I'm not a nurse, but I've been in the hospital numerous times, anyways I was just wondering if any of you knew of anything new to try and get rid of chronic pain? I have chronic abdominal pain, and I am just hoping there might be something new for pain management. Here's a bit more info: when I was 13 my colon shut down due to colonic inerta and I had it removed, then at 16 my rectum shut down due to rectal inertia and I had that removed, then at 18 they discovered I have inertia throughout my entire digestive system, and I had to have an ileostomy, which I still have, and I am 30 years old now.