Guest guest Posted January 1, 2003 Report Share Posted January 1, 2003 HMMMMMMMM I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD BE ENTERING A SUPPORT GROUP FOR SUPPORT. BUT I HAVE MULTIPLE PROBLEMMS WITH MY LOW BACK AND FIND IT HARD TO TRUST ANYONE WITH THE INNER MOST PAIN THAT I'M FEELING .I AM NEW HERE BUT I FEEL COMFORTABLE WATCHING ALL YOU PEOPLE WITH SO MANY PROBLEMS THAT I FELL THAT THIS IS MY SAFE HAVEN TO TALK TO YOU PEOPLE AND YOU WILL LISTEN.I GOT INTO ALOT OF CAR CRASHES IN MY YOUNGER DAYS CAR CRASHES THAT SHOULD HAVE PRONOUNCED ME DEAD ON ARRIVAL I WALKED AWAY FROM IT ALL BUT NOT KNOWING I WAS WALKING AWAY FROM SOMETHING THAT WOULD CHANGE MY LIFE .A FRACTURED DISC IN MY LUMBAR 4 .WHEN YOU ARE YOUNG YOU DON'T REALLY THINK.I THEN GOT INJURED 9 YEARS AGO ON THE JOB AND ALL MY PAST CAME FLYING AT ME YOU COULD CALL IT OLD GHOSTS COMING BACK TO HAUNT ME .THEY FOUND THE FRACTURED DISC ALRIGHT BUT IN ALSO INCLUDED LUMBAR 6 AS BULDGING DISC CAN YOU BELIEVE I WENT TO THE CHIROPRACTOR AND WENT THROUGH ALL THAT PAIN FOR 2 1/2 YEARS WITHOUT MADICATIONS NO ONE I CAN SAY NO ONE WOULD HAVE TORMENTED THAT PAIN THE WAY I DID.PARALIZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN THEY HAD A SPECIAL BED FOR ME THAT RAISED UP AND WHEN THEY LOWERE THE BED DOWN I SCREAMED BLOODY MURDER!!BUT I BATTLED THAT PROBLEM FOR 2 1/2 YEARS I WENT THROUGH CHIROPRATORS MANIPULATIONS I WENT TO PHYSICAL THERAPY IT WORKED OUT THEY STATED I COULD GO BACK TO MY NORMAL LIVING I WOULD BE ALRIGHT TBUT THE WQHOLE ORDEAL WAS THAT THEY ONLY HID THE PROBLEM TO SAVE THE INSURANCE COMPANY MONEY .HERE IAM WALKING AROUND CARRYING A PROBLEM THAT WILL HAUNT MY LIFE FOREVER.THE HAUNTING DOES NOT STOP THERE THOUGH I RECENTLY GOT HURT ON THE JOB IN OCTOBER 2002 I PROMISE MY WHOLE LIFE FLASHED RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME AS I WAS PARALIZED AGAIN BUT EVEN WORST THIS TIME .YET WHAT I HAVE LEARNED IN PHYSICAL THERAPY GOT ME THROUGH THIS ORDEAL TO WHERE I CAN WALK NOW BUT ONLY WITH MORE EXCRUCIATING PAIN THEN BEFOR NO DOCTORS WANT TO TOUCH MY BACK GUESS WHAT THE RESULTS WAS .MY ON THE JOB CREATED AGGRAVATION OF AN OLD INJURY IN LUMBAR 4 AND 5 AND CREATED 2 NEW ONES IN LUMBAR 3 AND 3 .NOW I ASK YOU PEOPLE WHAT DO I DO NOW THE CHILLS AND SHARP SHOOTING PAINS ALONG WITH NUMBNESS IN MY TOES ON BOTH FEET ALONG WITH THE STRANGE FORIGN FEELINGS I FEEL LIKE TINGLING SENSATIONS IN MY KNEESS ETC.I AM CURSED WITH THIS PROBLEM AND IT'S NOT MY FAULT.THEY STATE THAT LUMBAR 2-3 BULGING COMPRESSING NERVES ALONG WITH 2 AND THREE DOING THE SAME THING IF YOU ASK ME YOU CANNOT PUT A PRICE ON BODY PARTS I DON'T CARE WHICH PART IT IS.I AM LEFT WITH INSURANCE COMPANY FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH MEDICAL HELP BUT FINANCIALLY I WILL BE HOMELESS FOR WHEN I STAND MORE THEN 4 1/2 HOURS FROM MY WAIST DOWN I GO COMPLETELY NUMB STRANGE TO FEEL YOU WALK OUT FROM WORK NOT FEELING THE GROUND YET WALKING HELPS CIRCULATE THE BLOOD FLOW TO MAKE IT GO AWAY AFTER 20 MINUTES .WEAK KNEES IS ALL I HAVE LEFT HOW MUCH CAN A BODY TAKE?QUESTIONS NO ONE CAN ANSWER BUT TIME.IS SURGERY MY ANSWER?I DON'T KNOW .WHAT WOULD YOU DO IN MY SITUATION I NEED SOME KINGD OF FEEDBACK YOU ARE ALL I GOT HERE NOW THAT WILL LISTEN.I SURVIVE ON A 89.00 PAY CHECK AND WILL BE HOMELESS SOON IF MY COURT CASE DOES NOT HURRY UP AND GET HERE .THANKS FOR READING Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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