Yes, me. Less "overcame", more "persevering" through. I.e., yesterday drove 650 miles from Palm Springs to SF, in a street-legal race car for thirteen hours without crashing--no pain while sitting. Play tennis everyday, twice a day if I can. Run in the pool thirty minutes a day, etc., etc.
"Search" my posts, probably if you put in my name and "hip" you'll find my stories, they're also archived at the TMS HELP site. We can talk by phone, too much to recount here, I'll PM you my phone # if you want to talk about being a "hippy".