Have you ever had to take care of your child or children with a cold?  What about when you have the flu?  Or a headache?  Or maybe a migraine?  They all suck.  No one wants to do it, but you know there's a light at the end, the cold will fade and it will be back to business as usual soon enough. When you live in chronic pain though, you have to push through even if there's no light in sight.