My husband had problems and excruciating pain for 8 years and he told the doctor he was ready to end it himself, he couldn't take anymore.

The doctor sent him to a pain specialist who immediately knew what was wrong, three meetings in "day surgery" took care of the problem and life returned to normal for him....he was in the surgery office because that's where Dr. Q was at the time...this was just a series of shots to block the nerves....this was in 2000.....he's still pain free...the shots worked for him.
Each of the tree appointments took about 5 minutes and its been good ever since.