Hi— don’t worry, all AA stories seem to be long I was Dx‘d in 1978. Truth is, AA is caused by trauma from surgery to the spinal cord, blood in the surgery wound, detritus from imaging fluid and aging. It can change, mutate and get worse. I find that the pump helps a lot of back pain from nerve damage, but not so much with AA. Thus the use of SCS as adjunct modality of treatment. I have Dilaudid in my pump _ has worked well for 18 years. States that limit the range of analgesics and want you to subsist on methadone and cognitive approach’s to pain control mean well, but don’t understand AA— they need to bring the best meds because AA is the worst.
Please keep in contact— hard to hurt my feelings or surprise me after 50 years of AA. Don’t give up! You have a good grasp on the disease— educate your local Pain Mgt physician— I’ve done it. Done give up, get active and become your own best advocate.