Excellent suggestions, guys, thanks so much. I guess there really is no one good answer, but I think I shall keep track in terms of what I can or cannot due and the pain associated with doing what I can do. You see, I CAN push through the pain and do things, but I pay the consequences, sometimes for months on end; I'm still hurting from a leisurly one-hour's worth of yard work on Tuesday. I guess I'm grasping at straws, but I'll keep grasping; what else can I do? Thanks again to everyone.