I'm ready to shoot myself! Seriously! if it wasn't for my son I would have put everybody out of my misery a long time ago!

I have no health insurance and my doctor is worthless! Does anybody have any home remedies or suggestions for even minor relief for back pain? I wish I knew what exercises would be best for me but I'm afraid of doing the wrong thing.

I'm basically falling apart! To start, I wear an ACL brace 24/7 for an old knee problem that gave out again. Occasionally I'lll hobble around the house without the brace and of course that does nothing good for my back! Because of the ACL, my knee gives out from time to time and along with it goes my back!

I have tremendous pain in my lower back caused by either the degenerative disk disease, buldging discs, the hemangioma on my lower spine or who knows what else. I can't sit, stand, or even sleep for any length of time without my back killing me. I can't afford to go to my doctor and if I could it would be a waste of time and money since he won't listen to me or do anything for me. I'm on pain medication but it's not helping anymore. I use biofreeze and heating pads quite often but it's gotten to the point that that is not even helping anymore. I've never been able to use ice as it only makes it worse. I can't even sleep in a bed because it's just too painful.

If anybody has any suggestions as to what I can do to help lessen the pain or at least make it somewhat more tolerable I would really appreciate it!

My family is suffering right along side me because I have become so nasty because of the pain. I don't mean to be and I hate that I take it out on them but thankfully they are pretty understanding and usually just ignore me.

I try my best to keep myself busy with something (usually crafting) to take my mind off the pain but I just can't focus on anything. PLEASE HELP!