For years I've been trying to tell anybody who would listen that I hurt all over. They'd order x/Ray and usually show arthritis. And then there is my screwed up spine that I wanted SCS for. So Monday my still new pain doc tells me to stand, and with him behind me so I can't see, gently touches the 18 tender points. I nearly went through the roof on 16 of them.

I have fibro.

So while that explains a lot, there are things yet unanswered. The fibro board here isn't very active. Can I still push for SCS? Would it help? Should I wait as long as I can and do the lumbar surgery?

Old age ain't for sissies!