Thank you so much for the responses. Everything is very helpful.

I did do the physical therapy, but my stupid insurance only pays for 10 visits per calendar year! Copays are $60 so by the time I've used up my ten visits, I'm into it for $600. I simply can't afford that. I tried just riding a stationary bike, but holy cow!! That put me in so much pain for a couple of days! I just don't know what to do.

I turned in a paper today for a handicap tag...I just can't walk very far, and when I try, I pay for it later....in spades!!

I think I'm going to have to get my gabapentin dosage increased or something. I don't want to up the Percocet at all, which does work for the most part. If I let it get out of hand, I have a hard time getting control again.

I am getting shooting, burning pains like someone is branding me! Don't know what to do about that...maybe there's nothing I [I]can[I] do. Any tricks I can use?

Also, I've heard some really bad horror stories about cymbalta, so I'm going to get on a program to taper down and take something else instead. Not sure what else to do.

Oh, and are there any suggestions for a five hour road trip? I'm leaving on Thursday and a short trip is hard enough. Any tricks/suggestions/ideas would be very welcome.

So, this post is probably all over the place, but I guess it gets my info out there.

Thanks everyone!