Chronic pain can be intermittent or episodic in nature. If it has been happening for more than a few months, it is chronic. So , unfortunately for you, you are indeed a member of our little club

Most of us never have total pain relief. But.....pain that I can get from a 10 to a 6 with meds is still a relief of some pain. Similarly, none of us has total control over pain or we would never have it, but we have some control if we have some theraputic measures that work for us. Hence the term pain management.........we try to manage it with the tools that we have available

What are you doing for pain management ?