Yes, pain rules my mind every waking hour. I tried doing some recommended exercises only to have my pain ramped up even worse. I can't even walk around our communty with my wife. A short walk of a couple hundred yards sends the bottom of my feet into severe burning mode. I am getting my old, non-functional spinal cord stimulator removed this coming Monday. Then, I will be able to finally get an MRI and, hopefully, find out what's going on with my back.