BOB you are an inspiration. Just goes to show by ignoring the stupid pain you can still have a productive life.
My job was a very high profile position running motivational seminars in combination with mega sales for the motor industry. This involved me running around for 16 hours setting up and running the events in an expensive suit and business shoes and my feet hurt BEFORE I had PN

so my career is over

The initial loss of my embarrassingly high income hurt but as time went by I realized that I didn't need that much money with PN, kinda obvious that my flash lifestyle of traveling, skiing,yachting,late night partying was over anyway.
I trade the stock market theses days and I can tell you that in those 6hours Im very focused away from the pain so much that i dont remember it until its all over and it comes flooding back.
Distraction works pretty well.