I am so ready to throw in the towel and give up. A little over three months or so ago I woke up one day and could barely walk my back hurt so bad. I haven’t really been able to do too much like sleep peacefully ( I’m lucky if I get 6 hours normally I’m pushing 4 hours) no sex at all, can’t get comfortable for long to sit still have to move around to relieve some pain. I have already done the X-rays and MRI’s on it and was told I pretty much have degenerative disc disease and a narrowing of the spine also arthritis. So my orthopedic doctor who is treating me for my hip ( osteoarthritis) referred me to see a pain doctor I went to one who wanted me to start PT and would not listen to me when I told him that it didn’t work. So I found another pain specialist who actually listened to me. He started me on pain medicine that I take twice daily and he started doing injection on my back. At first I could handle them no big deal it felt like a pin prick in and out I was like wow that’s good I got this. However those injections did nothing for my back so the dr switched up and started preparing me for the next injection and let me tell you those injections were a little more intense a little more painful but I was like if it helps me get some kind of life back I’m down. The dr never explained to me that these injections/procedures were preparing me for the “big one” or the Radio frequency Ablation (RFA) that one hurt like h@@@ I could barely walk out of there on my own and was crying and shaking for a long period afterwards. The ablation kills the nerves that are sending the pain signals I felt the burning in my back it was not cool this is supposed to last 6 months to a year but I am already at 4 weeks and I’m still having severe back pain nothing has really changed if anything I think it’s worse. Now I don’t know what to do for my back. I’m at a loss because I’m always tired or worn down or irritated because I’m always in pain.. I’m sick of the pain it’s like it’s taking over my life..