My husband went back to work today with restrictions on light to medium duty...hooray!!! He was so nervous, but his back is much, much better and we really need the extra income. Workman's compensation only pays 70% of your salary and that with my social security was not even enough to pay the monthly bills and get groceries. We have a very small savings account we have been living off of to make up the difference these past several months. I am so happy David is feeling better. He got signed up with new physical therapists who genuinely cared about him and he began to do his exercises after a while, and the pool therapy was very helpful, too! You never really know how much you depend on your back until you mess it up. I have been thinking about trying to go back to work part-time to help us out financially. I cannot make a lot or I will lose my social security and if the job is very difficult I could lose my disability, so it is a big decision, but we have no choice at this point. We used credit for Christmas and those bills will make our monthly amounts higher, so we have to do something. You see we have nothing to fall back on because I used all of my 401k and retirement when I became disabled and left my job and David does not have either of these. God has really been there for us through everything and I believe He knows what our next step will be, so we just have to buck up and take it on faith that it will all work out okay. God has healed David and he is working again, so we will just take one step at a time. On the one hand I am scared we may lose our house, but on the other I have faith God will lead us through this time as only He can. Thanks for listening to me today. It has been a while since I have written and I had a lot to say. God bless you all and merry Christmas!