@mrmacabre, I concur. Living with chronic pain sucks. I can't imagine your joys and mobility being stolen for the past 10 years. When you look at yourself, you probably don't recognize the person you've become. This is not what you imagined life would be at only 66 years old.

I like the picture you paint of the times you and your wife would go for walks after dinner, steal time away together to scenic hideaways, listening to water falls together. That's why your still here! Your wife. She wants you to be here too.

I think that's a good idea to bring your wife to your next appointment. Share how these changes have impacted both your lives. Until that appointment, how might you recapture special moments together now?