What happens when we are younger does have an effect on us later. Nerve pain is by far some of the worst pain a person can suffer from. It comes without rhyme or reason to places on our body that we have never had an issue with. I don't think doctors understand that very well yet, so we Deal with it the best we can.
It took years for the damage to be done, it is not going to be "Fixed" overnight. We struggle and try not to give up, knowing that we will have some good days ahead and make some more good memories.
Suffer the fools not lightly.
Many of the mushrooms I use work to rebuild the nerve sheath and repair the damage, one of the better ones is Lions Mane (Hericium erinaceus) the uses are many and work where modern chemical drugs fail. Ghost Pipe (Monotropa uniflora) is one that is at times hard to explain how it works and until someone has tried it do not understand how you can set pain to the side to see but not be controlled by it. And yes making memories is one of the good things we can do on good days.