NEW MEMBER NECK PAIN

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Good afternoon,

Here is my story....about 2 months ago I woke to unbelievable pain.

The kind where you rush to the toilet to vomit. The pain in my neck

and arm was unbelievable! I went to my back doctor and he said that I

have degenertative disc disease (which most people have when they get

older. I am 32, so not to terribly old). He gave me steroids and pain

meds. One week later the pain was not better but worse. He then sent

me for an MRI. He said he was almost certain I ruptured a disc. As it

turn out not one disc but two. The doc then sent me to physical

therapy. This was going " okay " for the first week

or so...then one afternoon after therapy I was driving home. When I

reached my driveway I lifted my arm to hit the garage door opener and

BAM! It was a shooting, stabbing pain in my neck and arm. It was

terrible!! I can't sleep, I have not been to work in 4 days...and

last night I lost feeling in MY FEET! For around 20 minutes I could

not move my right foot AT ALL! It freaked my husband and myself out

so much we researched which hospital my surgeon had privledges

at...because we were off to the ER. However, being the stubborn

person that I am I fought through it. I have an appointment in the

morning to meet with my surgeon. From our last conversation he said,

we will try therapy and if that does not help then the

injections...and the last resort would be surgery. However, at this

point will the injections even help? I mean if I can't move limbs

something must be wrong? Right? Anyhow, I am FREAKING OUT AND

TERRIFIED! I try and talk myself out of surgery saying. " you can live

with this pain " ..and then the pain meds wear off and I am back to OH

MY LORD HELP ME!

So, do I have an option? Surgery right? I am scared something will go

wrong and I will not be able to use my arms and legs....I realize

there are more sever cases than mine, but I am going out of my mind!

The stress of the pain and thougths of surgery is only causing my

neck to hurt worse! What do I do guys? HELP!?