@hamiltod Your chiropractor sounds like she has advice to be trusted. Mine gives me feedback when I explain to him what my other doctors are doing or advising, and then I weigh it all through the lens of my own body's language (and what God seems to be saying through answered prayer). We all have such unique physical situations. Based just on what is shared on Mayo Clinic Connect, each person's combination of age, symptoms, diagnoses, experiences over the length of treatment, trials and error with OTC and prescription medications, etc., yields a unique set of criteria upon which to proceed.
I'm on Medicare also, with the V.A. as my secondary. They would cover the weakest delivery of red laser (which had no effect) but not the class IV (which was effective and my breakthrough). I think it is realistic to expect both elation and frustration in dealing with our changing conditions.
I'm glad you have found Connect, and I'm sure you will find lots of wonderful people who will journey with you through your ups and downs. The moderators and mentors are a class act who offer great guidance through it all.