Not off to a great start, but I will get there

My chronic pain is 15 years in the making. It is going to take more than one day to fix. It was 15 years ago that I screwed up my knees. It was seven and a half years ago that I crushed part of my spine. It was three years ago that two dics herniated.
As the thyroid cancer has postponned my spinal reconstructive surgery for probably a year, I have to work out how I am going to get through three quarters of college.
I don't start until the 24th of Sept, so I have some time to rest my back, but not the emotional stregnth to sit still. That is my major downfall, I can't sit still. It goes against my very being to not be doing SOMETHING.
So far this morning I haven't taken any vicaden, just muscle relaxants - but my current pain level is about 4 or 5.
LOL which is such a usless way to figure pain. But it is that or sheer number of pills....