There is nothing worse then playing a game for a few hours and making progress and having a good old time. When out of nowhere something happens, you fall down a cliff, you don't pop a health potion, you run out of ammo and just get raped by a mob. Then it clicks you remember that you had not saved in awhile and you get this horrible feeling in your stomach and you mutter "Shit, I have to do that all over again" but then something inside of you says "You know what that's not so bad, I know what to do and I'll be better equipped this time. I'll buy that bonus armor suit this time and buy extra potions. 
 
  I wish it was like that IRL. About a year ago I started having pain in my left leg. I started walking around like "House" minus the cane. At times I would just have to sit because I could not handle standing up.  I always had pain in my back but it was never too extreme and I always thought it was from playing to many games sitting around. I am not over weight  just have poor posture.  When it started affecting my leg that is when I got worried and looked to do something about it.  I went to a chiropractor 3 times a week for about 3 months but it was only made me feel better for little over an hour. I did acupuncture a few times but it didn't help but I really enjoyed it. The next thing I tried was a DR and I explained what was happening. They did an MRI and found that my disc is basically sticking into my nerve which travels down my leg. The DR then told me there is nothing he could do and sent me to a spine DR. That Dr then sent me to Physical Therapy for 3 times a week for 6 weeks. That didn't work either so I was sent to another place to have shots done to bring down the inflamation. The first shot worked for a week and then I was in more pain then ever. The next two shots did not help. So here I am now. I see the DR on the 27th to talk surgery. 
 
  My company this year decided that they were not going to pay for Short Term disability anymore which put me in a hard place. I would have to start paying for it. It wouldn't of been that big of a deal cept I have been living pay check to pay check for the past year or so trying to clear out my debts. I would of started paying for it too had that first shot not worked and I felt like a million dollars. A week later when I was in pain again I was like wow that was the stupidest thing I could of done was to not get on that. So I'll be on FMLA which means my job will be protected while I'm out but I won't get paid.
 
The amount of money I have spent so far on everything I said above is alot even with insurance. Example my MRI out of pocket was $800... Wtf I could get all Next Gen consoles for that the amount of money we have to pay for medical bills  in America is out of control.  So I am going to miss six weeks of work without pay and god knows how much the surgery is going to cost me.  I wish I could reload my save file from a year ago to save myself all the money I spent on the stuff that didn't work. 
 
As much as I hate how I never get the new games in Gamefly I have to admit being as broke as I have been lately it's been greating playing these games and not breaking the bank. 
 
EBS