Hello, I saw a pain management doctor last week. He wants to give me a Cortizone shot on my side. He said it will help a lot. He couldn’t do it that day that I saw him because the next day I was scheduled for a pet scan I see him and I hope this works, I’m not taking gabapentin or any other painkiller. I’m using the lidocaine patches they seem to help a little bit. I wear them at night when I’m sleeping. I wish you lots of good luck when you go back to work. I hope this pain goes away for us. It’s really shame we have to go through this. God bless you