It’s worked for and I hope for many others who followed that advice. I walk 2 miles a day (I’ve always been a walker), do a home exercise program 2 x day, go to PT when I need a tune-up. I use buprenorphine patch for pain and cannabis for breakthrough pain instead of Percocet. At 71 for me I feel I’m doing pretty good. Just discharged from outpatient PT today and went to the gym. Yes I ache but found that exercise is a great pain reliever. As a retired nurse I understand why and what the docs must do when prescribing narcotics to patients. Everybody has hoops they must jump through in this age of substance abuse. I hope you’re able to find peace with your health.

You sparked comment to this one! Exercise and meditation. Don’t they sound great? Especially when you have a neurological condition that makes your processing of things all skewed from an illness like mine- Lyme disease - which is famous for hitting the nuero system. And oh my- exercise when your joints are so swollen that you can barely walk. It’s absurd that we continually listen to this well meaning, but medically “static filled” nonsense all the time. It’s serious and I have yet to come across a proposal to start a grounds-up patient and group conscious group to tackle this problem. And that which takes care of the patient in small increments to BUILD UP to the almighty exercise and meditation - which by the way, many well people cannot embrace.