I just wanted to say you haven’t exhausted any of your resources YET! You were just at the wrong doctor and that’s why they ran out of options! I was at a neurosurgeon for 20 years and that was never going to yield any fruitful benefits, I needed to be with an orthopedic surgeon. I suggest you switch over and see what happens. I am 68 and been suffering for 30 years with various physical issues. My osteoarthritis of 30 years was not osteoarthritis at all, but gout, arthritis! And the pain was a very easy fix! I learned of that fix here. It was tart cherry capsules (I like ZAZZEE) once I experience the miracle I went on to ask the doctor to test and sure enough I had high uric acid levels and so I went on allopurinol medicine. Gout is inherited and I don’t know why all the stupid doctors let me suffer for 30 years except that they saw osteoarthritis in the x-rays and so that’s what they presumed was causing the pain. I would test every couple years for RA rheumatoid, but I kept getting a negative response. My whole body is loaded with osteoarthritis, but that doesn’t cause my pain. What is in my joints being produced the uric acid is the issue. My doctors didn’t find the answer, I did with the help of this online forum! We do have to learn to live with aging, but we can continue and must work on figuring out what we can heal. I have had many joint replacements and they solve a lot of problems so I can get my life back but on top of that, there are my muscular issues Which don’t get resolved when you have the joint replacements. I must add an hour and a half of exercise a day at 68 to stay a lot more pain-free. I have been on low-dose opioid for 25 years very stable because I have tailbone pain that they won’t operate on.. I am very lucky that I have doctors who support me because if it weren’t for the low-dose opioid at 68 I probably wouldn’t be able to do all the exercise necessary because I would feel defeated before I even start. I am very careful with my medication use. My body adjusted Many years ago and therefore it is just part of who I am. A normal person has hormones and serotonin, which is released to make them feel good enough to do the exercise exercises with a normal body. God didn’t give me a normal body. If I look at my grandmother‘sand aunts, they all suffered terribly with arthritis at my age. I am overcoming the inactivity that comes with bodily degeneration. Don’t give up hope, and even if you get out of bed in the morning and wait till the sunshines to figure out what you can do every day that seems right - take those moments!

I just want to ask if you’ve been tested for gout, high uric acid levels? After 30 years of suffering and reacting, as if I have autoimmune disorders which they constantly tell me I didn’t. I ended up with gout higher uric acid levels. It was a miracle. I had Four gout, flares when I was 42 and after I figured out a home remedy to get rid of the flares, nobody ever looked at the possibility of gout as I aged it truly was a miracle to get on the allopurinol medicine and to figure that out from someone here who suggested Tart cherry capsules. I like ZAZZEE brand I buy on Amazon, but then I asked for testing and then I asked to be on the medicine. It fixed so many things my body it was crazy! At 68 my my muscular problems are resolved by going to an MFR therapist twice a month. It took me a couple tries to find a good one which I pay out-of-pocket for and according to all of my doctors and various doctors I will be going for my facial release the rest of my life as my bone structure (the scoliosis and degenerative disc condition) continually ruin my posture, so the muscle muscles tug as they are glued together on the spine, but because I am an artist and have worked seriously long hours and caused my muscles to be dysfunctional with repetitive movements. I spent an hour and a half on a stationary bike every day and I walk a mile in the morning and in the afternoon with the dog and all of these, I do very leisurely so I’m not the best example of someone who exercises to get their heart rate up the highest they can however at 68 It is solving a shit load of my problems, and I am much happier with the endorphins that get released and the pain I don’t suffer with while I sleep because I sleep much deeper than I would if I wasn’t active. I hope some of that helps.