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Originally Posted by jannieC
I threw my back out about a week and a half ago and immediately went to my family doctor who gave me a shot of Demerol  and a prescription for Prednisone (this is our usual about twice yearly treatment when I throw my back out). It's been a life-long battle for me, and she decided that it was time to take a closer look at my back and run some tests. I haven't had anyone x-ray my lower back in many years, so we went ahead and did it. They called back with my x-ray results yesterday afternoon and it's not good news. In addition to the congenital disorder I had as a child (and subsequently had a spinal fusion for at age 10), I also now have been diagnosed with having the following:
Spinal Stenosis- (Narrowing of the spine)
Arthritis
Degenerative Disc Disease
I am so depressed! I'm better than I was yesterday, but I feel so crappy about having all of these problems at such a young age. I'm worried about what I'm going to be like as I age!
Anyway, I start physical therapy (again  ) tomorrow, so hopefully I'll be able to get this under control. I've tried physical therapy before, but never stuck with it due to the expense and time. I've committed to once a week (because of graduate school, I couldn't possibly do it any more often) and I'm hoping that it will be enough.
Anyone have serious back problems here? If so, how have you managed your care? |
your way. Hope everything works out for you and you back problems.
I have major back problems (I have a herniated disc in my lower back), which was 'asymptomatic' (Due in part to the arachnoid cyst in my brain ) but now is turning 'symptomatic' At this point there's not much I can do for the pain, I have to deal with it 24/7 because no amount of pain killer will help (ie-Demerol-Only burns my ass after being injected into my hip, usually cause the nitwit RN hits the hip bone *OUCH*!!!!)
What's really ironic is that arachnoid cysts, if found in the
Pia Mater (The Pia Mater is the root of your nervous system. Think of the root of a plant, which supplies the brain with blood and connects via the arachnoid trabecula.) it can eventually lead to paralysis. So imagine that, I 'could' possibly go from chronic back pain to no pain.