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Chronic Pain members - Welcome, please introduce yourself
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I would like to introduce myself. I have 4 family members with 4 legs each. 2 dogs, 2 rare Savannah cats, 2 sisters who were given to us at 7 weeks old. Does anyone have that breed? Dog rescues, male Mastiff/ Black Lab mix. He's a big boy. than Bella is a Mountain Cur. I mention them because they know when I need them. Their love helps me. 2008 I had a 'Failed Laminectomy," The more I researched the more I realized that those 2 words may mean, something else as in my case. removed was S-1 L-2 L-3 L-4 L-5 No fusion. I did not realize I was going down the road to a life of pain, severe nerve damage, scar tissue wrapped stuck to the nerves. As an uneducated Lay person in the medical field I trusted the Neurosurgeons, Pain Management drs. Ablations, 2 implanted stimulators. 1 had to be removed due to pain, battery put in the wrong place, frayed leads AND more Lamina removed. I asked him to remove the Stim he refused. 2nd stimulators. different dr. he found blood clots around the battery. As pain worsened, searching for answers. Fusion 2016. that failed. that same week I had a fractured vertebrae while in rehab? Emergency surgery. More medical failures after that. My condition is getting worse. Diagnosis, Adhesive Arachnoiditis, Most have never heard it because it may have another word for it as I mentioned it before. Cause, Neurosurgeons, Pain Management DRS. Positive note, I now have a Doctor that knows why I have this pain, and who caused it. And is doing everything he can to make me comfortable. He is also an Anesthesiologist who has expertise in chronic pain. I would like to help if I can. Thank You
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Gosh, your situation sounds just awful. I have 2 small dogs, down from 4, lost 2 last year 🙁
I am just so sorry to read all this stuff. I would be lost without them, like you and yours.
I guess (don't know your age, I am 79 yr old "white female"!!) but have come to agree that
people are just living too long these days. If I robbed a bank, the newspaper would describe me as a 79 yr old white female!!! Just sayin'
I have A-fib, V-fib, diabetes, terrible really bad neuropathy, severe arthritis, significant hip and omg lower back pain, but "there is nothing we can do", losing my hearing, brain slowing
down, had Covid in Jan, lost taste, brain cells, etc etc. so many of my friends have already moved UP there, kind of thinking how lovely that will be some day. (The list goes on and on)
I stopped trusting any of my doctors, all of whom "check out" 1000%, are well known in their fields. From my heart doctor who prescribed Diltiazem for my A-fib, (causing me to faint/pass out and break or crack multiple bones, my head, my back, my neck, every foot bone, every bone in both ankles, and spent several months a year in rehab for 5 continuous years, and she (doc) says I am wrong about the meds! So how can a doctor NOT know that and say (which she recently said, "well, if your heart...does something or other, you would lost consciousness, IT IS EASY TO GOOGLE!!!) the foot doctor who completely ruined my two toes, to the manicurist who damaged my bunion, to the dentist who put my veneers on so that the backs of my front teeth are like razors, and said it was not normal for my tongue to "mess" with my teeth, (when anyone with a brain knows that if you have a hole in a tooth, you cannot stop your tongue from going there. AND ON AND ON AND ON.
ANYWAY, my solution is "working" so far, and all it is, is that when I wake up every day, I consciously make a choice, and I choose JOY. And then I think of every single blessing and everything I am grateful for, and all that bad is still present and yucky, but I can be happy, love my doggies, send them light and meditate to heal them in certain ways, like my little guy needs some "testosterone" energy (because the larger one is a rough and tough girl) so I imagined white light streaming from my heart to his heart and said 'you are brave and strong, and you have courage and you are not afraid of Gracie (they are about a year + each) and on and on, and OMG I see the changes!!!!
AND BOY DO I EVER WANT TO HEAR ABOUT ANYTHING YOUR PERSON COMES UP WITH FOR YOUR PAIN.
I'll do the light thing for you, no pain, feeling great, cure found, all and everything.
Good luck, please let me know!!
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@kimspr3 I'm so sorry for all your pain your having at the Dr.s expensive. You are a good example for everyone to check their Dr.s credentials before they submit to anything. Again I'm so sorry for your pain Have you looked into alternative meds for your pain ? maybe someone can help you with this? May God be with you and give you comfort.