Back Pain Support Group
Back pain is one of the most common reasons people seek medical care. In fact, about 3 in 4 adults will experience back pain during their lifetime! The term back pain includes pain affecting the neck, midback and low back. Acute back pain may begin suddenly with intense pain but typically lasts fewer than three months. Usually, chronic back pain is persistent, steady, and...
There is a life long story behind this and if anyone is interested I will be happy to explain but just to make a long story short for now, I had spinal fusion surgery to cure my severe 90 curvature in my spine I had minimal Scoliosis but my spine was actually twisted and it is congential. I was diagnosed with Shuermann's Disease when I was 14 years old officially and spent the next 4 years in braces (including the Milwakee Brace which was pure torture) I spent my day 23 hours a day in braces. I was wondering if anyone else here suffers from this very rare disorder??? I have only heard of a few people who have been diagnosed and I think that is why it has made it so hard to deal with the illness. thank you for listening!
~Chrissy
~Chrissy
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This is soo hard.............I didn't realize just how depressed I am until I attended a Bingo game yesterday. Everyone was laughing, smiling and there I sat, alone in the back and realized the depressed feelings.I felt detached, unable to experience fun and joy, could not relate to those around me, could not join in, did not want to be there, it hurts to experience life.This past year has been...
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I have been here before, a long long time ago and now I am back.Forgive me for not just saying what I want to say,even under a triple dose of antidepressants it is still raw and seeping and I am hesitant at revealing it as at least under the bandages around my heart I don,t have to look at how raw and wounded.My child was cleaved from my heart by his own actions. my child of ten,turning eleven...
know what my doctor is going to do, I would love any information I can get about shuermann's disease. And and advice I can get. Thank you.
I'm 42yr old nurse with severe Kyphosis and S-shaped Scoliosis. I have been over weight my entire life and therefore my disability was not readily noticed as a skeletal deformity but "she looks humped because she's fat". My back is founded like a turtle shell and comes to a point mid back of I bend down.
My little sister who is 1yr younger and was thin as a child was diagnosed at age 11 because her shoulders were leaning to right noticeably and she had surgery in Downtown Houston for Harrington Rods. She has some residual arthritis and back pain but she is straight in her spine.
I was angry for a long time at being over looked but it's my own faultnow, over the years I had weight loss surgery, got married and had two boys now 15yr and 10yrs old and kept chugging along!About 2-3 years ago my back pain worsened up to the point I was having to take Rx pain meds, muscle relaxers, antidepressants, anxiety meds blood pressure meds and I now have Respiratory issues and lung compression.
I am high risk for Surgery and have always been dead set against it but my quality of life has dwindled. I had to stop Nursing this last November and have been fighting to get my Social Security Disability Benefits!
My advice. Don't wait to do something.
I wish I had done a lot of things different.
Good luck to all!
KM