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31 years out here. My Harrington rods were put in Dec 4, 1990 at Methodist hospital...
therapy, injections, and even a fusion surgery ... from the doctors are acupuncture, pain ... pump, spinal cord stimulator, and even ... unfortunately still have the rods and severe chronic ... pain.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Dec 19, 2021
@jcarver1349 I am so sorry you are dealing with this on top of all of your...
support, etc.) plus I have spine issues, chronic ... I have congenital spinal stenosis and ... degenerative cervical myelopathy which is spinal ... I do have residual spinal cord/nerve ... /depression due to chronic pain and
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Posted: Oct 13, 2025
I was diagnosed with chronic insomnia in my early 40’s (I’m 57 now) and have been...
I was diagnosed with chronic insomnia ... the past three years, I have had two spinal ... fusion surgeries and the chronic pain
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Posted: May 12, 2024
I've been trying different approaches to lowering my Oxycodone usage for mostly chronic back pain. Been...
lowering my Oxycodone usage for mostly chronic ... back pain. ... I have pretty constant pain after spinal ... surgery four years ago.
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Feb 9, 2024
Hello I just read your post from 2018 and hope you have found some answers for...
I also have Mals and have had surgery ... I have the most excruciating chronic ... *Mals ( Have had Mals surgery but my ... 75% , was compressed 90% before Mals surgery ... tired, no amount of sleep can fix it *spinal
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Jan 12, 2024
Hi. I understand that you are scared to have the spinal fusion surgery. I had s1...
understand that you are scared to have the spinal ... fusion surgery. ... I had s1 L4 spinal fusion 2 months ago ... can't suggest that you have the surgery ... My pain began in May - horrible chronic
Discussion: SI joint fusion
Posted: Nov 30, 2023
Yes it’s very nice - works for many 🙂 My degree is occupational therapy and I...
work as well as it used to due to chronic ... Sounds like the spine surgery was a ... It was incredibly painful. ... The surgery was partially successful ... wanted to get the pressure off of my spinal
@eddiestella1, welcome. @gaylerenee is right. There are many helpful discussions about spinal cord stimulators. To help...
are many helpful discussions about spinal ... Cord Stimulation for Chronic Pain? ... cord stimulator implant surgery https ... discussion/recovery-restrictions-after-spinal-cord-stimulator-implant-surgery ... Eddie, what type of pain do you have
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Jul 17, 2023
I really relate to what you are going through, Jamie. I have had 13 sports and...
I know how painful that surgery is because ... chronic I began pretty much taking ... People who don’t understand living with chronic ... Mind you that I have had 2 spinal fusion ... people are dying of what us people with chronic
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Mar 16, 2023
Rachel, these are great ideas but just in my own opinion there should be counseling prior...
Resources aren’t available to a lot of chronic ... pain patients. ... On those pain break through pain days ... I would advise anyone facing spinal ... surgery to get counseling as well as
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Mar 1, 2023
My heart and prayers go out to all of you, my fellow pain-sufferers!! My name is...
old, with an intractable level of chronic ... degeneration of discs, vertebrae, and the spinal ... ineffective operations (open back surgery ... for L4~L5 fusion, more micro-surgeries ... of micrograms) of fentanyl into my spinal
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Feb 16, 2023
AA sufferer here. Diagnosed May 2022 after having it for 3-4 years. 32 year old male...
day most days before my first back surgery ... hell and back with multiple botched surgeries ... how badly they messed up with the surgeries ... screws, one of which went through my spinal ... dealing with this, or any other form of chronic
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jan 11, 2023
I just joined this group and appreciate the range of experiences, treatments people have found helpful....
I always have chronic pain standing ... walking, and at times have had severe pain ... I realized this optional surgery was ... still less risky than spinal surgery ... exercises to just walk, and more pressing pain
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jan 1, 2023
Hello, sorry for all your going through now. However, you wrote something that caused me to...
The spine doctor wanted to do spinal ... Surprisingly, many who opted for spinal ... were the limited bending and twisting spinal ... As my mobility deteriorated due to chronic ... pain and fatigue from being in pain
Support Group: Colorectal Cancer
Posted: Dec 28, 2022
Hey there @jojo58, I'm Rachel, it's nice to meet you. You sure have a lot going...
Although I don't have experience with spinal ... surgeries, my fellow mentor @jenniferhunter ... You mention holding off on surgery. ... falls on the rehabilitation side of chronic ... and kids and lifestyle all while in chronic
Support Group: Brain & Nervous System
Posted: Aug 25, 2022
Hi John, I have had 4 spinal fusions over the last 12 years and have chronic...
Hi John, I have had 4 spinal fusions ... over the last 12 years and have chronic ... pain from 2 of those surgeries. ... neuropathy in my legs and it’s extremely painful ... but they certainly don’t take the pain
@staceycddn I do understand your frustration and fear about not having answers on what is causing...
mainstream medicine if it has become chronic ... specialize in diagnosing and treating chronic ... clearly did show a spine problem with spinal ... I had multiple pains in random patterns ... assistant respond to me to refuse surgery
Support Group: Visiting Mayo Clinic
Posted: Jun 19, 2022
Hi Aithnie! Yours is the only comment that came up when I put in CPM. I...
because of an MRI of my neck due to pain ... I too have spinal problems and had a ... Always told to avoid surgery. ... and I've had 3 sinus and 9 ear surgeries ... really can't enjoy much as the chronic
Support Group: Brain & Nervous System
Posted: Jun 16, 2022
@lehman3808 Hello and welcome to Connect. I realize your wife is scheduled to receive a pain...
your wife is scheduled to receive a pain ... www.spineuniverse.com/conditions/failed-back-surgery ... /failed-back-surgery-treatments-spinal-pumps-spinal-cord-stimulation ... and it helped make my cervical spine surgery ... Syndrome with a Mayo doctor about how chronic
I had my fusion L4-S1 (with L5 was not secured with screws) in 1992 with plates...
that I’m so many years postop with spinal ... that I don’t need in addition to my chronic ... pain. ... then, I’d still go ahead and have the surgery ... or no pain don’t stop.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 13, 2021