thanks for your reply I have, regained the ability to walk without a cane and no wheelchair! I feel a dozen times a day and was discharged from the hospital early in the school year unable to walk and was told to return to school the next day. apparently when they can't diagnose you you are automatically crazy. ah well. Dr Awesome, as we call her, pulled through for me again and found my RND She also found other gastro issues for me earlier in my life, which God miraculous healed! No more throwingup until 2 am! Dr Awesome sent me to a therapy hospital and I was told 4-6 weeks, possibly more. most patients stay 2 weeks. I worked as hard as I could, under the caring attention of my therapists (who kicked my butt every day in love) and need only four. however insurance decided Iw as fine after 2.5 weeks. I had to be discharged, to everyone's horror, and got worse. We worked out a day plan however and after two weeks of dgrading I was readmitted to the new program and finished my last two weeks of intense therapy, a good six seven hours a day. Until I was laid up, my pain was much much lowered. once we have my AD under control I can do more than the bed therapy I am doing now and up the anty back to my old level of intensity, about 3 hours a day. and in the process hopefully lower my pain. I know very little about your pain disorder, is it one of the nervous systems causing this issue? I'm sorry to hear you are dealing with this