Guest guest Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Hi , I do understand so much how you are feeling. I've been up and I've been down about this situation. Some days it's really hard to get out of that funk, seeing the things that you cannot do and not seeing some of the blessings that are right in front of my face. It's weird, you mention faith, mine too has grown thru this. It seems that whenever I am feeling at my worst and start to feel sorry for myself and depressed at my situation - where ever I am - I see someone so much worse off than I am, that helps to put things into perspective. Examples in the last few weeks: a woman at the convenience store in a wheel chair with some very extreem looking problems, a man in a wheelchair trying to get down the street in the rain all by himself and no legs, a little girl maybe 1+ years old with braces on her legs and a tiny little walker, she also seemed to have some sort of neurological problems too. When I see these things, and realize that if my disc went 1 more mm into my spinal cord that I would be a quadrapalegic, I thank God for looking out for me - even thru the pain. It's taken me some time to get this attitude, to open my eyes to the good, not just the bad, and to see what's around me and find the silver linings in the cloud of my life. Like you said, you get to be there for your kids and give them mommy time even if it is at home or for short outings...they have YOU! And none of us are promised a tomorrow so there's no sense in living there today. My list of problems is long but I'll try to make it short... Neck: Herniations C3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 6/7 Disc Fusion at C5/6, but that made the 4/5 and the 6/7 worse and they want to fuse those too...Not Today!!! No Thanks!!! Also at L5/S1 : Herniated, dessicated and degenerative disc disease Daily sciatic problems (legs and feet are feeling better thanks to the Lyrica), cronic lower back and neck pain, cronic headaches and migraines, pain in shoulders and around, arm pains, hand and feet numbness, drop tons of things! Spinal Stenosis from C3-7, loss of natural curve in neck, bone spurs and arthritis. I think that covers it briefly. I have had the disc fusion surgery, many injections - I've lost count, many epidurals - also lost count, and many RF treatments, that's radio frequency where they use the heat of the RF to cauterize the nerves coming out of the spinal canal. None of these treatments are permanent, usually they last 6 mo to a year. I have also tried accupuncture, accupressure and chinease herbal medicine. This all began in May of 1999 - car accident, so this is 8 years for me now. Oh ya, I've done tons of physical therapy too, land based and hydrotherapy which was great and I was improving but my insurance ran out on that. I haven't found a lot of relief from most of these treatments the best was the RF for me and I've had more of those than I can remember. This is all for pain treatment. So, what about you? What have you done treatment wise? How long has this been going on for you? What is your diagnosis? What do you do for relief? Oh ya, I also have an inversion table and massage chair which I love! Kids: a rottweiller, german shep. and 2 cats. Taking care of them is like a job in itself for me. It's hard to do soo many things and when I do the things I can do I usually really pay for it! I hope this helps to get to know me...now tell me about you. You can feel free to email me anytime if you'd like to talk, I'm usually home and it's always a good distraction. I leave for Chicago on Friday of next week, so I wont be on the computer for a week after that. Hope you're having a great night tonight! Hugs, Debbie > Thanks for the reply. You are so right about taking it one day at a > time. Sometimes I worry so much about tomorrow, next week or 15 years > from now that I miss out on today. I know all the things I should be > doing, telling myself and focusing on; it's just hard to do them > somedays. There have been a few positives out of this life change for > me too; like spending more time at home with my kids. My faith has also > grown immensly. That's what I need to focus on. What kind of procedures > have you had done? I've done them all too. I've spent the last 20 > months having some invasive thing done to me and now I'm almost out of > options and hope that any of these procedures are going to help. I > think I'm going to take a break from the procedures and try more non- > invasive things. Take care of yourself and your family is in my > thoughts, > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Hi , I do understand so much how you are feeling. I've been up and I've been down about this situation. Some days it's really hard to get out of that funk, seeing the things that you cannot do and not seeing some of the blessings that are right in front of my face. It's weird, you mention faith, mine too has grown thru this. It seems that whenever I am feeling at my worst and start to feel sorry for myself and depressed at my situation - where ever I am - I see someone so much worse off than I am, that helps to put things into perspective. Examples in the last few weeks: a woman at the convenience store in a wheel chair with some very extreem looking problems, a man in a wheelchair trying to get down the street in the rain all by himself and no legs, a little girl maybe 1+ years old with braces on her legs and a tiny little walker, she also seemed to have some sort of neurological problems too. When I see these things, and realize that if my disc went 1 more mm into my spinal cord that I would be a quadrapalegic, I thank God for looking out for me - even thru the pain. It's taken me some time to get this attitude, to open my eyes to the good, not just the bad, and to see what's around me and find the silver linings in the cloud of my life. Like you said, you get to be there for your kids and give them mommy time even if it is at home or for short outings...they have YOU! And none of us are promised a tomorrow so there's no sense in living there today. My list of problems is long but I'll try to make it short... Neck: Herniations C3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 6/7 Disc Fusion at C5/6, but that made the 4/5 and the 6/7 worse and they want to fuse those too...Not Today!!! No Thanks!!! Also at L5/S1 : Herniated, dessicated and degenerative disc disease Daily sciatic problems (legs and feet are feeling better thanks to the Lyrica), cronic lower back and neck pain, cronic headaches and migraines, pain in shoulders and around, arm pains, hand and feet numbness, drop tons of things! Spinal Stenosis from C3-7, loss of natural curve in neck, bone spurs and arthritis. I think that covers it briefly. I have had the disc fusion surgery, many injections - I've lost count, many epidurals - also lost count, and many RF treatments, that's radio frequency where they use the heat of the RF to cauterize the nerves coming out of the spinal canal. None of these treatments are permanent, usually they last 6 mo to a year. I have also tried accupuncture, accupressure and chinease herbal medicine. This all began in May of 1999 - car accident, so this is 8 years for me now. Oh ya, I've done tons of physical therapy too, land based and hydrotherapy which was great and I was improving but my insurance ran out on that. I haven't found a lot of relief from most of these treatments the best was the RF for me and I've had more of those than I can remember. This is all for pain treatment. So, what about you? What have you done treatment wise? How long has this been going on for you? What is your diagnosis? What do you do for relief? Oh ya, I also have an inversion table and massage chair which I love! Kids: a rottweiller, german shep. and 2 cats. Taking care of them is like a job in itself for me. It's hard to do soo many things and when I do the things I can do I usually really pay for it! I hope this helps to get to know me...now tell me about you. You can feel free to email me anytime if you'd like to talk, I'm usually home and it's always a good distraction. I leave for Chicago on Friday of next week, so I wont be on the computer for a week after that. Hope you're having a great night tonight! Hugs, Debbie > Thanks for the reply. You are so right about taking it one day at a > time. Sometimes I worry so much about tomorrow, next week or 15 years > from now that I miss out on today. I know all the things I should be > doing, telling myself and focusing on; it's just hard to do them > somedays. There have been a few positives out of this life change for > me too; like spending more time at home with my kids. My faith has also > grown immensly. That's what I need to focus on. What kind of procedures > have you had done? I've done them all too. I've spent the last 20 > months having some invasive thing done to me and now I'm almost out of > options and hope that any of these procedures are going to help. I > think I'm going to take a break from the procedures and try more non- > invasive things. Take care of yourself and your family is in my > thoughts, > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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