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I have ALOT PROBLEMS WITH MY LOWER BACK AND LEFT LEG ......BUT WHAT I WANT TO WRITE ABOUT IS THE PROBLEM IM HAVING IN MY NECK .I WAKE ONE MORNING ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO WITH A KINK ON MY LEFT SIDE OF MY NECK AND COULDNT TURN MY HEAD ...THAT HAD HAPPENED TO ME A FEW TIMES BEFORE I JUST THOUGHT OK I SLEPT WRONG AND IN A COUPLE OF DAYS ID BE OK....AND I WAS ...EXCEPT FOR THIS LAST TIME ....TWO DAYS AFTER I THOUGHT IT WAS A KINK IN MY NECK ....MY WHOLE ARM STARTED HURTING FROM MY SHOULDER MY SHOULDER BLADE MY BICEP FOREARM ALL THE WAY TO MY FINGERS.....I HAVENT RECIEVED TREATMENT FROM A ORTHO DR BUT MY PRIMARY DR GAVE ME PAIN MEDICATION WHICH DOES NOTHING FOR THE PAIN THAT IS WHY IM AWAKE AT 4AM PAINS WAKES ME OUT OF MY SLEEP .....IM SORRY ..BACK TO WHAT IS REALLY WORRYING ME IS THAT IF NOTHING ELSE WORKS BECAUSE MY DR IS PRETTY SURE ITS A PINCHED NERVE SO IM IN THE PROCESS OF SEEING AN PLORTHOPEDIC DR....LAST THING I WANT IS ANY SURGERIES .....IM REALLY SCARED AND ALSO IN ALOT OF PAIN GOING BACK TO SEE MY DR PAIN PILLS I WAS PRESCIBED ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING FOR MY PAIN....IT SUCKS SO MUCH HAVING CHRONIC PAIN ....IT LIMITS YOUR LIFE IN SO MANY WAYS .....THE WAY I FEEL NOW I DIDNT EXPECT TO FEEL ALL THIS PAIN TIL WAY AFTER MY 80S...
I WANT TO SAY I KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING THRU ..MY LIFE HAS CHANGED COMPLETELY.....
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@Isabeir. Have you seen a chiropractor?
@isabelr
Good Morning,
Your story sounds very similar to mine.
I also had BAD pain in both my legs but worse in my left.
I also had BAD pain that turned out to be coming from my neck AND back.
With me, I was being woken up with violent headaches every day.
I tried shots and radio frequency ablation (burning nerves).
These things did not help at all.
After getting shots for over 5 years in my lower back, those stopped working, too.
I decided to go see a neuro-surgeon.
I did not want an ortho-surgeon to work on my spine and close to my brain.
The surgeon said the neck (cervical spine) was worse and we should take care of that, too.
At the end of February, I had C4/5 replaced with an artificial disc.
The headaches went away, but the pain in my shoulder and arm.
One week ago today, I had surgery on my lumbar spine (L3/4).
I think the pain I had prior to the surgery is almost gone, but I have new pain due to the surgery
This kind of surgery impacts the nerves and all can be temporary.
However, the pain in my arm is doing better.
This surprises me. But I'll take it.
I have to admit that the first surgery on my cervical spine healed much better and did not give me the kind of pain this surgery is giving me.
I don't like surgery, no one does, but if it clears up the acute pain, I'll live with the surgical pain.
Good luck!
Hope y ou have a pain free day!
Ronnie (GRANDMAr)
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