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@earline14 Are you male or female? What is ECT and IOP? I am not familiar with...
day is challenging as I deal with chronic ... pain/weakness due to spinal cord/spine ... issues and multiple surgeries.
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Posted: Sep 26, 2025
I have something similar to you but my pain in constant it doesn’t ever go away,...
severe gastrointestinal symptoms, chronic ... with right sided ipsilateral CRPS (chronic ... fusion C6/7 due to a prolapsed disc and spinal ... radiculopathy like I had prior to surgery ... I have had all the MRI scans and a spinal
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Sep 6, 2025
@ellakaluzinski04 I have congenital stenosis due to being born with a narrow spinal canal and any...
stenosis due to being born with a narrow spinal ... lumbar spine decompression/fusion surgeries ... pain. ... but also helps with depression from chronic ... pain.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Sep 4, 2025
Hi CL, I am 67 and just had spine surgery by Jeremy Fogelson at Mayo Clinic...
Hi CL, I am 67 and just had spine surgery ... Others on this site have had surgery ... Underwent a T2 to L2 spinal fusion ... The pain became chronic and I knew I ... I was immediately relieved of my chronic
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 20, 2025
I will have surgery shortly for C5 C6 bone spur that is clearly impinging my nerve....
I will have surgery shortly for C5 C6 ... have constant vertigo/balance issues, chronic ... back pain and terrible fine motor ... Surgeon feels surgery will help with ... I have had acupuncture, ablation, spinal
I feel the same way, kaydee1958a--symptoms keep sneaking back, sometimes in the late afternoon and early...
I accept that it is a chronic condition ... my legs were going to wake me with pain ... recent trials was after gynecological surgery ... Having spinal stenosis pain on top of ... Maybe, you need an occasional pain pill
Support Group: Sleep Health
Posted: Jul 16, 2025
I was just diagnosed with CPRS and am new to the Mayo forum. I’m not sure...
The pain never went away there. ... I lived with chronic back and neck pain ... fall due to a car accident and 2 back surgeries ... My Dr says all he can offer is a spinal ... experience with having this type of surgery
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: May 9, 2025
I had worsening chronic pain and numbness in my right buttocks, leg and foot for about...
I had worsening chronic pain and numbness ... My MRI showed spinal narrowing, calcification ... disc slippage, all impinging on the spinal ... I then had lumbar spinal surgery which ... If I have to have more surgery, so be
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: May 8, 2025
@sue417 I had been on Wellbutrin/bupropion and Zoloft/sertraline in the past at different times but never...
ruptured) to see how I felt after surgery ... menopause symptoms, was dealing with chronic ... pain due to spinal stenosis/degenerative ... self but a lot is tied to my spine/spinal ... cord issues and chronic pain/physical
Support Group: Menopause
Posted: Apr 1, 2025
I found this forum a couple of weeks ago, and have interacted with a few other...
a few other people who suffer from chronic ... I've had numerous surgeries on my ... and my neck, including 2 separate spinal ... fusion surgeries in my neck(C5-C6 and ... I have chronic pain 24/7 from both conditions
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Feb 14, 2025
Wow can I identify with everything you said- the pain spiral of sleeplessness anxiety depression suicidal...
spiral of sleeplessness anxiety depression ... reaction from numerous surgeries after ... ago I also lost my thyroaid after surgery ... Best of luck to you and all of us chronic ... pain sufferers
Discussion: Pain Control Plan
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Oct 14, 2024
@thurlibier I am a 55 year old female. When I was 47, I started to have...
My pain, weakness and numbness worsened ... I had ACDF surgery on my C5-C6 to decompress ... my spinal cord/nerves, surgery on my ... dealing with major depression from chronic ... pain/disability so caring for your
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Sep 1, 2024
Interesting way you posed your question regarding narcotic strength. I had my lumbar fusion surgery L4-S1...
I had my lumbar fusion surgery L4-S1 ... much shorter due to scopes and micro surgery ... If you’re debilitated prior to the surgery ... I’m now retired with chronic back pain ... , spinal stenosis, peripheral neuropathy
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Aug 18, 2024
My name is John, I had back surgery 25 years ago and came out worse than...
My name is John, I had back surgery ... I have been to various pain clinics ... throughout the years, the latest placed a spinal ... ;t want to treat me since I was in chronic ... pain so I was able to find a Pain clinic
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jun 19, 2024
@tony1946 Tony just wanted to point out that the longer your unstable back continues to move...
weighs on your ability to withstand the pain ... amp; screws L4-S1 w/L5 laminectomy surgery ... No at age 72 with spinal stenosis, chronic ... pain syndrome, PN all 4 limbs and OA
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 26, 2024
I have had mine for over two months now and the relief from the pain is...
months now and the relief from the pain ... After surgery, I had spinal headaches ... jewel does not cure, it covers up pain ... too frisky, I can cause some of my pain ... Best item for chronic pain I have ever
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: May 17, 2024
@sb4ca Everything you have written about sounds like an autoimmune problem to me. Do you see...
neurosurgeon diagnosed my severe lumbar spinal ... The spinal stenosis was reported on ... in my spine which led to the lumbar spinal ... I had chronic back pain caused by inflammation ... 't prevent the damage that the chronic
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Mar 16, 2024
I’ve been working closely w the Boston Scientific rep., and have met with her and her...
with a really bad time I was having w pain ... Chronic pain is such a complex phenomenon ... baclofen (a muscle relaxant), and 7) the spinal ... quality of life, because the failed back surgeries
THIS COULD BE A GAME CHANGER!! Vertex Pharmaceuticals of Boston announced Tuesday that it had developed...
, blocking pain signals before they ... — those outside the brain and the spinal ... other in 1,073 people who had bunion surgery ... company is now studying people with chronic ... for nonaddictive drugs to control chronic
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Jan 30, 2024
Hi, I'm Geri. I have been treated for chronic pain for about 30 years. I am...
I have been treated for chronic pain ... I've had one spinal surgery to repair ... addition, I' m also putting off surgery ... often associated with hip replacement surgery ... I wish you all pain-free days.
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jan 23, 2024