I hope everyone finds relief! I am a girlfriend/caregiver and I've seen how terrible and debilitating pain can affect the body. The person I care for suffered 10yrs of severe leg pain in both legs, progressively worsening without the right diagnosis. He was always told it was arthritis or even DVT. Countless ER visits. Until finally a Dr. Who listened and did a MRI,(unknown why no MRI was done before , he had great Insurance thru work) the Dr. admitted him to ICU due to near paralysis. April 2025 had spinal fusion L3-S1 yes all those in-between numbers too. We were hopeful, it all sounded like it could help him. He again is progressively feeling worse than before. He has the bone growth simulator device always connected, wears brace, takes brakes, tries walking if course no bending, lifting or twisting. He had to quit work, file disability, apply for Medicaid while in constant severe pain. I'm talking, it's every moment of the days and nights are pain, pain, pain. It's in every thought. Today after going to the ER he received a diagnosis of Intractable pain. It's exactly what it is constant, relentless, severe pain. I am witness to this pain changing a person's thought patterns. It's scary. Who really wants to be on morphine, or methadone? It is what I read is the only way to live a little bit of a life.
Hope all goes well enough for everyone here.