Susan
Myrna, I am sorry you are having such a time, I have chronic pain and I got a lawyer and did finally get my social security approved, but only after you have document after document which it sounds like you have, you have to get a good social security lawyer, that is the only way because they will come back and say your arms work don't they like they did me, so appeal it no matter what, because when you know you are in that much pain and you cannot concentrate as well, you deserve it. A lot of us go through this who have chronic pain because it is an ivisible disablity. I am lucky that I have a good husband, if I didn't I could be in the same situation or worse than you, and I know you feel like you don't want to live one more day and you are sick of pain and sick of doctors but you need to get to a good pain management dr. for starters and talk to a counselor to at least vent out your frustrations. You also should be on an anti depressant. It is so hard to cope but we have to do these things to get control of the changed life we have left and learn how to get through one day at a time.