Guest guest Posted December 9, 2007 Report Share Posted December 9, 2007 With what lumbar spondylosis is does this mean I'm going to get worse? Does this mean I'll just keep degenerating and being in more pain? How fast will all this occur? Because, I don't know if I can handle more pain which will only bring more depression. I know that I have four discs so far that are affected and I also have a lot of weakness on my right side mainly. How do I respond, react, or handle any of this. Except to accept my lot in life and bawl my eyes out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2007 Report Share Posted December 9, 2007 Oh Sweetie, No it doesn't necessarily mean any of those things. A Rhuematologist can give you a script for medication that helps rebuild cartiledge and exercizes that strengthen the muscles on either side of your spine. It doesn't sound like the pain could get any worse. Just try to deal with the pain you're already in and try not to worry about the future right now. Taking it day by day is the only way any of us can go right now. Keep writing into this site and we will support you in anything you are going through. A good crying jag can do you a lot of good and get everything out, but then it will start to make you worse. All that tension and stress will start to make you hurt more - and mess up your sinuses. I've definitely been depressed over the pain and brain fog of fibromyalgia, and other things that I have, so I can empathize with you. 12 years ago I had two discs fused in my neck, c1 and c2 and have done fine with it. They had deteriorated and were pressing against nerves and were very painful. I hope you have someone or someones who can give you the gentle hugs you need. You will get through this and it will get better. And you have friends here who will listen. Take care, Marti lyriczada wrote: With what lumbar spondylosis is does this mean I'm going to get worse? Does this mean I'll just keep degenerating and being in more pain? How fast will all this occur? Because, I don't know if I can handle more pain which will only bring more depression. I know that I have four discs so far that are affected and I also have a lot of weakness on my right side mainly. How do I respond, react, or handle any of this. Except to accept my lot in life and bawl my eyes out. --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2007 Report Share Posted December 9, 2007 In a message dated 12/9/2007 6:01:45 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, lisaannbogue@... writes: lumbar spondylosis This is what I found on it...go to this website... _http://www.myelectronicmd.com/get_reference.php?Id=1263_ (http://www.myelectronicmd.com/get_reference.php?Id=1263) Love and gentle hugs, Debi/So. Cal.-54 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Be a good e-mail buddy, and ALWAYS protect your friends from email address harvesters which can lead to more Spam, unwanted mail, and even viruses. Copy and paste into a new email and place parenthesis around the addresses. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2007 Report Share Posted December 9, 2007 I certainly hope there is something that can be done. A surgery? My heart is with you. I read a little about spondylosis.... what I basically understand is that it is deterioration of the areas between the bones of the spine which can cause the nerves and possibly the spinal chord to become compressed between the bones. This obviously causes great amounts of pain in some instances. It was also described as " spinal arthritis " in one article I looked at. love, Debra V. lyriczada wrote: With what lumbar spondylosis is does this mean I'm going to get worse? Does this mean I'll just keep degenerating and being in more pain? How fast will all this occur? Because, I don't know if I can handle more pain which will only bring more depression. I know that I have four discs so far that are affected and I also have a lot of weakness on my right side mainly. How do I respond, react, or handle any of this. Except to accept my lot in life and bawl my eyes out. --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2007 Report Share Posted December 9, 2007 In a message dated 12/10/2007 3:37:46 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, raburtongdyr@... writes: Anyone ever feel like giving up! I do every day, but my 4 grandkids (the ones that I live with) give me reason not to give up and to keep fighting. Love and gentle hugs, Debi/So. Cal.-54 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Be a good e-mail buddy, and ALWAYS protect your friends from email address harvesters which can lead to more Spam, unwanted mail, and even viruses. Copy and paste into a new email and place parenthesis around the addresses. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 10, 2007 Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 Anyone ever feel like giving up! Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Re: When do I stop crying In a message dated 12/9/2007 6:01:45 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, lisaannbogue@ <mailto:lisaannbogue%40verizon.net> verizon.net writes: lumbar spondylosis This is what I found on it...go to this website... _http://www.myelectr <http://www.myelectronicmd.com/get_reference.php?Id=1263_> onicmd.com/get_reference.php?Id=1263_ (http://www.myelectr <http://www.myelectronicmd.com/get_reference.php?Id=1263> onicmd.com/get_reference.php?Id=1263) Love and gentle hugs, Debi/So. Cal.-54 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Be a good e-mail buddy, and ALWAYS protect your friends from email address harvesters which can lead to more Spam, unwanted mail, and even viruses. Copy and paste into a new email and place parenthesis around the addresses. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money. <http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001> aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 10, 2007 Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 Hi DebiA, Yes, I go through spells all the time, particularly during a flare, when I feel like giving up. It's so hard when I'm in terrible pain and no one seems to care. I can work myself into a downward spiral fast. But then I start remembering the things that are good in my life, even though I am being bombarded with money problems and other things along with being sick. I have my grandchildren who are a delight. They would miss me. When I was in a bad Sarcoidosis flare and in the hospital, my daughter and son gave me a list of reasons I couldn't die. Mostly they needed me to do things for them (they are grown), but then it was supposed to be funny but true. My daughter included that she didn't want her in-laws to be the only grandparent influence on the kids while they were growing up. Anyway it brought a smile to my face. I try to hang on to the word " hope " because as long as there's hope then the possibility of change is still there. I told my kids, among other things, when they were growing up that the only thing they could depend on was change - and it's true, things will change. I also told them that they could do anything they wanted to in life. Now both their lives are so crowded with things they are doing, that my son said " when you told us we could do anything, I wish you had added, not all a one time! " Just a funny for your day. Take care of yourself, I know it's hard, Marti raburtongdyr@... wrote: Anyone ever feel like giving up! Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Re: When do I stop crying In a message dated 12/9/2007 6:01:45 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, lisaannbogue@ verizon.net writes: lumbar spondylosis This is what I found on it...go to this website... _http://www.myelectr onicmd.com/get_reference.php?Id=1263_ (http://www.myelectr onicmd.com/get_reference.php?Id=1263) Love and gentle hugs, Debi/So. Cal.-54 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Be a good e-mail buddy, and ALWAYS protect your friends from email address harvesters which can lead to more Spam, unwanted mail, and even viruses. Copy and paste into a new email and place parenthesis around the addresses. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money. aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 Ann, you definitely are not in this fight alone and you can always say exactly what you are feeling here...we will understand better than anyone who doesn't have it and this is the best place to look for empathy. Email me anytime you want to or IM me...DebiAC012553. Love and gentle hugs, Debi/So. Cal.-54 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Be a good e-mail buddy, and ALWAYS protect your friends from email address harvesters which can lead to more Spam, unwanted mail, and even viruses. Copy and paste into a new email and place parenthesis around the addresses. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 I'm sorry you are in so much pain. It is a difficult adjustment to make getting the FM diagnosis and then having the back problems along with it. I've been diagnosed with FM for almost 10 years now. Back problems have gotten very bad over the past year. I spent almost a year and a half in bed being very depressed and reading books to distract myself from how miserable I was. So when I finally started to come out of the depression, my back wasn't able to handle certain things anymore. I have 3 disc that are effected.(lol! did I use the right word?) Sorry, we were having a discussion on effect and affect. Anyhow, an orthopedic surgeon said a spinal fusion would probably not work for me because I will just transfer the weak muscles to another area and still have pain. I had some PT on the back which helped some. I'm supposed to do exercises to build up the core strength so my muscles aren't so weak and causing the back to spasm so easily. My quality of life has definitely decreased. I cannot sit and relax in a chair. I have to sit forward and keep my back straight or the spasms will be awful when I try to get up. It's tiring to have to sit straight up all the time. So I still have to get into the bed during the day to rest. You sound like you're about at the end of your rope. Wish I had a name to address you, even if it's not your " real " name. Are you getting any counseling, being treated for depression? These are very crucial parts of surviving FM as well as the other diseases and such that we deal with. I hope at least you realize you're not alone here. We know what you're going through. Take care. Jeanne in WI > With what lumbar spondylosis is does this mean I'm going to get worse? > Does this mean I'll just keep degenerating and being in more pain? How > fast will all this occur? Because, I don't know if I can handle more pain > which will only bring more depression. I know that I have four discs so > far that are affected and I also have a lot of weakness on my right side > mainly. How do I respond, react, or handle any of this. > Except to accept my lot in life and bawl my eyes out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 I am at the end of my rope. It's like always walking on egg shells. My email address is lisaannbogue@... and my real name is Ann. Thank you for responding it's always a comfort to know that I'm not in this fight alone. I'm married and have a wonderful husband but when it comes to this illness he's clueless. Sincerely Ann Date: 2007/12/11 Tue AM 09:48:55 CST To: Fibromyalgia_Support_Group Subject: Re: When do I stop crying I'm sorry you are in so much pain. It is a difficult adjustment to make getting the FM diagnosis and then having the back problems along with it. I've been diagnosed with FM for almost 10 years now. Back problems have gotten very bad over the past year. I spent almost a year and a half in bed being very depressed and reading books to distract myself from how miserable I was. So when I finally started to come out of the depression, my back wasn't able to handle certain things anymore. I have 3 disc that are effected.(lol! did I use the right word?) Sorry, we were having a discussion on effect and affect. Anyhow, an orthopedic surgeon said a spinal fusion would probably not work for me because I will just transfer the weak muscles to another area and still have pain. I had some PT on the back which helped some. I'm supposed to do exercises to build up the core strength so my muscles aren't so weak and causing the back to spasm so easily. My quality of life has definitely decreased. I cannot sit and relax in a chair. I have to sit forward and keep my back straight or the spasms will be awful when I try to get up. It's tiring to have to sit straight up all the time. So I still have to get into the bed during the day to rest. You sound like you're about at the end of your rope. Wish I had a name to address you, even if it's not your " real " name. Are you getting any counseling, being treated for depression? These are very crucial parts of surviving FM as well as the other diseases and such that we deal with. I hope at least you realize you're not alone here. We know what you're going through. Take care. Jeanne in WI > With what lumbar spondylosis is does this mean I'm going to get worse? > Does this mean I'll just keep degenerating and being in more pain? How > fast will all this occur? Because, I don't know if I can handle more pain > which will only bring more depression. I know that I have four discs so > far that are affected and I also have a lot of weakness on my right side > mainly. How do I respond, react, or handle any of this. > Except to accept my lot in life and bawl my eyes out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Thank you for sharing your name, Ann. That's the main purpose for this group, to help you realize that you aren't the only one dealing with this monster. When you have time, look through the files and link on the website for information to share with your husband. Educating him and yourself will help you both adjust. Just remember that you will have good days ahead. The future is not all " black clouds. " You may email me privately anytime. Jeanne in WI djgraves9497@... >I am at the end of my rope. It's like always walking on egg shells. My >email address is lisaannbogue@... and my real name is Ann. >Thank you for responding it's always a comfort to know that I'm not in this >fight alone. I'm married and have a wonderful husband but when it comes to >this illness he's clueless. > Sincerely > Ann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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