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Some of the stupidist things your doctor has said?
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04-01-2009, 04:32 PM
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I guess I've been pretty lucky, that the doctors I've seen haven't really said anything too outlandish. But when talking to my boyfriend about my pain, and wanting surgery, he said that he constantly has pain in his shoulder, but he just deals with it. That made me very angry, and I really felt like he didn't understand my pain, and I'm sure he doesn't. I don't know if his pain is anything like mine, or if he just has a higher threshold for pain. But it didn't help to think that he thought I should just deal with my pain, and move past it, as if that was even possible. Of course he thinks exercise is the answer to everything.
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Cathy 46 years old. 12-15 years of intermittent pain, 2 years with constant pain. DDD, L4-5 and L5-S1, pain confirmed by discogram. PT, ESI's, Facet injection and block, Acupuncture - all no help. 2-level (Prodisc-L) ADR surgery with Dr. Bertagnoli, May 26, 2009. Currently taking Opana-ER (tapering off) and oxycodone 
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04-01-2009, 05:09 PM
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Yes Cathy, I remember when I was dealing with horrible discogenic pain, all day, every day.... I'd run into people who would say,
"I have back pain too, but I do the stretches every morning and it keeps it at bay." Yeah, thanks!
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1997 MVA 2000 L4-5 Microdiscectomy/laminotomy 2001 L5-S1 Micro-d/lami 2002 L4-S1 Charite' ADR - SUCCESS! 2009 C3-C4, C5-C6-C7, T1-T2 ProDisc-C Nova Summer 2009, more bad thoracic discs! Life After Surgery Website President: Global Patient Network, Inc. Founder: www.iSpine.org
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04-03-2009, 03:46 AM
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 ) Fortunately, for others, not us, there is a only a small percentage of people who will ever experience pain like we do and for the legnth of time we have. Anything new on the surgery front? Kathy
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34 years old- 1/06- In wreck with 18 wheeler Numerous MRI's, PT, chiropractic, accupuncture, TENS therapy, massage therapy, facet injections, epidural injections, Nerve study, Discogram, confirms pain in L4/5, IDET, decompression, Bi-lateral neurotomy L3/4/5, denied by insurance twice, in Active L clinical trial, had surgery March 17, 2009 in Miami, FL- received Active L disc Had Baby #3 after ADR!
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04-05-2009, 03:20 AM
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unless you have it - hard to know
My Exec CHef that I work with (I am the Sous - whipping boy) anyways - I ma having tons of trouble and she tell we to do this excersise and that one and get on the ball and do this....SO I took ok my brace and tried to wlk without it and it looked like a limping jello mold = so no more quacks...but she has had trouble not to my Anterlothesis of L5 on S1 so she can only relate to the pain part
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