I am an RN and have a master's in counseling. Up until last year, I could work fulltime but am in pain and exhausted. So, I am finishing a PhD at Penn State and I do what I am able to do. But I cannot do bedside nursing anymore.I have a pain syndrome in my leg and it is bad. Am in Lyrica and Vicodin but it takes the edge off.There is not a day I don't have pain. It is difficult to go from being active and athletic to having little stamina.I was RLRM but am now progressive. Cannot stand my doctors.