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I do not want conventional surgery . I have had all the conservative procedures available , maximum amount of steroid injections for several years , spinal cord stemulaters and therapist. I have been carved into three times with some parts being thrown away with very little relief . Feels that we are in the dark ages . Innovation is boasted of and successful innovation of sound and light cures see Neogenetics and Novacure . But we continue to suffer intolerable pain 24/7 like shards of glass under the fingernails might be a viable distraction . Twenty years of back pain " CHRONIC DEBILITATING " I'm useless now and have lost the ability to overcome this pain nothing helps anymore , I'm very much afraid that another surgery in the same area is nothing but another twenty years of pain.
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I really feel for you! I was that way for over 10 years and finally took an early retirement. I didn't and couldn't walk for over 3 years. I did all the non-invasive treatments and therapies, too. I tried a spinal cord stimulator and it did nothing. That is why 3 years ago I searched for the best neurologist I could find. I had 2 surgeries that were minimally invasive. I am pretty much pain free, although I do need to get a shot a couple of times a year. Only the worst parts of my cervical and lumbar spines were worked on so I still have arthritis and other things going on but I am in no way in the pain I once was so a shot every so often works fine for me.
I hope you read the post by Stephen, he has a great idea about the pain pump. You should also check into medical mariuana.
Good luck!
Ronnie
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You should inquire about getting an intrathecal pain pump. You sound like me before I got mine. Too many bad spots in my back to fix, too much pain to cope with. I have a small pump surgically inserted in my abdomen and a catheter running into my spinal fluid that gives me about 4 mg of Dilaudid for 24 hours. It does not extinct my pain completely but it allows me to live a fairly normal life. I won't be training for the Olympics or going out for the high jump but I still Make art and do most of the things that your average 69 year old man does.