@grr78 thank you. I am the patient of a supportive Pain Management department in a hospital and am the patient of a Pain Consultant who I meet with regularly.
I have also been a member of an award winning pain management team as a patient. I supported others awaiting implantation of an intrathecal pump and have published my own research (with much help). I supported PhD students working as researchers at my hospital and the organising Professor was my own pain consultant.