Hey PM, just a thought have you tried an Inversion Table? I know you mentioned an accident so many your not able to use something like that but I love em so thought I would mention them. Takes some pressure off my vertebrae and is comfy to me and helps. I don't have serious pain so it might not help just a thought. I hope you find a balance between pain meds and green ones, it sucks being in pain and planing your day around pain, I can only imagine that. Good luck to you in 2010!