When Jon Forbes lost his ability to walk, he had to make serious changes but went on with his life. Forbes suffered a spinal cord injury 14 years ago. It forced him use a wheelchair to move around. But Forbes says it was not his paralysis but something else that nearly broke his will to live. It was electric shocks of pain in areas of his body that were paralyzed. It was horrible. Excruciating. And it never stopped. You wake up, it's there. All day, it's there. You go to bed, it's there. His spinal cord injury is midway down his chest. So, Forbes can use his arms and hands. Yet he is unable to move his hips or legs. Forbes does feel sharp pain like electric shocks below his spinal injury. He needed to stop the pain, but nothing seemed to work. The World Health Organization reports that about 25 million people worldwide live with a spinal cord injury. The injuries are well-known for causing paralysis. Another common side-effect is neuropathic pain, a sensation Forbes describes. Neuropathic pain creates feelings of electric shocks in parts of the body that no longer experience normal sensations. In about 10 percent of cases, this feeling can be so severe and relentless, victims consider suicide. Jon Forbes did. I had tried pretty much every kind of drug, tried exercise, tried you name it. Anything and everything to try and get this pain to stop. And it wouldn’t. And I was working at an investment bank and decided this was it. Quit my job, and decided, this was going to be the end. I just couldn't take it. But then, he learned about a doctor in Colorado who uses spinal operations to stop "suicidal pain." Scott Falci is the chief neurosurgical adviser at Craig Hospital in the city of Denver. Craig Hospital specializes in helping spinal cord injury patients. Falci has helped hundreds of paralyzed patients who suffer from severe neuropathic pain.