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Osteoarthritis pain as well as neuropathy in my feet.

Chronic Pain | Last Active: Feb 12 10:01pm | Replies (24)

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@mrmacabre

Thank you for your reply, it's nice to know that there are other people who share the same ailments, aches, and pains that I've been dealing with for over a decade. I'm beginning to think that my doctors don't know what to do with as a whole, and just call me a medical mystery.

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No thanks needed. As for doctors, some are better than others but unless it's something obvious it's a crapshoot. After I had emergency surgery for the spinal infection, cage replacement then sepsis, I had no Idea, at that point,what I was in for. I heal quick, you know. But after the surgury I couldn't bend over without my leg kicking backward. I couldn't get any answers from anyone of them but they were all giving me a lot of pills and I was overwhelmed. None of the doctors communicated with each other. I ended up getting a second opinion. They said I was a very complex case. I had to literally draw pictures for them because I had so many different issues that by the time we would go over all of them, they would forget where we started. Kind of funny. We know the names of some of my issues but for others. I have had every test done that they threw at me at least twice. Expert here and expert there. So many MRIs I lost count. Eventually I had to tell them that I couldn't afford to keep paying for tests that produced no results. Plus if you can't cure it, I don't care what name you call it. But the good thing is that when I find something that might be relative, I send it to him and he will look into it so we can dicuss at my next visit. So don't quit looking. Sorry, I tend to ramble. The way it happened to me, though, overnight. I don't think I accepted it for the first two years. I try to not let it show too much because it is a bummer. I found out who my friends are. Nobody. Oh well, it could always be worse.