RE: Just wanted to introduce myself

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Jazmine

Welcome to the group! I too am very new. Just joined yesterday

actually. I have found this group to already be a great help to me.

People here understand what you are going through. Chronic pain is a

hard thing to deal with> I find that a lot of people don’t understand

just as you mentioned because they can’t see an obvious injury. Mine

stemmed from a cat bite I received at work (I’m a vet tech) and people

always say “this is from a cat?? How can that be?” It’s like they

don’t believe me. I just recently saw a doctor that said to me “don’t

ever let anyone make you think you are imagining things or that you are

crazy. This is very real pain” I appreciated hearing that from him

because I do feel that people don’t believe me at times.

Hang in there. Unfortunately depression seems to go hand in hand with

chronic pain. I suffer from that as well and recently it’s been

horrible for me emotionally. Again we are here for you so anytime you

want to cry, vent, scream, talk, laugh, etc. just come here and do it!

Just wanted to introduce myself

Hello everyone,

My name is Jazmine. I too am a chronic pain sufferer. I joined this

group a few days ago, but sitting for to long causes severe siatic

pain down my right leg, so I waited to do my introduction. Anyways, I

have problems in all 3 areas of my spine, cervical, thorasic and

lumbar. I had a c-spine fusion in 2000 that helped tremendously in

that region. But my thorasic and lumbar still cause me problems. My

lumbar is the worst problem. I have DDD, soliosis, 2 herniated disks

which are impinging on my nerve roots causing pain down my legs,

severe osteo-arthritis, and other things I don't understand from my

last MRI.. LOL

All I do know for sure is that I hurt everyday, and since I

appear " normal " no one can understand why I complain about pain. I

guess if you can't see something like a missing leg or a cast, you

can't tell if there is a problem. Maybe we, (with chronic pain)

should wear signs or t-shirts that say, " Hey, be nice to me today, I

suffer from chronic pain " . I recently seen a neurosurgeon, and he

said I am not a canidate for surgery because this has been going on

to long so the nerve damage is permanate. I havebeen dealing with

this pain for 11 years and sometimes I get so depressed I just don't

want to go one. People I see mentions meds they are on, well here

goes my list, morphine 45 mg per day, lortabs for break through pain,

methocarbam for muscle spasums, neurontin 1800per day for nerve pain,

wellbutrin and cymbalta for depression, I think thats it. The neuro

did refer me to another doctor who does implants of some device. I am

not familar with these nerve devices that the implant into your body.

If anyone out here knows anything about them good or bad please speak

up, I really need to get some info about this before I even concider

it. Like with my c-spine surgery, I want to be informed. I knew more

about my conditions in my neck than my doc's did....LOL but its my

body and I make the desicions so I need to be informed, and who

better than by someone who has knowledge of the subject. Well, sorry

I rambled so long. I am all alone in the house right now and pretty

lonely. I wish this group had achat roonm, I would so be in there

talking right now, crying too maybe, but I wouldn't be alone.

Bye for now, hope to hear from anyone, I will check back very soon,

Jazmine