Well, I'm one month closer to actually finding out what will happen with my hip. Will they drill, will they drug me, maybe they'll replace it, perhaps I'll become a bionic man, or will they just feed me to lions? I'll find out in just a few short weeks when I complete my 3 month wait to see the specialists at UF.

It is pretty nice having a Workers' Compensation disability if for no other reason than I get the best treatment and doctors available. None of those local Dr. Nicks or Dr. Sanjas who inspect you like they would a supermarket tomato and say "Hmmm, that looks pretty bad". Its also pretty nice to be able to call up mr Doc man, get my prescription of pain-killers filled, and pick it up around the corner all within the hour.

Of course, the convenience of being a workers' comp cripple is balanced quite unequally by the constant searing pain eminating from my hip/groin region at all hours of the day!

For all of those just now joining our program who don't understand what in the hell I am rambling about ... I have a debilitating disease in my hip called osteonecrosis which causes the bone to break down due to a traumatic injury of the blood vessels. A traumatic injury I suffered when I was chasing down a shoplifter at work last year.

Anyway, I have a few weeks left of waiting and wondering. In the meantime, I'm trying to find yet another job in this jobless $5-an-hour-paying city, while at the same time trying to pay my current bills and deal with stupid shit like getting into car accidents. Oh well, I'm better off just laughing at it all and chugging away.