Sorry to hear the damage was worse than expected but glad to hear that you're progressing in your therapy! and Yipppee Skippee on the recumbent! It's a start. As for being more pain tolerant - not sure about that but I am sure that as a rule - IMHO - women are just more accepting of things and so don't always realize just how much damage has been/is being done. (did that just make sense?) {it's ok if it didn't...we'll just count it as one of my meaningless, random "i'm trying to catch sadiekate" posts!)