I agree with you tynne. Most if not all doctor's are young enough not to have experienced chronic pain. They really can't sympathize with you. Have you talked to a pain management doctor about trying a pain pump? I see a lot of people on this site haven't gotten significant relief with a pain pump. I believed Medicare will cover it. I to at 75yo have tried just about everything. I'm going to talk to my pain management doctor about one soon.