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HELLO EVERYBODY AND KK,

I JUST WANTED TO SAY HELLO. I DONT HAVE RA(I DONT THINK) BUT KIM

SAID I SHOULD JOIN YOUR GROUP. SO HERE GOES..

I AM 49, MARRIED, AND AT 47 YRS HAD MY WHOLE LIFE AHEAD OF ME.. I

MEAN I HAD IT ALL. MY HUSBAND AND I HAD OUR OWN SEMI TRUCK, MAKING A

VERY COMFORTABLE LIVING, 175K PLUS, WERE TOGHETHER 24/7, GETTING

PAID TO BE ON VACATION YEAR ROUND, THE WHITE HOUSE, MISSING THE

PICKET FENCE, TWO DOGS TO REPLACE THE CHILDREN I COULD NOT

HAVE...ECT...ECT...

ON MAY 5, 2003 LIFE AS WE KNEW IT HIT THE FAN. WE WERE DELIVERING A

LOAD OF HOUSEHOLD GOOD (MOVING IN A GREAT MILITARY FAMILY) WHEN I

BENT OVER TO UNWRAP A PIECE OF FURNITURE, WHEN SOMETHING IN MY BACK

SNAPPED, INSTANT AND SEVER PAIN.

TO MAKE THIS VERY LONG STORY SHORT, I HAD HERNIATED L4-L5 (DOUBLE

HERNIATION, WHICH MEANS I BLEW OUT BOTH SIDES OF THE SAME DISC). I

WAS SEEN @ OUR GREAT ER HERE(HA!HA!) AND THE DR TOLD ME NOTHING WAS

BROKEN AND TO RETURN TO WORK THE FOLLOWING DAY.

I WENT TO SEE MY FAMILY DR, WHO ACTED AS IF I JUST WANTED SOME TIME-

OFF ON WC. THIS WAS ON A TUESDAY. HE SET UP PT AND HAD ME RETURN

ON FRIDAY, AS HE WAS GOING ON VACATION!! PT WAS CAUSING EVEN MORE

PAIN, AND I JUST HURT ALL THE TIME. ON FRIDAY HE SET UP AN MRI AND

SAID TO COME BACK A WEEK FROM MONDAY, BUT CONTINUE PT!!!

MRI THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY REVEALED THE HERINATED DISC. WAS CALLED

FROM DR'S OFC TO TELL ME TO DO NOTHING, NOT EVEN SNEEZE IF AVOIDABLE

AS I COULD PARALIZE MYSELF AND THEY WERE SETTING UP APPT WITH NEUR

SURGEON. I WAITED TIL SAW MY DR THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, AT WICH TIME

HIS ATTITUDE TOWARDS ME HAD CHANGED. COMPLETE 360...

SAW NEUR SURGEON ON WED, OF THE SAME WEEK, HAD SURGERY ON THURS.

FOR ABOUT 3-4 MOS I WAS DOING GREAT. LIFE WAS GOOD!! THEN MY WORLD

CRASHED AGAIN. I STARTED HAVING SEVERE PAIN SHOOTING DOWN MY LEGS

AND SEVERE PAIN IN MY TAILBONE, ESPECIALLY WHEN HAVING BM. WENT

BACK TO NEUR DR AND HAD SECOND MRI,WICH REVEALED DISC DESICCATION AT

L3-4, L4-5, AND L5-S1, AND LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS. AT THIS TIME HE

SET UP FCA AND SPINAL EPIDURAL STERIOD INJECTION, WHICH WERE DONE

TWICE WITH LITTLE COMFORT.

AFTER THE FCA I SAW THE NEUR SERGEON AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS

NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE, AT WHICH TIME I ASKED FOR A SECOND

OPINION, ALSO TURNED OUT TO BE A JOKE, BUT I WENT TO WICHITA,KS TO

SEE ANOTHER NEUR DR WHO BASICALLY TOLD ME HE COULD OPERATE AGAING,

BUT WAS 50/50 BE PARALIZED AND ONLY 25% DO ANYTHING FOR MY PAIN, AND

OH YEAH, 2YR RECOVERY TIME AND MUST QUIT SMOKING FIRST. NOT VERY

GOOD ODDS.

IN FEB 04 I WAS RELEASED BY NUER SERGEON, TOLD I WAS TOTALLY

DISABLED, AND GO HOME AND LEARN TO LIVE WITH THIS PAIN. I AM

CURRENTLY TAKING SOMA 350MG(3X DAILY), 1 OR 2 LORTAB 10/500MG. I

TRIED NEURONTIN, BUT SIDE EFFECTS WERE TERRIBLE.

I AM IN SEVERE PAIN ALL THE TIME, I CANNOT SIT OR STAND FOR ANY

LENGTH OF TIME WITHOUT VERY SEVERE PAIN. HOW DOES A PERSON COPE

WITH THIS? ANY AND ALL COMENTS WILL BE GREATLY APRECIATED!!!

OH, AT THIS TIME I HAVE APPLIED FOR SSD, HUSBAND MAKES TOO MUCH

MONEY FOR SSID, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE LOST OUR TRUCK AND HAD TO FILE

BANKRUPTCY!!!

I AM VERY DEPRESSE MOST DAYS. PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!