I think a lot of us have trouble coping with the pain and uncertainity of our health problems. Perhaps the person who is pointing this out has never had to deal with severe, chronic, unrelenting pain.

I know you told me that the university pain management clinic did not treat people who were also depressed (and anxious?) and I imagine there are plenty of people on this forum, myself included who are pretty anxious a lot of the time-maybe depressed too. With constant pain, it is difficult to look away, laugh, and just blow it off... I could be wrong here, but I find it hard to understand how the university can take this position... Most people who go to a pain management clinic are not exactly cases where an aspirin will give relief...

You are doing a good job of trying to get yourself in a position where you can have a normal life again.

Keep up the good work!

Cathie