The Back

OK, so as you all know, when I was 19 I was in a car accident that shattered my L1 vertebra, resulting in two surgeries and 4lbs worth of titanium being placed along my spine.  As I was so young, my neurosurgeon went on and on about how I would live a normal life and while the recovery would take years, five years down the road, I would not even be able to know I had been so broken.
Well my friends, this December it will be ten years.  What a lot of you probably are unaware of is the sever back pain I am constantly living with, and have been living with.  I have seen several doctors over the years about this, but never pursued anything seriously as I was so overweight and my breast were so abnormally large that most the blame was placed on the circumstances.  Well, the boobs are gone and most of the weight is off and sadly the back pain has not improved as I had hoped. I have recently returned to a doctor who had seen me regulalidatiarly after the accident. I have been unable to see her for many years as I was always out of state and then issues with finances and the divorce, but the pain made my back a priority.  It has been such a validation to go in and have her touch an area and say, "it hurts here right?" and "wow, this hasn't improved has it?" and even, "well, you certainly have a large pain threshold!" This is such validation as for years my parents and I believed that all would be better; all should be better, so why am I still hurting? Am I being a baby about what I am feeling, or is there something wrong? Well, I finally got my answer and one that had come up before, but never verified with the weight and chest as an issue. Basically, there is nerve damage done, which gives me severe pain in my back, abdomen and leg. This is called Maralgia Paresrgetica (PX in front of thigh). This doctor will help me with the IT band which has become a giant knot in result in hopes of better managing the pain as well as getting me the help I need as it is causing the arch in my left foot to degenerate, so with proper (custom made) orthotics, I can hopefully help relieve some of the added pressure. On top of this she confirmed that I have a sever case of Sub. Trochanteric Bursitis, also caused from the damaged nerve. Basically I have inflamed fluid sacks in between my tendons and bone and this tends to be more common in those much further advanced in years.
What does all of this mean?  It means my pain has been very real and I now have a place to start in making this better and no longer living with it and making it work.  Prayers are always appreciated, but I am hopeful to finally get the Cherish 2.0 I have been working so hard on.