Having a bad day
March 14, 2008 12:01pm
I am not very happy today. I am feeling very used by my kids and husband. My sons use me as a human alarm clock as they wont use their …
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About Me
Mother of 3 young teens, husband is self employed welder, used to do hair and miss it every day, love my 2 labs, bored to death at home.
Mother of 3 young teens, husband is self employed welder, used to do hair and miss it every day, love my 2 labs, bored to death at home.
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Close Sports Injuries
Type: Spinal ProblemsSlipped on wet tile floor at hair salon when I was closing the shop and herniated 3 discs. Had 2 surgeries, fused 3 levels, and now I am a couch potato that would give anything to be able to go back to work and feel like I have a purpose.
Treatments
- Flexeril Working / Worked
- It was helping, but Drs only give it out for a limited time.
- Heat Working / Worked
- I live on my heating pads,one on the couch, one in bed.
- Ice Pack Not Working
- Anything cold freezes me up and then I cant move.
- Naproxen Not Working
- Never made a difference
- Physical Therapy Somewhat Helpful
- Works to a point, but then you hit the brick wall and wonder why you bother with the effort. Yet, at least I can still walk at this point!
- Surgery, Knee Replacement Somewhat Helpful
- #1 three level lumbar fusion- worked until I broke hardware. #2-hardware removal- little better for about 6 months. Now I need another for 2 more discs and more osteophytes.
- Swimming Working / Worked
- Loved it!! Until they closed the local warm pool. Cold pools just make me freeze up and then I cant move.
- Neurontin Working / Worked
- Im on 2400mg a day and it keeps me moving but makes you a walking zombie.
- Oxycodone Working / Worked
- 20mg 3 times a day and its starting to not be enough. But it keeps able to make my kids dinner.
- Effexor Somewhat Helpful
- Still not the happiest, and most motivated. May need a higher dosage. Dr is still deciding.
- Clonazepam Working / Worked
- Keeps my anxiety at a managable level. Being stuck in your house makes you a very anxious person!!
Close Back Pain
I have had a 3level lumbar fusion from L3-4 to L5-S1 and then they went back in because I broke the hardware. I am still in pain and they need to go back in as I have 2 more herniated discs and severe degenerative disc disease. I am in pain ane frustrated every day!!
Treatments
- Bedrest Not Working
- Just made me too stiff
- Chiropractic Adjustment Working / Worked
- Only thing that kept me walking until the first surgery Now they wont touch me
- Cortisone (Injection) Working / Worked
- Great for diagnostic purposes but I never get relief from them And I always get the cortisone flush where I turn all red and am too hot for 3-5 days after
- Darvon Working / Worked
- worked for a little bit. then built up an indurance to it
- Epidural Injection Working / Worked
- great diagnostic tool but never relieves my pain
- Flexeril Working / Worked
- Helped, but dr wont give it any more Says my problem is more in the disc than the muscles
- Heat Working / Worked
- I live on my heating pads. I have one on my couch, where I spend most of my day, and one on my bed that I sleep on
- Hydrocodone Working / Worked
- worked until i built up and indurance to it
- Ibuprofen Working / Worked
- helps with swelling, but sometimes it gives me bloody noses
- Morphine Working / Worked
- didnt work well for me
- Naproxen Not Working
- Never made a difference for me
- Physical Therapy Working / Worked
- Helps keep the muscle strength but its painful sometimes
- Relaxation Working / Worked
- Great for my mind, wish I could go on vacation every day!!
- Stretching Working / Worked
- on my exercise ball makes a slight difference
- TENS Working / Worked
- Helps sometimes, but I need to order new batteries.
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