HI TRISH!!!I THERE IS SUPPORT HERE FOR YOU AND PRAYER AS WELL!! THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE WITH THIS DISEASE THAN YOU THINK BELEIVE ME...MY NAME IS KAREN...IAM FROM NORTH CAROLINA ..I WAS DIAGNOSIED WITH ARACH LAST JULY.... AND YES IT IS VERY PAINFUL...THERE ARE THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP LEVEL OFF SOME OF YOUR PAIN...I HAVE HAD 7 BACK SURGERYS RECENTLY 4 WEEKS AGO ON MY CERVICAL AREA ...SO RIGHT NOW IAM A BIT WEAK...BUT HELP IS ON ITS WAY!!! THER E IS DON WHO IS AM MEMBER WHO HAS HELPED ME TREMENDOUSLY!!!-AND OTHERS...AND I KNOW THEY WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH YOU YOU MAY BE THE REASON WE WILL ALL GET BACK INTO BECOMMING MORE OF A SUPPORT GROUP!!. FIRST READ ALL YOU CAN...THAN MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A DOCTOR YOU CAN REALLY TALK TOO...THERE ARE DIFFRENT TYPES OF MEDS DON USES AS PUMP THAT PUMPS MORPHINE INTO THE EFFECTED AREA ...HE CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THAT...I USE DURAGESIC PATCHES ...AND OF COURSE OTHE MEDS AS WELL...TRY TO STAY AS ACTIVE AS YOU CAN EVEN IF ITS 15 MINUTES A DAY...OR 5...TRY TO KEEP POSTIVE!!! I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS MYLEOGRAMS MYSELF AS WELL AS LOTS OF INJECTIONS..TRY TO.USE US AS AN OUTLET...WHEN YOU HAVE A BAD DAY LET US KNOW ...IT ALWAYS HELPS TO TALK TO EACH OTHER...I WOULD LOVE TO TELL YOU MORE OF MY OWN STORY BUT ITS HARD FOR ME TO TYPE SINCE MY SURGERY...I JUST HAD TO SAY HELLO YOU ARE NOT ALONE IAM AS WELL AS OTHERS ARE PRAYING FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND RELIEF...AND ALSO IAM PRAYING THAT THIS GROUP STARTS TO GET GET MORE INVOLVED WITH EACH OTHER...I KNOW MORE OF YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY...TRY TO HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY...WRITE IF YOU NEED ANYTHING..KINDLY KAREN