Guest guest Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 >Hi everyone, > >My name is Steve and I suffer from Degenerative Disc and Joint >Disease. Hello Steve Welcome to the group. I hope the pain specialist is helpful. You might want to take a list of your history, medications both that you are taking now and have taken in the past including if those medications did or didn't help you. Also be sure to take a list of your questions. The evaluation from a pain specialist can take a long time. My evaluation took several hours because the nurse practioner was very thorough. I had to laugh about your comment about having a nurse for a wife. My husband and I am both retired from nursing. It makes life interesting. haha Kaylene Co-moderator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 hi w/c newbies// well got results of mri last week.. l4l5 more buldged due to step child pushing me 5 weeks ago.... im on a list to see ortho doc in calgary asap....also spinal stenosis progressing along with ,degenerative disc disease,tear from 3 years ago never healed also the l3l2l. still but not quite pushing on sciatica nerve... the mri doc cannot say either it is ot not.. i was also told by my family doc the reason why no back suregens want to do surgery is alos because of the bone chip rtie hip,, with osteo. gee im just so upset, hurt.. why do i hav to liv this way? hubby sayd im moody well no shit loo kat my injuries..doc said cause of moraphine.. i dunno just been in tears the past few days and no it is not pms... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 WOW , you sound like you are putting everything on one plate. How long have you been having trouble? I had a diskogram Tuesday. talk about pain. I'm so glad they drugged me up to the point i don't remember what they did to me . But at least they found out my lowest disk has degenerated so badly it has a tear in the back and the side. Dr. said when he injected the dye into the disk it just came out the other side. That's when i jumped off the table. He got the right disk all right. Ya know i had a ctmylo in Feb. and they didn't see anything then. It really makes me wonder if the radiologists know what to look for.. Hey does anybody know about what is the requirements are for a disk replacement? My disk is degenerated and they just found two tears in it. your not alone, I take methadose and hydrocodone with 5 other meds and talk about mood swings. I had to retire from my job and am home alone a lot. Its just me and my pain. The pain is always there. I think why me but it wasn't until recently my wife really started to understand what's going on. She goes with me to Dr visits and such. It really helps she can read me when i m hurting or just plain out of it cause of the meds. Does you hubby understand and support you? Its late gotta go. Chris brenda s wrote: hi w/c newbies// well got results of mri last week.. l4l5 more buldged due to step child pushing me 5 weeks ago.... im on a list to see ortho doc in calgary asap....also spinal stenosis progressing along with ,degenerative disc disease,tear from 3 years ago never healed also the l3l2l. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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