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I am really overwhelmed. I have been in horrible pain for about two months in my lower leg (shin bone in front). It hurts to walk, drive. The only thing that helps is pain med and not moving. The past two weeks have been TERRIBLE. LAST Monday, everyone where I work received a ten percent pay cut. Plus, things are so slow, no one is even guaranteed a job period if things don't pick up soon. The next day, I had an MRI done of my leg. I was forced to lay in an excruciating position for three and a half hours. It was so painful that I cried my eyes out for the majority of the test. When the test was over, the dumb ass tech informed me that he had scanned THE WRONG LEG. I was already in tears from the pain and when he told me that I had been subjected to that hell for 3.5 hours, I totally had a meltdown. I was hysterical and was in so much pain, I thought I was going to die. Then, the next day, I had car trouble, and then again two days later car trouble again. I ended up having a cat scan this week. They tested my back and leg (the CORRECT leg!)...I have two bulging discs in my back. I have multiple cysts in my shin bone. I am then told by my dr office that there is nothing they can do for me,I am in so much pain that I have not been to the gym since December. I am now heavier than I ever have been. I am caught up in a vicious cycle. Because I can't exercise,I get more depressed, the worse I eat, the more weight I gain, the more I hurt, the more pain I am in...and on and on. Am just so overwhelmed by all of it. Thank you for listening..
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Good Thursday to you!I've been watching a really long trial on Youtube these last couple of nights and will finish tomorrowHopefully I'll be in the land of nod soon and I hope my peeps are having sweet dreams followed by a great daySending hugs...xo
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One day runs into the next I can't seem to keep them straightBut i do know it's Tuesday and I start to clean my landord's place again so it'll keep me going although I take breaks more often nowHe doesn't mind and I gwt it doneI hope that you have a good day and can get done what you need toBig hugz sent..Xo
We listen, and I'm so sorry everything is going poorly for you.
That Tech should be Hog Tied and whipped
Many people in the group, including me, are happy to listen to you when you need to vent. Sounds like you needed to describe your frustrations so you could take a good look at them one at a time and not all at once. Keep on writing about it. I started feeling better when I wrote about my frustration and anger.
I too have issues with emotional ups and downs related to food and pain from injury. I know exactly what you're talking about when you describe the vicious cycle. I was in a car accident in 2007 and 2008, almost exactly one year apart. My 2nd set of injuries caused permanent damage. I was bedridden for 4 months and spent the next 6 months in physical therapy. I still have immobilizing pain sometimes.
I learned to be patient with myself by doing exactly what you're doing right now. Talking about it. Keep talking, keep journaling, it really does help. I'm so very sorry you have to be in such pain and deal with frustration and dietary issues.
Deep breath. I learned that I can be frustrated, angry, impatient and downright mean...and take a breath at the same time.
Be kind to yourself.
Be well.
Hugs.
I'm sorry your life is full of so much SHIT right now!!!
An across the board 10% pay cut. Sheesh.
What do they MEAN, they can't do anything for you!!!?
That doesn't sound right at all!!!
Usually, doctors will at least TRY to do something to correct a problem.
I've never heard of cysts in a shinbone. Is there truly no treatment for it?!!
I've heard of people having bulging discs in their back and while sometimes nothing did help much, other times things helped.
Things were TRIED, at least!!
If NOTHING else, they should refer you to a pain management clinic.
I sure hope they're wrong and that something helpful CAN be done!!!
If you want to pursue the mistake that was made, you could send registered/certified letters (whichever is cheapest) to whoever is going to be billed for that first MRI and also to the director of wherever the MRI was done, and/or to the director of their main office.
They should know about things like that and whoever will be BILLED for that is sure as hell going to be interested in knowing about it!
Car trouble I can relate to.
The guys at PepBoys cheerfully greet my by name every time I show up.
I wish they didn't know me so well.
I try not to tally up how much I've poured into my 17 year old car.
Please don't give up hope.
I refuse to believe that nothing can be done to help you.
If nothing else, I'll be wishing for a miracle for you!!!
(((((Hugs)))))
Alan, i am sorry than you have had so much pain and continue to deal with it.
Yeah my car is 14. I HAVE to make it last...esp now that i am making 10% less...it was already tight, now i dont know wth i am going to do. I can't get a second job, my leg and back hurt too much.
I wish that i could just fall asleep and not wake up. I pray for it,butapparently God isn't ready to bring me home....
I wish you the very best in finding a pain doc and getting some relief from this. I'm surprised that they aren't going to take those cysts out of your leg, it seems like a no brainer to me. Then again I'm not an uncaring doctor who sees as many patients as possible every day to get as much money as possible. They just want you in and out and don't seem to care.
Good luck finding a pain doc and some relief.
well the ?!$&@ just keeps building...I got a call from the pain clinic saying that everything is all set up. But here is "the catch" (isn't there allllways one??)...ti have realllly crappy insurance and I have to pay the first $500, and the emg is probably going to cost close to the $500. They said they will bill me for the emg, but won't do any necessary injections until the emg is paid off!!! WTF!?!? I am in PAIN, PEOPLE. and this is a pain mgmt clinic? I just had a 10% wage cut and can barely afford to eat as it is. I just feel extremely hopeless and helpless. I pray everyday that God would just take me. I don't want to do this anymore.
well the ?!$&@ just keeps building...I got a call from the pain clinic saying that everything is all set up. But here is "the catch" (isn't there allllways one??)...ti have realllly crappy insurance and I have to pay the first $500, and the emg is probably going to cost close to the $500. They said they will bill me for the emg, but won't do any necessary injections until the emg is paid off!!! WTF!?!? I am in PAIN, PEOPLE. and this is a pain mgmt clinic? I just had a 10% wage cut and can barely afford to eat as it is. I just feel extremely hopeless and helpless. I pray everyday that God would just take me. I don't want to do this anymore.
And it's so much harder to tolerate anything and everything when you're in pain, too!!!
I hope that you're able to get those 'necessary' injections soon!!!
Sheesh! I would think that 'necessary' means 'NECESSARY'!
Wishing you relief from your pain and from anything else that's stressing you!!!
Did your company 'have' to cut everyone's pay because of the weather? So many businesses were hit hard by that.
Is this supposed to be a temporary cut and that everyone's pay will be raised back up to what it was, once business picks up?
I hope they go back to giving you what they used to!!!
(((((Hugs)))))