I feel for you pappy.. the constant pain must be exhausting for you, with so little sleep because of it too.. .
I kinda know how you feel, I have a lower lumber disc problem constant pain, and recently I've knocked my kneecap out of place, so I had to have an X-ray done 2 weeks ago, but I got my results the same day. Now it looks like I have to have an MRI, because apparently the X-rays only show the skeletal area, and not the soft tissue, so I'm waiting for that now !