I get sad when I think how much evil there really is in this world. Just recently, some people that I love have been badly hurt and put through a horrible ordeal they should never have had to face, all because of someone's words...sometimes words CAN hurt.

My husband injured his back at work on June 28th and has been having a hard time recovering. He has had some physical therapy and now has water therapy and more physical therapy. The doctor has given him some medicine to take for pain, but he just won't take it. It is supposed to help with the pain so that he does not hurt too much when he goes to therapy, but since he does not take it he is all tensed up when he goes. He has just started taking it once a day for the last 5 days, so we'll see how that goes, even though it is prescribed for twice a day. The therapist gives him exercises to do at home to help stretch the muscles but he won't do them either, stating it hurts too much. He has done one exercise at home since this all started. It frustrates me because I know he could be feeling better sooner if he would just do what the doctor and therapist tells him to do, but whenever I mention he should do them it turns into a fight and I try my best to avoid fights. I have prayed on this since it happened but nothing seems to be getting better. I know I have to wait for things to happen in God's time, not mine, but I am afraid my husband may never get back to work if he continues on this way. I have actually lost some respect for him because of his actions, too. I love him deeply, but why doesn't he want to get better? I have to drive him everywhere because he says it will hurt to drive, even though the doctor has told him to try driving now. What is a wife to do???