I wish I knew what to say. I do kind of know what you are going through. My "second mom" has bone cancer and they keep thinking chemo will help but it seems to be doing more harm than good. Sammye is such a trooper and won't let you know if she's in pain but you know she is. I guess the only thing you can do is pray for her.

As for your back I agree that taking NSAID's too much can be harmful. I'd try aleve 2 2x's a day. But that's just me. I could totally relate to the kidney stone part. I had to drive myself to the ER with mine and I wasn't sure I was gonna make it and the hospital is about 5 miles from my apartment. I was glad to get the darn thing out mine was 5mm and they had to blast the thing and put in a stint because the sucker went back up into the kidney instead of staying where it was.

Janniebug