I'm a 56 year old disabled veteran who is also a work comp survivor of 11 years. I'm married to a great guy who deserves much better then this. I just had my 5th IME and have just been referred to the pain clinic at the Denver VAMC. Hopefully I'll pass all the tests and get a real pain doctor.

My husband and I live on a small 2 1/2 acre ranch on the Western Slope of Colorado near the Utah border. We have 1 dog (down from 3, 2 just died recently of old age) and 3 cats (down from 5 and up from 2 having been recently adopted by another cat who wandered into our lives).

I've been a surviover of chronic pain for over 30 years now and worked up until 8 years ago.