I can understand the issue you describe with doctors not being willing to deviate from their standard training. It's exhausting when they don't listen ("right,

I can understand the issue you describe with doctors not being willing to deviate from their standard training. It's exhausting when they don't listen ("right, right, you've read something on the internet, yes, yes... why don't you let me take a look at it first") or they only try their common approaches that have failed before and if you don't fit that mold, well, too bad. I hope you find a way to manage (or better yet, get rid of) your pain. It's such a waste that, unless you're famous, rich or a rare, scientifically interesting case, the point of "sorry, there's nothing else I'm willing to do for you" comes rather quickly. It seems with most chronic problems, you need to become an expert and then find and convince somebody who is certified and can write a prescription.