@cynbell YES! I’ve thought the exact same thing! I have had severe chronic thoracic and lumbar spinal pain going on eight years now. I’ve hit the bottom mentally several times. Thank goodness for my husband, though. He’s been so helpful, encouraging, and loving through all of this. I’m home alone all day until my husband gets home from work. I was sooo active before all this hit me. I worked full time with a pediatric ophthalmologist for years so I was always incredibly busy. I LOVED all our kid patients and helping them all day 5 days a week. It was nice for a lot of our little ones to run to me and give me hugs. I was also an avid gardener and loved planning and planting landscaping in our front and back yard. I was always so proud of my work and how our yard looked until one day I hit a brick wall and couldn’t do anything anymore. It’s been incredibly devastating for me. I’m sure all my kid patients and parents wondered what happened to me when I just wasn’t there any more. It makes me cry almost every day. I truly grieve the loss of my active life every day. If ANY of my doctors were to experience the severe, crippling pain I have all day, every day as well as the grief I have felt for years…. Let’s just say I’m sure there would be something done immediately to help diminish the pain and suffering.