I saw the doctor this week. The lumbar x-rays look great. The low back is really great - its only sore at times no pain!!! I do feel a lot more popping in my hips, shoulder and wrists than I did presurgery. My arm is still sporadically numb and tingling. My left ankle is sore. So, although my back feels good things are still out of whack for me. But when I wake up in the morning now I often forget I had a low back problem!!!!! Awesome feeling!
However, my neck still hurts at a pain level of 7 most days with no improvement whatsoever. I will have a cortizone injection in the facet joints on Wednesday this week. Let's home that provides some relief. He's the 4th doctor who feels that this neck pain is just coincidence, bad luck, bad genes and bad timing - the neck pain is not a result of the surgery. That is somewhat reassuring if I should need surgery on my neck in the future that it won't necessarily throw off another part of my spine. But I'm not even considering that option at this point.
I am still having severe anxiety as well as a result of all this pain and terrible fear for my future and the future of my family. I had the doctor look at every level of my spine and tell me that no more discs were degenerating. Its so out of my control and logically I know that but its hard to deal with.
But, I'm here, I'm able to enjoy a lot of life and trying to work this all out.
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Hi Cheryl...I have been checking in here periodically and was happy to get an update. I can't even imagine the anxiety you must be feeling! Great news that the back is doing better but I am sure it's frustrating that the major surgery you endured didn't get rid of all your pain! We are on vacation but would love to catch up when I get back...take care!
Hey Cheryl, its Amantha. Its is great to see an update, you sound like you are getting through this.
You are one tough cookie, even if you feel you are struggling internally you will get through it and be tougher yet again for it.
Stay strong and take baby steps.
Each day is another day forward.
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