Tony, it is true that I can't know exactly what your pain is like, but I do know what it is like to just get through the day in hopes that sleep will come for some relief. I know what it is like to not want to wake up. I am doing better now thanks to medication. I do think that if we can hang in there, new drugs or treatments will come along. At least, I hang my hopes on that. I also cope by being a couch potato. I can manage to get some stuff don e for 3-4 hours in the morning, then I have to lie down and I turn on the tube to distract me from the pain somewhat. I have the tv and my laptop. That life of a tv watching couch potato is often referred to negatively, but I refuse to feel guilty about it, as that is the way I get through the day. Pain means its okay to be a couch potato! I am hoping for all of us that there will be some real breakthoughs coming down the pike for pain treatment.