I have been in severe pain for years without a doc figuring out what will work for me. Fibro, spinal problems, arthritis, osteoperosis, polyneuropathy, etc. Pain level is usually between 7 (good times, 8 (usually), and 9 (bad times). I have been carrying it for so long that it doesn't show very much. Infact, when I hurt the most, I have had friends come up to me and
say how well rested I look. Could it be that when some of us are at our worst, our eyes and mouths slack?

Thank God, I just went to a rheumy who has started a new mix of meds on me, as well as a whole slew of blood tests on me. The meds are not doing much more, but I expect that she will increase them next month.

Don't have a tub any more, only have a shower (Boo-hoo!), but it use to be that I would take a very hot bath and just soak until the heat would take all of the energy out of me...and I would sleep. It helped a lot.