@rivermaya34 Hi Thank you for your quick reply! By reading your medical journey that makes me feel sad. You are a young lady and have been suffered so much. Also, I can tell you are a such a strong person and fight every day not only to survive but wanting to have a good quality life. I am 69 years old and I was a RN worked in Labor & deliver Dept for many years. Because the job related injury I had Microdiscectomy. Unfortunately, My nerve was injured during the surgery. I became disabled in 2003 .In the next 5 years I can not sit for 5min. So the Lumber L4-L5 Anterior and posterior fusion followed. My Orthopedia surgeon did very good job. That was why when I had neck stenosis I consult him. He did a good job too. But no one anticipate that surgery will trigger the original injury 10 year ago (the epidural injection ) lead to CRPS. My 5th finger pain is excruciating. I use Heat Pro all the time and plus the heating pad. The narcotic help me a lot but No one can explain to me why I can not sleep at night. The pain woke me up every 2 hours despite the painkiller. No wonder the CRPS has a nickname " Burning night"
In 2024 before my birthday I had a CT scan to check my heart because I had a few times Angina. The cardiologist called me saying your heart was OK but we found that your breast had a mass. I went for U/S + biopsy right away. I have ER+ Her2- Breast cancer. That was my 68 Birthday gift. I was in shock!! I had mastectomy without reconstruction. No Chemo needed. But I have to take Letrozole 2.5mg for 5 year. I started in Aug.1st 2025. I was so depressed and on antidepressant meds. too. I feel totally lost for the first time in my life. How can I say,I tell you because we are on the same boat and we understand each other how painful it is to have such disorders. We have to be strong. Shall we fight together my friend!