- Have you explored Bad Piggies comments in the old forum, and in the walkthroughs?
@Les Toreadors -- Do you have a link to the Baconery in NYC? Not sure where Yimmy lives.

@mvnla2 - It's a running joke for everyone at pigineering to glamorize the baconery and its delicious Facebook page, regardless of where they are around the world :D

If the Baconery were to remain open (obviously not) I would even go as far as to propose everyone who has the means to embark on a pilgrimage to the Baconery! :D

Hey @theanonymoussomone ;)
I wouldn't eat that if i were you lol
@Sweetp that's some strange looking fruit!!
Can anyone tell me Why I keep getting SW updates? seems like everyday I'm getting notifications of update for SW or rio or something?
Tomorrow is my last day at work! ! Yippie 12 whole days off!!! Tomorrow we have half day then Christmas luncheon. .then I'm Freeee!;);)

@mvnla2 chocolate bacon cake? Really? Doesn't sound appetizing lol
Jeez I really am a finicky eater lol..

@mvnla2 It was an announcement earlier this month on Facepork - they're closing the store in NYC but they still operate an online store for bacon products in the USA via their website.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=589908934416057&set=a.209544175785870.52261.137338713006417&type=1&theater


@Kathy, the updates are quite wonky sometimes.

I installed Rio to try the new levels, only to be presented with an update notification in-game for Angry Birds: Rio. Which I just opened. Fat Pig must have been biting the cables in the server room again, the No. 1 cause of IT issues :)

@LesToreadores, I've tried chocolate-covered bacon - definitely an acquired taste! I'll stick to unadulterated crispy bacon with my eggs and toast, or my favorite BLT sandwich. Yummmm!

Oooh! Those nasty swine creating havoc with servers! I'll bet their little baby piggies are causing my wifi connection to be so ssllloooooooooowwwwww! I can't imagine what other explanation there could be! LOL

@cosmo2503, here's an easy recipe you could try: http://candy.about.com/od/otherchocolaterecipes/r/Chocolate-Covered-Bacon.htm
When I tried this concoction at the county fair, I asked the woman who was selling them what kind of chocolate she used. She said she found Ghiradelli dark was the best, since it held up well and covered the bacon better than others she tried.

Well, there ya go, you can make your own! Or, if you don't want to try making them, maybe there's a carnival or fair you could go to in your area? Either way, enjoy!

I really love the last level of ABSW. Emperor Porkpatine was a sick, twisted, evil piece of bacon that surely deserved to be popped for 10k points!! :D

@mvnla2 no i didn't do either. maybe once i get my own for christmas, currently, mom doesn't want me to use her tablet

Well OB looks like another quiet day

@yimmy7 - It's because the piggies are so bad, they never did any Christmas decorations.

"On the first day of Christmas,
the Fat Pig ate and slept..."

Let me Guess
The fat pig ate and slept..?

BTW, that's the best song ever

he ate moar food!

Hahaha; ) moar food. . I'm not doing very good in any birds go:( I keep smashing into the side:(

Only a few more days @yimmy7 ;) you must be soooo excited. .I know i couldn't wait till i got mine; )

starting tomorrow. i'm homeschooled, so no snow days or anything just school, except for a couple shorter than normal breaks. but my lack of school to do makes up for that. i only have to do math and language.

Ohh that's cool; ) I don't understand the home school concept but i hear is better than public.
Do you know angryboy? He is home school also and seems to like it

I'll be back inn a bit gotta wake up BF he has to go to work. .see ya soon. .