After I was severely wounded in Nam young gifted doctors in St Albensq naval hospital spent one year putting me back together. Upon release they said I should live a long life but remember two things. Stop smoking now and don’t take the pills the VA will give you. Above all I will have a lot of pain to deal with when I get older. Those young surgeons really knew what they were talking about. Now at 77 years old I’ve been struggling with an enormous amount #of full body pain for 15 years. I’m loving life to the max but it’s definitely difficult to deal with. My heart goes out to all of you veterans who suffer from this kind of pain.