I sometimes think I'm bad off, but listening to some of your stories I don't think I am. I've had a neck fusion which was successful and about a year later in the early 2000, I had 2 lower back fusions which were not. So I've been living with chronic pain since then. You can't sit, stand, walk for long periods. I would lay on my sofa and that's what I meant about my Sharpeis. They would come over and lay next to me and put their head on the sofa and look up at me. They knew I didn't feel well. They got me through a lot.
For the pain I've been on FENTANYL &Hydrocodone and sometimes these make me feel I could climb the walls so they put me on Alprazolam.
Now I have pain that I never knew I ever would experience in my groin area, hip thigh, knee, all the way to my foot that I can't even put pressure on the footto walk. So I've been bed ridden for about 2 months. I went to the Dr. That did both of my knee replacements and he took x rays and said it's not my hip, it's coming from my back so he referred me to a spinal surgeon and he took x rays and mri and said it didn't look like it was coming from my back but he set me up to get a special injection. They said give it 2 weeks. It took about 70%of pain off my foot. When I went to my pain management Dr. She set mee up to get a steroid injection. Didn't work at all. When I went back to my spine Dr. He said it must be my hip so now I'm set up for a hip injection at the end of this month.
It hard to walk, sleep. Can't do anything. My husband is my caregiver and he has a heart problem. I don't know if anyone else feels the way I do but he would be better off without me. He at least could have a life.
I'm so sorry for complaining. Thanks for your shoulder.