Hi I am new to this forum and I wonder if it is as difficult for you not feel scared when going to the dr. and telling them about anything that is happening. About 7 years ago I fell out of my camper and my head hit the top step, my middle back hit the middle step, and my lower back the lower ,and my backside hit the ground. I thought i had crushed my spine. That was when all the problems began. They couldnt find anything wrong so I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. They then sent me to a pain center and I have been having injections in my spine and I just choose the area that is hurting worse at the time. Since then I have been diagnosed with osteoporosis, osteoarthritis and ddd, sleep apnea and now to top it off some of the medicines have caused stomach, duodena,l esophagus ulcers and a hiatus hernia. Last summer my neck and arm started hurting much worse than usual. In fact so bad that I went to the emergency room. Let me tell you if you are seeing a pain dr and go to the er for pain they treat you like you are the biggest junkie to hit the door. I called the pain cernter and I had an mri done. They said slight degenerative disk disease. I couldnt stand the pain and had to go to a medical center that was open after hours. They set me up with a neurologist after explaining to me that they do not give drugs out. How embarrassing. Another mri and nerve test and 6 weeks later i am told i need to have surgery within the next week because my nerve was pinched so badly. I guess my question is now I am having major pain in lower back that radiates down to my knee down the outer side of my leg and the side of my food and last two toes are numb. They did an mri and said degenerative disc ,disease .normal for my age which is 54. My family internest cant help because I go to the pain center for my back. How am I supposed to know which test and which dr. is right or wrong. I am so tired of being humiliated when my pain gets worse. Also I have been going to the pain center for procedures for 7 years and have nerver had an appointment with him except the 1st one. Shouldn't he be discussing some of this with me on ocassion? Just tired of hurting all the time sorry to have rambled on