this is a first for me, and I must say, I
am very saddened by the number of us that
have the same pain and seem to be stuck
with it.
Maybe there is someone out there with some
advise for me.
I am a 49 tear old woman that has back
pain for just about my whole life,
beginning at the age of seven with a
sadistic ballet teacher.
In adulthood I started with traditional
medicine but quickly turned to
chiropractic care, which I have continued
for the last 15years. I have never been
pain free, but did get enough relief to
function (carefully) except for the
inevitable one or two times a year I would
have to take medical leave
from work.
Now it's much worse. I can no longer sit
with my head down (writing this is
painful) sitting to standing is the worst,
I cant stand in one place very long, in
fact I cant hold any position for any
length of time. (sorry this is getting
long)
i have been off of work 4 months this year
trying to go back for three and ending up
worse.
I finally insisted on an mri and a visit
to an orthopedic surgeon.
My problem is I still don't understand
whats wrong! I have been diagnosed with
ddd,idd (whats the difference?),
arthritis, spurring, narrow disc space,
desiccated discs, motic changes, reversal
of the curve in my neck, various degrees
of disc bulging in 6 different areas!!!
All I need to understand is why I am in so
much pain!!! Surgery was considered to
fuse l3-4, l4-5 and l5-s1.
We are trying therapy first, where it was
discovered I also have a short leg, and
tilted si and hip. Yet, I don't feel any
of them understand the degree of pain I am
in.
Is it that none of these things on there
own is debilitating but the combination of
all. Do I really want to let someone
alter the base of a crumbling tower?
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Sorry For Your Pain Posted: 07-07-04 15:34pm
Hi cz, firstly I must say that I am sorry
for all the pain that you have been living
with. I sustained an injury in 1992,
l3/4, l5/si ... And although I wasn't
surgical candidate at that time, my pain
couldn't be relieved with a couple of
tylenols. I finally had a diskectomy in
august of 2000 after receiving three
epidurals. In april of this year
something happen to where the pain
necessitated that I take tylenol with
codeine -- averaing 5 pills a week.
Well in mid june I started a different
therapeutic method after doing my due
diligence and I have as of this date, only
taken 1.5 pills since june 18th.
Incredible ... I can only talk about my
personal experience. Pls feel free to
contact me. Good luck and remember that
information is good, so keep asking the
questions of your providers and others.
Otilia, rn, ms
