@loriesco Oh no, 10 years? I just had an XLIF (disc replacement / fusion) surgery on last month. I've heard nerves can take months to years to repair but hadn't heard up to 10 years. Thank you for letting me know about iron and B12. I just went to a health store and picked up "Healthy Feet and Nerves" from Terry Naturally (the ingredients include B12 but shucks, not iron). How much iron do you take? I also picked up magnesium flakes to soak my feet (I was told it's similar to but sronger than epsom). It's amazing that you're still finding new success at year 6, that's great and I'm happy for you. I haven't noticed success yet; I'm on week 5, but am hopeful. Thank you so much for your response and help.
@loriesco Hi. Regarding your lumbar nerves, did you have numbness? And if so, where? Also, did your nerves eventually grow back? And if so, how long did it take?
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Although I do still have some discomfort, more like a slight burning, it is nothing like I once had. After receiving the news from my spine doctor that I had inoperable degenerative disc disease, I was devastated. Through an organization that I am a member, I attended a lecture by a chiropractor regarding several types of chronic, inoperable conditions. After the lecture, I decided to sign up for a lengthy series of treatments and spent several years under his care. It was a long, expensive series of treatments. At times, I thought I was going backwards and then there was improvement. Dr. Joe brought me out of two years of hell. I still go to him for maintenance. However, since finding a neurological PT, and using a chirp ball along with home exercises, I rarely see Dr. Joe. Still, without his help, I am not sure how much pain I could have tolerated. He literally saved my life!
@loriesco Ok, yes, I will be more patient. Thank you for the information on iron! I also have osteopenia so am taking the Bone Builder pack from AlgaeCal. Wishing for your continued healing!
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Although I do still have some discomfort, more like a slight burning, it is nothing like I once had. After receiving the news from my spine doctor that I had inoperable degenerative disc disease, I was devastated. Through an organization that I am a member, I attended a lecture by a chiropractor regarding several types of chronic, inoperable conditions. After the lecture, I decided to sign up for a lengthy series of treatments and spent several years under his care. It was a long, expensive series of treatments. At times, I thought I was going backwards and then there was improvement. Dr. Joe brought me out of two years of hell. I still go to him for maintenance. However, since finding a neurological PT, and using a chirp ball along with home exercises, I rarely see Dr. Joe. Still, without his help, I am not sure how much pain I could have tolerated. He literally saved my life!
@loriesco Ok, yes, I will be more patient. Thank you for the information on iron! I also have osteopenia so am taking the Bone Builder pack from AlgaeCal. Wishing for your continued healing!
@loriesco everyone on this group session have said that they’re pain is worse like mine. You are the first person on this chat group that said anything positive. You’re a lucky person.
@linda6101 it’s not easy to work as hard as I do on my physical self. But tell me, Linda-what are the options? I believe that life on this planet includes struggle. We all have to struggle just in different ways. I am reconciled to the fact that my life includes struggling with my physical body. I am a realist. We are all going to die one day. I hate to think about it, but with the reality of that fact, I try to figure out the best way to get there! Sometimes I am miserable sometimes I am elated sometimes I don’t think about it at all, and sometimes I am consumed by it. (my pain) I try everything. I educate myself. I take the difficult path of finding better doctors and questioning authority. I experiment with different medications I take timeouts and remember to breathe deep and just take a little walk around the block to clear my head realizing that some people can’t even do that. But they can all breathe. Everyone can breathe and learn how to stay in the moment and not let their pain overwhelm them. I utilize every tool available to me and that includes opioid by prescription. No one has ever removed the pain in my tailbone because they don’t wanna do surgery on the tailbone it didn’t bother me so much 30 years ago but now it’s every day several times a day. I’m still on very low-dose medication, but it is what controls the pain that cannot be removed from my life the best so I can live my life fully. There are other medications. I am on now for gout and for insulin resistance and for familial coronary artery disease. I have found that each of these things have had a bearingon my pain threshold and by solving these other extenuating problems. I also control my pain level better. It seems that other people can’t figure that out. Over 20 years ago I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. I didn’t believe the diagnosis. it has something to do with my nerves, getting excited and dysfunctional communicating throughout my body. It made my pain threshold a lot worse. Once I figure it out that my inflammatory reactions were caused by something else I could control the fibromyalgia better. The doctors don’t really help you when you have overlapping and complicated things. 30 years later I am figuring out that inflammatory reactions which take place in my body cause most of the other havoc I have to be careful what I eat so I don’t get inflammatory reactions. I have to make sure I include exercise, even if I hate it because it keeps the circulation going. And just recently with no help from the doctors I figured out that I need to keep a much higher level of iron and B12 by supplementation (I’ve already been injecting B12 for years by prescription.) I now eat an egg or two every day to get both the iron and the B vitamins and the other nutrition my body does not seem to digest well anymore at 68. That got rid of my neuropathy!!! With no help from my doctors. I don’t know if other people pay as much attention to their body. I read books I do research I go down wrong rabbit holes of causation, but in the end I want to live my life fully for as many years as I have left on this planet, and that is my guiding light. I apologize in advance for the long message. I also apologize for not rereading it and fixing the typos.
