Information and opinions on health from Scooter at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/887052/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/887052/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/887052/index http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/887052/117741/depressed Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:09:21 -0400 Scooter Most of the time I'm able to keep a handle on my depression. I have chronic pain due to the scar tissue encased around the nerve roots in my lower back. I've had five lumbar surgeries and two nerve relases in my left leg. For some reason lately I've been really feeling sorry for myself. I've tried numerous anti-depressants thru the years that only worked for a short time so I know that isn't the answer. Of coarse I have to deal with all the... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/887052/117741/depressed http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/887052/80372/problems Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:34:04 -0400 Scooter I have used the private message  part for a long time until recently. It doesn't work right anymore. I get e-mails saying that I have a private message and when I click on the link it doesn't go to the private message. It says " This page doesn't exist." I'm able to write a private message once in awhile. I've also tried to click on the private message part at the top of the page and it doesn't work either. I don't want my friends on here... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/887052/80372/problems http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/887052/52294/suppliments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:44:48 -0500 Scooter First of all, I was surprised to find out that you had to be on disability for two years before you even qualified for Medicare. So not fair. So last year when I first qualified I did a lot of research. I found out if you got a Medicare suppliment and prescription plan it paid better. Well, I talked to several insurance people and the only ones that the suppliment  works better for is if you qualify for Medicare because of age not... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/887052/52294/suppliments