Happy Friday Friends!
My name is Lisa, from central Missouri…very rural area. When I moved here 17 years ago I was extremely worried that I wouldn’t find the right care for my Osteoarthritis. I’ve had bi-lateral Hip replacement, right side revision done cuz of Surgeon error…no suffering permanent nerve damage & severe nerve pain from him “traumatizing the femoral nerve while trying to dislocate” defective hip parts. He actually told me that! Then, of course, blamed it on my back being the cause of the new hip repeatedly dislocating. I trusted him when he said it’ll eventually get better; 2019 still defective.
By the time I went to take legal action, of course, it was too late. I’ve also had 3 failed back surgeries, tried e-stimulators…couldn’t calibrate it correctly so no use for me. I need both my shoulders done and receive injections every 3mos to help ease that horrific pain. I’m scared to death to get my shoulders done, per the outcomes of previous surgeries.
Luckily 🍀🙏🏻 I found an amazing pain management specialist close (enough) to me to prescribe the right combination of medicine that makes things more tolerable. I am 70% functional but I’m so depressed that it hinders me from being a productive. Pain feeds depression and depression feeds pain…not to mention the anxiety that comes from things you know need to be done but you literally procrastinate or avoid completely. NOW they’ve determined that a lot of my shoulder pain is directed to my neck, which also needs a fusion surgery!
I’m scared for my future. My son and I have an understanding that he is not to let me suffer should I become non-mobile or productive. I don’t want to live in this pain and if I don’t take care of what needs to be done, it’ll all get worse. It’s not a bright sunny future I was hoping for.
God Bless All Sufferers with Peace & Comfort.✌️🙏🏻❤️‍🩹🥺