phantom pain: Luckily, my dad didn't suffer as you do from this. But pain was a familiar bedfellow of his. He died of heart failure, but was battling bone cancer for some time prior. It's the fourth anniversary of his death tomorrow (or your today). I miss him. He'd be happy I was going to Poland and arranging for the confimration of Polish citizenship for me and the boys. :) He was born in Wawa. I'll be visiting some relatives while I'm there.
Savvy, I'm sorry about the pain. I really am. I wish that more could be done to make your brain stop firing neurons in such an excrutiating way.
6'2 huh? Well, I'm no krasnoludek...I'm 5'11. :)