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Monday, March 30, 2009 | A General Update story

I AM 37 YEARS OLD AND A MOTHER OF 3 AND A WIFE . MY BACK PROBLUMS STARTED IN 1992 WITH LEFT LEG PAIN (NERVE). I THEN HAD A DISKECTOMY AND IN 1997 HAD TO HAVE ANOTHER . RECOVED WELL FROM BOTH SURGERYS AND ONLY HAD SOME MILD BACK PAIN FROM TIME TO TIME. IN MARCH 2007 STARTED HAVE RIGHT LEG PAIN (NERVE) . HAD MRI DONE AND HAD SURGERY AGAIN ON MAY 30TH 2007 HAD AN L4 L5 S1 BAK CAGE WITH FUSION.WHEN I WOKE UP FROM SURGERY THE PAIN IN MY RIGHT LEG WAS GONE. STARTED RECOVERY AND ALL WAS DOING GOOD I WAS SUPPRIZE AT HOW FAST I WAS RECOVERING . ON JUNE 11TH ,12 DAYS AFTER SURGERY I WAS IN AND AUTO ACCIDENT I WAS A PASSENGER ,OUR TRUCK WAS T-BOANED BY A TRUCK WHO BLEW A STOP SINE AND HIT MY DOOR. AS SOON AS OUR TRUCK CAME TO A STOP THE PAIN STARTED IN MY LEGS THEY WERE TINGELING AND FELT VERRY WARM AS IF I WAS STANDING NEXT TO A CAMP FIRE TO CLOSE. IT TOOK THE JAWS OF LIFE TO GET ME OUT AND WHEN THEY LAYED ME ON THE STRECHER TO PUT ME IN AMBULANCE THE PAIN CHANGED , IT FELT AS IF SOME ONE GRABED ME BY MY LEGS AND WAS TRYING TO RIP ME IN HALF IT WAS THE WORST PAIN I HAD EVER FELT AT THAT POINT IN MY LIFE. WHEN I GOT TO THE HOSPITAL THEY ONLY TOOK EXRAYS OF MY SHOLDER ,NOT MY BACK OR MY HEAD WITCH WAS ALSO HURTING . I COULDNT BELEAVE IT THE DR SAID EVEN THOUGH IT ONLY HAD BEEN 12 DAY AFTER MY SURGERY IT WOULD TAKE A TRAIN TO HIT ME IN MY BACK TO AFECT THE CAGE. I WENT HOME AND CALLED MY SURGEN AND HIS NURSE SAID PRITY MUCH THE SAME THING. SHE DID MAKE ME AN APP, TO SEE THE NURO SURGEN 4 DAYS LATER. WHEN I WENT IN TO SEE HIM HE MADE ME FEAL AS IF IT WAS MY FAULT AND WHEN I TOLD HIM ABOUT THE NURVE PAIN RETURNING AFTER ACCIDENT HE SAID TO ME , WELL IF YOUR ASKING ME IF YOU HAVE A LAWSUITE IM NOT HELPING YOU WITH THAT.BLA BLA BLA. AT THAT POINT I HAD NOT EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT SUEING ANYONE, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THE ACCIDENT CAUSED THE PAIN TO COME BACK (WITCH I KNOW IT DID) OR IF OTHER PATIENT OF HIS HAD THE PAIN COME BACK  SO SOON AFTER SURGERY.

 

  I WORKED AS A CHILD CARE PROVIDER FOR 15 YEARS AND NOW CANT EVEN PICK UP OR PLAY WITH MY OWN DAUGHTER. SHE WAS 5 MTHS OLD AT TIME OF ACCIDENT. I FEAL THAT THIS AUTO ACCIDENT ROBED ME OF MY LIFE NOT TO MENTION THE PAIN I DEAL WITH ON A DAILY BACES. SOME DAYS ARE BETTER THEN OTHERS, BUT MOST ARE BAD. I HAVE DAILY HEAD AKES , NECK PAIN OFF AND ON LOWER BAKE PAIN ,RIGHT BUTOX PAIN RIGHT HIP PAIN ,RIGHT LEG PAIN (ALL FROM NERVE DAMAGE) . I ASO HAVE PAIN ON THE BOTTOM OF MY RIGHT FOOT WHEN GOING TO THE BATHROOM #1AND #2 HURTS MOST WITH #2. I ALSO GET SHOCKING SENCATIONS ABOUT 30-40 TIMES A DAY WHEN IM SITTING OR LAYING DOWN.

 

 WHAT IM LOOKINH FOR IS A FRIEND THAT DOSENT MINE LISTING EVER NOW AND THEN. ALL THE FRIEND I DID HAVE DONT COME AROUND ANY MORE AND DONT TAKE MY CALLS , I KNOW ITS HARD TO HERE SOMEONE COMPLAIN ALOUT AND OVER THE PAST 2 AND HALF YEARS IV GOTTON BETTER WITH KEEPING IT TO MY SELF BUT THERE ARE DAYS ITS HARD. ANYONE WHO READS THIS AND NEEDS A FRIEND TO LISTEN AND DONT MIND LISTING EVER NOW AND THEN PLEASE LET ME KNOW. THATS IT FOR NOW .......PAT

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