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Hey, if I couldn’t laugh about some of this, I would be truly stark raving mad....
are geared to helping people with spinal ... It pointed to spinal chord injuries ... With my HMO, I was denied surgery and ... condition calls for urgent emergency surgery ... I heard that chronic pain suffers are
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Apr 18, 2022
I have had painful neuropathy in my hands and arms for over two years. I had...
I have had painful neuropathy in my ... I had two spinal fusions in 2019 and ... the pains have gotten progressively ... worse since the surgeries. ... experience with Desvenlafaxine treating chronic
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Apr 11, 2022
@cedarrose Hello Cedarrose, I am a spine surgery patient, and I like to follow research related...
injecting platlet rich plasma into spinal ... injections: an emerging therapy for chronic ... discogenic low back pain" https ... too much, and possibly cause more pain ... My ankle still gives me pain especially
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Apr 8, 2022
Good evening @teschang and welcome to Connect. We are patients who agree to share their experiences...
my foot from neuropathy after the surgery ... but not that much.....e.g. lumbar spinal ... I use the 3:1 CBD/THC for daily/chronic ... pain. ... I don't think I have seen a surgery
My husband has been a chronic pain patient for multiple years. He has had multiple back...
My husband has been a chronic pain patient ... He has had multiple back surgeries, ... used a pain pump, and a Medtronic spinal ... dilaudid, lyrica, methadone with minimal pain
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Oct 11, 2021
@dbeshears1 Hello and welcome to Connect. I don't have neuropathy myself, but I found a study...
and the plates were placed there in surgery ... but 6 months later, I had developed chronic ... I am a spine surgery patient and I had ... spinal cord compression in my neck ... is that spine decompression surgery
Discussion: Sural nerve biopsy
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Sep 28, 2021
Hello, I know this inquiry was several years ago, but thought maybe my experience would be...
once, but it actually increased my pain ... After 17 years of chronic lower back ... pain (right side only), I’ve tried ... Four years ago, I had the Nevro spinal ... But I’m not going ahead with surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Mar 20, 2021
@jpalmer16 Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect, a place to give and get support. Surgery is obviously...
Surgery is obviously only a last resort ... You had a spinal fusion surgery and ... months after you started to experience chronic ... pain.
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Feb 5, 2021
@greeneyes55, & @faithwalker007 I'm currently on medical cannabis myself & unlike most people I get slight...
multiple levels of herniated discs & spinal ... Apt so I can get my knee replacement surgery ... However most of us serious chronic pain ... pure cannaboids that help relieve pain ... I take capsule form for my chronic pain
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Dec 2, 2020
@jesfactsmon Hi Hank! Thanks for the welcome and empathy regarding the challenges of living with chronic...
regarding the challenges of living with chronic ... paddle implanted directly over the spinal ... So, in my last surgery, October 2019 ... surgeon punctured the dura causing a spinal ... I know spinal cords stimulators work
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Nov 24, 2020
I just read through your history of posts, and the chronic pain you are experiencing. There...
through your history of posts, and the chronic ... I have osteoarthritis and spinal stenosis ... &I have had numerous ortho surgeries ... long illness, and led me to being in chronic ... Since July, my spinal pain and rigidity
Posted: Oct 23, 2020
My name is Renee and I have severe chronic nerve pain from Complex Regional Pain Syndrome....
My name is Renee and I have severe chronic ... Scans, x-rays, nerve studies, and spinal ... lumbar-sacral plexus from the knee surgery ... He referred me to a chronic pain specialist ... post-surgical traumatic arthritis - 39 surgeries
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Oct 3, 2020
Dear @lilypaws you had 1 of the toughest surgeries that I know about. Anything to do...
lilypaws you had 1 of the toughest surgeries ... Friend whom I cherish had very similar surgery ... comes from herniated disc's, & spinal ... Now my Friend & most chronic pain ... They have helped with Chronic pain issues
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 11, 2020
Hello @dearestdeana, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with Chris @artscaping and...
get answered whether or not to have surgery ... Cord Stimulator Ends 17 Years of Chronic ... Pain: https://sharing.mayoclinic.org ... -17-years-of-chronic-pain/ You may ... / I'm guessing you think surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 8, 2020
God bless you and I have many of the same conditions that you listed. I also...
my right arm/ hand and underwent 4 surgeries ... Ever had surgery on my neck or back ... never had a claimant get relief from spinal ... I also have Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue ... They need to allow us chronic pain suffers
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jun 1, 2020
I am 82 and have chronic back pain for 2 years. Using a cane for serious...
I am 82 and have chronic back pain ... Had cervical neck surgery 4 months ago ... years) but would do nothing for back pain ... ablation, acupuncture, red light therapy, spinal ... Finally after pleading with pain clinic
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Feb 18 9:04am
I'm a 72 yr old living with chronic pain since 2004. I unknowingly had the pars...
I'm a 72 yr old living with chronic ... pain since 2004. ... I had spinal injections when my insurance ... who were partially paralyzed by back surgery ... Won't consider surgery until if/
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jan 22 11:56am
@sherrym25 What is life like after Multi-Level Lumbar Fusion. This is my AI summary and comparssion...
adjacent-segment disease at L1–L2, chronic ... truncal, flank, or atypical nerve pain ... Not so much about the surgery but what ... This morning, I was in extreme pain ... Yes, I am afraid of the surgery and
Posted: Jan 7 8:12am
I’ve had periodic Botox for chronic pain since 2013. Everyone should understand how it works. It’s...
I’ve had periodic Botox for chronic ... I’ve had it for spinal muscular problems ... Eventually, I needed surgery anyway. ... Cervical spine surgery is a lot more ... super helpful on the little para, spinal
Discussion: Botox injections
Posted: Nov 30, 2025
What you wrote is very informative. Over 30 years ago in N.Y.C a doctor diagnosed with...
I have other conditions that cause chronic ... But I live my life with chronic pain ... other conditions, and am awaiting spinal ... surgery for a second time.
Support Group: Infectious Diseases
Posted: Sep 22, 2025