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You and I are the same age and are dealing with similar issues. I have mild...
I have mild spinal stenosis at the base ... I've had spinal fusion surgery twice ... in pain. ... , and it helps, but the pain/burning ... #39;s been 10 years of living with chronic
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Aug 24, 2025
I have had horrible chronic pain in my left chest/ribs for 24 years. I herniated a...
I have had horrible chronic pain in ... herniated a thoracic disc and had spinal ... I had surgery with partial rib removal ... and spinal fusion at T-7 and T-8. ... from nerve blocks, pain pump, spinal
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Aug 19, 2025
@rwconnect Your dad sounds like he has better health than me at 56! Bless him! 🙂...
that is compressing/flattening his spinal ... Does he have radiating pain/weakness ... understand posterior would be more painful ... mix, too, plus living long term with chronic ... pain).
I am 82 with chronic back pain all the time. Started taking glucosamine+chondroitin a month ago...
I am 82 with chronic back pain all the ... of neck and definite narrowing of spinal ... Doctor said surgery will not help back ... pain but will help my dizziness and ... I will have neck surgery on C4 C5 and
Discussion: Back Pain
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jul 3, 2025
I’ve had a compromised lower back since I was 25. I’m 69 now. Had 3 surgeries....
Had 3 surgeries. ... The only surgery that provided relief ... Finally I was offered a spinal stimulator ... It decreased my back pain a minimum ... When you’ve had chronic acute pain for
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jun 6, 2025
I've had PN for 12+years. By 2015 I was in severe chronic pain, and had a...
By 2015 I was in severe chronic pain ... , and had a spinal cord stimulator implant ... For a year the pain dropped from 9 to ... It's moved the pain from 8 to 3- ... #39;s been a long, rough year, with surgery
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Mar 12, 2025
My chronic pain has has definitely impacted my life. I was an extremely active person a...
My chronic pain has has definitely impacted ... Then my orthopedic dr recommended surgery ... past September and I have been in pain ... since the surgery! ... see a dr that only specializes in spinal
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Feb 22, 2025
Out of curiosity, anyone doing a study on people who suffer chronic pain from cervical fusions...
doing a study on people who suffer chronic ... Lived with cervical fusions and chronic ... surgery is so traumatic, you're ... grows little spurs to dig into my spinal ... Dr. said "your surgery went great
I did spinal decompression for a bad back and neck injury for 5 months at 4x...
I did spinal decompression for a bad ... and prevented me from needing back surgery ... Neck surgery failed also. ... So have bad chronic pain in my neck.
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Dec 7, 2024
Well, as promised I am here to report on the success of my spinal cord stimulator...
here to report on the success of my spinal ... due to scar tissue from a previous sugery ... Same old pain today for the most part ... Blessings to all of you out there with chronic ... pain.
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Oct 17, 2024
Hello, fellow commenters. I have been a frequent visitor and commenter on this site. I am...
I am going for a trial of a spinal cord ... had so many tests, meds, procedures, surgeries ... My chronic pain really began to ramp ... My implanted pain pump has done nothing ... to ease my pain.
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Oct 16, 2024
I had a spinal fusion for treatment of scoliosis, but this was when I was age...
I had a spinal fusion for treatment ... While I’m well past my spinal fusion ... , I have chronic pain from several other ... with experience in chronic pain, including ... It’s hard to tell with chronic pain
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Sep 8, 2024
I came down with Adrenal Insufficiency 8 years ago while dealing with an old spine (multi...
while dealing with an old spine (multi surgeries ... ), knee (multi surgeries), chronic fibromyalgia ... , chronic pain, sleep apnea , and a ... back to morphine injected into my spinal ... assisted in getting me in to see two Spinal
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Aug 3, 2024
@msvjv I am a 55 year old female with cervical and lumbar spinal stenosis, degenerative disc...
old female with cervical and lumbar spinal ... I actually and going for lumbar surgery ... I will consider PT after my surgery ... much muscle strength due to prolonged chronic ... spinal nerves.
Discussion: Hip injection
Posted: Jul 31, 2024
I am also being urged to get a spinal cord stimulator for chronic back pain after...
I am also being urged to get a spinal ... cord stimulator for chronic back pain ... after failed back surgery.
@sbtheplumber1 I really feel for you and agree that surgeons and some doctors don’t want to...
doctors don’t want to look further after surgery ... give up and don’t want to deal with chronic ... pain patients which is why you need ... /feet, etc. which caused weakness, pain ... also have L3-S1 problems and need surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jun 12, 2024
Hi Buster brown I am Joan. I started with arachnoiditis in (probably 1994), but was diagnosed...
The spinal nerves are full of scar tissue ... internet of causes, such as epidurals, spinal ... myelograms with certain dyes, FAILED back surgeries ... trains physicians with an "acute" and "chronic ... No SPINAL TAPS, NO MEDICINE PUMPS there
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jan 23, 2020
Warning: this is going to be LONG! I hope I'm not too late to join the...
It was bc I've lived w chronic severe ... concerned I was immediately put on a surgery ... They thought i had a spinal abscess ... bk to the hosp and on the emergency surgery ... Surgery to correct that mid July.
Hi, Jen, I’m so sorry for the pain you are experiencing. You have been so encouraging...
Hi, Jen, I’m so sorry for the pain you ... They do help some people with chronic ... pain, myself included. ... your husband has success with his spinal ... cord stimulator if he has surgery for
Support Group: Fibromyalgia
Posted: Aug 30, 2019
@linedancer18337 Nerve entrapment happens when a nerve gets compressed by something. Nerves travel through some very...
path of the nerve and can express pain ... where a nerve exits the spine, the pain ... When my spinal stenosis got bad enough ... years after a whiplash, and spine surgery ... Treatment of chronic Lyme may be needed
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Aug 15, 2019