Oh Nikko, I am so sorry to hear you're bird got mauled, at least he's not got open wounds, that's a good sign. Hopefully he'll make it. While you're out at the pet shop I would go get the cymbalta, I think that is supposed to help with Pain too isn't it? I wish you weren't in such pain, it's so hard to be young and full of pain when you do anything. I really feel for you Nikko. Do you go to a pain management doctor? I do and we finally figured out what worked for me, then they changed me from the soma I had been taking as a muscle relaxer to one called Robaxin. It works about as well as the soma and the flexeril they tried me on did next to nothing. I wish you luck in finding the right combination of medication to get some relief. I really hate that you're in so much pain like that.