@heisenberg34 Hi I appreciate the kind words very much. My journey has been a hard one for the last 3 years since my open heart surgery and now this abdominal pain, I went to a primary care Dr on Monday and thank God he prescribed me some low dose oxycodone if it wasn't for that I would have been in the ER again because the pain is horrible. I've had injections in my shoulder but my Dr stopped them because he said that they would do more harm than good and keeps stressing to me that I need a shoulder replacement but I have been through enough surgeries that I just don't have the strength to go through another one, don't even know if they would do one because of my heart condition anyway. I've been on and off pain meds for the last couple of years and unfortunately they are the only thing that helps enough where I can function enough to have somewhat of a normal life, they don't get rid of all the pain but curb it enough where I just feel ok can't remember when I have felt really good it's been along time. I've been on disability for almost 3 years now because of my heart and all my other problems, I was a heavy equipment mechanic for years and a operator as well did alot of very physical work my whole life and I can't do that anymore wish I could. Just wore my body out that's for sure.