Hi chaos! Glad your pain pump is helping you. I would also be curious to see what others are doing for the fatigue and fog.

I am on LTD from my employer and SSD. I ended up ending work on 12/28/12 because the pain was too bad to be able to continue and because of my brain not working properly. I was a finance and human resource manager (one person deparment), where critical thinking and concentration is a must! Co-workers always joked that I never missed a thing and had a mind like a steel trap. That changed...I started making mistakes and forgetting things. I also started having trouble thinking of simple words and couldn't finish sentences. Not a good combonation in my line of work. The realization of all this was so hard on me. I can't say it was a hard as dealing with the pain because the pain is horrendous, but it is up there. Accepting that part was very difficult and that is when I realized that I had to throw in the towel. I still don't think I actually accepted it, but I have realized it is a real problem. My husband is finally realizing how bad it is. He is not used to seeing that from me...it takes time.

Oh, and my mental issues are not from any meds since I am not on any.

I hope it gets better for you. Take care,
Nanc