question: I have chronic pain everyday in the same location, left shoulder blade, left lateral neck and behind left ear. it is a deep pain, feels like an ice pick. I have had a left mandibular joint replacement for a disc that was almost gone. I have had a 4 level ACDF for 4 herniated discs,C3-7. it has been 7 months since the ACDF and I still have the same pain. I don t know what to do anymore. I only take advil for pain, stretch and use hot packs. Do I just live with this?