I hope that this thread will bring people together that suffer from chronic pain/illness. I appreciate every hug that I get and it helps and I appreciate all the empathy that I receive from others. but someone that suffers from chronic pain/illness understands what another sufferer goes through and if we can share our pain or our good days we won't feel so alone we know that someone else goes through what we go through. please feel free to share good or bad. for me the biggest problem is in the morning before my pain meds but the worst part is almost every evening I have spikes that last 2 or 3 hours before the new meds work. does this happen to anyone else?....mike