Spinal issues

@virtuous69 Hello. I am a spine surgery patient, so I sure can sympathize with what you are going through. I wasn't sure what spine issues you were describing, but by looking at your profile, I understand that you have been having spine injections. Have you ever considered surgery? Did your doctors discuss any potential decompression surgery? I know you have a lot on your plate, and being a caregiver is hard work. I was a caregiver for my dad at a time when I needed spine surgery and I was in pain, and he had end stage heart disease. I found that listening to music helped me relax and cope a lot. I was staying at my parent's house and I would go to sleep with headphones on a let myself cry because I had to hold that all in during the day when I was with him. Getting in touch with the feelings helped me process them and get past it. At that time, no spine surgeon would help me, and I had been trying to get help from different spine surgeons for 2 years. The silver lining was that I had some more time to spend with my dad, and if I had spine surgery at that time, I would not have been with him because I would not have been able to drive. It was just after that, that I was accepted at Mayo and had spine surgery. I had spinal cord compression from a collapsed C5/C6 disc and had a great result from my surgery. I have an older cousin who I think is 80, who had spinal stenosis in the lumbar area. He just had a laminectomy and he is recovering and after a week, reduced his pain medication. I just wanted to mention that as some things are possible, but you would need to work with a surgeon to see what could be done. My experience was that spine surgery was not that bad. I did not use pain medication after I got out of the hospital, and I was able to cope.