Tell your wife about this woman who has severe neuropathic pain since my spinal cord injury in 2012. I was newly married and was still shy about normal bodily functions so it was very embarrassing to have him help me with this. I am in some pain 24/7 but I never give up. I have a spinal cord stimulator that helps a little, but I rely on 600 mg of gabapentin every six hours around the clock. I sometimes have to use ice packs on my legs and hips for the pain. I have learned a lot from other contributions to this site. I have learned to play golf again while strapped into a special gold cart designed for paraplegics (that’s me!). I have learned to live with the severe pain and often just block it out. I know that I will have to be like this until I die, but I always try to look on the bright side. There’s always someone much worse off than me. I saw this when I was in the hospital. There was a man with no arms below his elbow and no legs below his knees. He could not feed himself and could not transfer out of his wheelchair. So, I feel lucky!

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