I was horrified reading your email because I’ve been suffering with intense buttock pain for 8 months, but 8 years is almost too much to bear! Because of my age, I’m no longer a good candidate for surgery (84j, otherwise I would have had it done already, I wonder if this could be still pain from PMR which I had in March of last year. Not sure about that. So far, no medications help, I’ve also had epidurals, PT, with no relief. I’m sorry to hear that you’ve had this horrible pain for so long, Andy I pray that I can find relief very shortly.