What is Sciatica
You may be surprised to learn that sciatica is not a spinal condition, but instead a symptom of a low back problem! Many different low back problems can cause sciatica. Sciati...
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Saturday November 28, 2009
Frustrating Stories
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I'M SO FRUSTRATED! I SAW MY DOC TODAY. SHE HAS DECIDED THAT SHE WANTS ME OFF OF ALL MY MEDS FOR FIBRO! APPARENTLY, THE NEURO SAID I NEEDED TO BE OFF OF ALL
PAIN MEDS FOR PROPER EVALUATION OF MY CONDITION! THAT IS DEFINITELY NOT WHAT SHE SAID TO US! MY HUBBY HAS REQUESTED A COPY OF THE LETTER STATING THAT FACT!
WHEN I SAID THAT I HAD BEEN DOING BETTER THAN I WAS A YEAR AGO, SHE SAID HOW W...
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It's been a while since I posted, and I apologize for that. I have tried so hard to make the time, and then just as I'm gearing up to write, I get pulled away. Work at DS has been absolutely crazy in the last few months, and I don't have a second from the minute I wake up until midnight to even talk to the folks that make DS such a special place.
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Well I have a new disease to get used to. I went out for two days (how exhausting can it be to push on a toggle to run an electric wheelchair?) and then slept for two days. Between the MS, the Fybro, and now the Addison's all are supposed to cause fatigue and that's what happened. I am worried about getting the tooth pulled because that is surgery in a way an...1 Recommendation7 Comments
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I don't know what there is to pray for anymore. I have an aquaintence on here that was in the same or more pain that I was in before I got the pump. She was so happy because I had sent her a message with Medtronic's phone numbers on it and told her to call at least on of the numbers and they would give her a doc's name that implanted it in her area. She has kid...1 Recommendation6 Comments
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I went to bed with all intentions of taking the morphine. Took my Amitriptylline, Co Dydramol, and my medication for my hypertension, then just lay staring at the bottle of morphine. I kept thinking to myself, no matter whether the doctor is monitoring me or not, I could still get addicted to this stuff. I really got myself into a right state, so turned out the lights, and event...2 Recommendations6 Comments
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Well its Wednesday morning, and last night I awoke at about 1.30am, in agony again, and the pain just would not go, not matter what position I tried to get into or the heated pads, and the pain in my hip and down my legs was excrutiating, every time I moved my arms or my head the pain in my back and legs got worse and worse. So I thought I cannot stand anymore of this, my husband was ...1 Recommendation6 Comments
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Well I am off to the hospital tomorrow as a day care patient for the epidural I have been going on about, and then I read about people who have had this procedure and it has not worked for them, I have not heard off many people who it has worked for "only my daughter" she had sciatica three years ago, had the epidural and never had any problems since, but then she did not have spinal st...1 Recommendation8 Comments
