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  Hello, my name is Anthony Nelson and I see you have been trying to get help with chronic pain without much success not to disappoint you or to sound negative but I have been dealing with chronic pain since 1973 and still have little to offer in help when it comes to chronic pain without the public's stereotyping chronic pain. You know the old saying one bad apple spoils the whole bunch believe me nothing could be further from the truth when dealing with chronic pain and narcotic pain relief as for me I have lost my right leg due to chronic pain luckily I am a 100 % disabled Vietnam veteran. I can tell you this much if you are dealing with chronic pain in a extremity and are receiving Social Security Disability at this time the moment you go through amputation of that extremity and have completed physical therapy you can tell the Social Security by because you are now able to be employed according to Social Security regulations. How do I know this because it happened to me once my right leg which was causing me chronic pain as well as swelling and ulcers was amputated my Social Security stopped and watch out for back pay issues because they will do their best to prove you owe them back pay. I still get my military disability thank goodness. Well there is a whole lot more I can tell you about this subject but I am in chronic pain now in fact I have tears rolling down my checks because of the pain and the bad thing about it is that Hospice sees, me three times a week and you would think they could take care of the pain NOT. You see they are used to dealing with people who are dying with cancer and only deal with the chronic pain for a given length of time because they usually pass-away within 6 months or so and then their battle with chronic pain is over. What I cannot get through to Hospice and the doctors is the fact I have dealt with chronic pain since 1973 to present. I lost my right leg to amputation in 1980 after suffering from 1973 to 1980. The was not over because now I had to deal with phantom pains and nerve damage multiple joint damage due to the use of crutches and wheel chairs of and on until present I finally was taken down for good in 2002 due to multiple blood clots and breaking the femur two times in almost the same place just above my right knee. Hospice has told me that it is time for the amputation of my left leg due to ulcers and chronic pain as well as what they call PVD (peripheral vascular disease)  I am sorry but I must stop for now because of this pain I will try to write again if I am able to. I can tell you so much that you would find it hard to believe. Have a good night   Anthony