Tell your Doc you need a better AD!!
Really..

when my pain was so much worse my pcp sent me to a pain dr clinic.
i get enuf help with medication that i can control the worst of it and live my life.

perhaps this might be an option for you. i know how debilitating chronic, unrelenting pain can be. it saps your physical, mental and emotional energy and clouds all in your world. please don't give up.

Kitty, I can't offer any great ideas for dealing with the big stuff, but I do have one for your texting difficulty: does your phone have some kind of voice typing software? My phone came with Google voice typing loaded on it--maybe yours did too. If you have an on screen keyboard, look on the lower left between the ?123 key and the space bar for a little microphone icon. If you see the microphone, you can tap it to start voice typing.

If you don't already have it, I'm pretty sure you can download it fpr free. You can also download voice typing for your computer.

I hope this is helpful.