I too know how depressing it is to be in constant pain. Just doing things around my house gets harder. I love cooking, baking and canning. I have compression fractures in both the upper and lower spine. Now I am having trouble in the neck. I have had a pain stimulator, didn't work, I have had so many injections I have lost track. The last was the medial branch nerve block, I have had three. I also have peripheral neuropathy. I am on gabapentin. I go to a pain specialist. So far nothing has worked. He said he didn't think I would find a surgeon that would operate on me. I know my age!!! I am 82 and boy do they keep reminding me of that. I realize I am getting old! But do I have to be in pain? If I take the pain medication, then I can't function anyway. So????????? I do have family (they have their own life and have to work) I have my church family and my faith in God. That keeps ,me motivated.