@johnbishop Thank you John. I am not scheduled for any follow-ups until the 6 month check-up. I see the pain specialist in February. I can ask him for input if he has the time. Always the feeling of "get them in, get them out" or like patients are being herded like cattle. Pay no mind unless one hits the ground and cannot get up. I won't try that technique. Just very discouraged with a low quality of life. Thing is I am retired (not by choice) and they have other patients that there is hope for in some way. Sounds like the depression talking and it is. Thing is I do not have a history of pain until 2009. Seems since I have mental health issues I am not being listened to and any of the structural problems cannot be fixed, Fibromyalgia meds do nothing but mess with my psyche. If a doctor cannot prescribe a pill to help I feel like my seeing one is pointless. I am not drug seeking, attention seeking or any of the other things that I have had hurled at me. I am whining and not my thing either. Discouragement sums it up. Yup, the 2 "D" words.
I also get asked when I see the therapist again. In short, tell the therapist. What is a therapist supposed to do for physical problems. Even the therapist says, "what am I supposed to do?". Suck it up old person your life is over and you are a waste of my time and skin.