I've suffered with chronic pain most of my life. I have arthritis which started reading it's ugly head when I was 10 years old. By the time I was 18 it was in my spine. I am 81 and spinal stenosis has almost crippled me. Am on opioids and have had several spinal ablations. One back surgeon 15 years ago said I was inoperable. My pain specialist says it would take a year to recover with no guarantees.