Well, brother Richard, stubborn and shy can be two sides of the same coin!
You didn't ask for rotted knee/hip, you just opted to try to milk it a bit longer...cause doc's like to do what docs do cause they can...
I'm doing the same thing... it's a coin flip. Sometimes ya wins, sometimes ya loozes.
Prayers are still in order! Pain is pain and when it makes you want to hurl, it's deserving of prayer from the rest of us!
Shoot...I ask for prayers on a house closing for crying out loud...now for clear weather (DRY) to load and unload the truck.
Nothing is too small or too insignificant for our Father's attention... and this group of warriors has lifted up the smallest and biggest to the bestest, Our Father, God!
Keep the Son in your eyes, Richard!