Angi,
I had sever peripheral neuropathy following a factured sacrum 20 years ago.I was disabled for a year with this. My advise is to first decide if this is a pain that is well known to you and if it provides no useful information. Do you already know all you will ever need to know about it? If true, then you have no need to pay attention to it. Next, distract your mind away from thinking about the pain by doing something that requires all lof your attention. A intense computer game perhaps, a horror movie. Race car drivers can cut themselves while racing and not feel anything. After this works for you gradually learn to redirect you attention away from the pain by intensly concentration on whatever you are doing. Sounds spooky, but it works. Drrcdavis