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@ccchang Epsom salts is composed of magnesium sulfate. I'd buy whichever is cheaper.
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Although I do still have some discomfort, more like a slight burning, it is nothing like I once had. After receiving the news from my spine doctor that I had inoperable degenerative disc disease, I was devastated. Through an organization that I am a member, I attended a lecture by a chiropractor regarding several types of chronic, inoperable conditions. After the lecture, I decided to sign up for a lengthy series of treatments and spent several years under his care. It was a long, expensive series of treatments. At times, I thought I was going backwards and then there was improvement. Dr. Joe brought me out of two years of hell. I still go to him for maintenance. However, since finding a neurological PT, and using a chirp ball along with home exercises, I rarely see Dr. Joe. Still, without his help, I am not sure how much pain I could have tolerated. He literally saved my life!
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1 Reaction@loriesco Ok, yes, I will be more patient. Thank you for the information on iron! I also have osteopenia so am taking the Bone Builder pack from AlgaeCal. Wishing for your continued healing!
@gilkesl I see, okay. Thank you!
@curlylocks7 Ah yes, I've not yet tried but have heard that chiropractors can be helpful. Thank you.
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1 Reaction@ccchang there is a good group here for the bone meds. I am on the hardcore stuff. LOL Best wishes for your journey!
@ccchang Be sure the chiropractor is a 'functional' chiropractor. It makes a huge difference in how they approach treatment!
@linda6101 it’s not easy to work as hard as I do on my physical self. But tell me, Linda-what are the options? I believe that life on this planet includes struggle. We all have to struggle just in different ways. I am reconciled to the fact that my life includes struggling with my physical body. I am a realist. We are all going to die one day. I hate to think about it, but with the reality of that fact, I try to figure out the best way to get there! Sometimes I am miserable sometimes I am elated sometimes I don’t think about it at all, and sometimes I am consumed by it. (my pain) I try everything. I educate myself. I take the difficult path of finding better doctors and questioning authority. I experiment with different medications I take timeouts and remember to breathe deep and just take a little walk around the block to clear my head realizing that some people can’t even do that. But they can all breathe. Everyone can breathe and learn how to stay in the moment and not let their pain overwhelm them. I utilize every tool available to me and that includes opioid by prescription. No one has ever removed the pain in my tailbone because they don’t wanna do surgery on the tailbone it didn’t bother me so much 30 years ago but now it’s every day several times a day. I’m still on very low-dose medication, but it is what controls the pain that cannot be removed from my life the best so I can live my life fully. There are other medications. I am on now for gout and for insulin resistance and for familial coronary artery disease. I have found that each of these things have had a bearingon my pain threshold and by solving these other extenuating problems. I also control my pain level better. It seems that other people can’t figure that out. Over 20 years ago I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. I didn’t believe the diagnosis. it has something to do with my nerves, getting excited and dysfunctional communicating throughout my body. It made my pain threshold a lot worse. Once I figure it out that my inflammatory reactions were caused by something else I could control the fibromyalgia better. The doctors don’t really help you when you have overlapping and complicated things. 30 years later I am figuring out that inflammatory reactions which take place in my body cause most of the other havoc I have to be careful what I eat so I don’t get inflammatory reactions. I have to make sure I include exercise, even if I hate it because it keeps the circulation going. And just recently with no help from the doctors I figured out that I need to keep a much higher level of iron and B12 by supplementation (I’ve already been injecting B12 for years by prescription.) I now eat an egg or two every day to get both the iron and the B vitamins and the other nutrition my body does not seem to digest well anymore at 68. That got rid of my neuropathy!!! With no help from my doctors. I don’t know if other people pay as much attention to their body. I read books I do research I go down wrong rabbit holes of causation, but in the end I want to live my life fully for as many years as I have left on this planet, and that is my guiding light. I apologize in advance for the long message. I also apologize for not rereading it and fixing the typos.
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1 Reaction@ccchang Osteopaths can also help, especially the ‘’hands-on’’ type..if your area has a medical school for osteopaths, help may be found there..
@nycmusic thank you so much did not think of Osteopaths