i feel really ripped off an pushed under the carpet by the nz medical people.iv had back trouble since i was 13 and had all sorts of stuff done to try to help.short bouts of traction,physio and a brace tho no one ever mentioned the word scoliosis.i ditched the brace when i found painkillers.i thought i was in heaven.i do very hard physical labour and with my back still being sore i was sent to a specialist about 15 years ago.i truly could not understand the xray i was being shown and was even more bummed when the specialist told me to learn to live with it.and that was it,no follow up,not an xray since.i am now on 300mgs of tramadole a day whitch i hate and after a bowel bleed am still taking ibprofen wen i hav 2.sleep is awful,i just hurt and turn over and over.im so tired and angry.is this normal treatment?am i overeacting?