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Forum: iSpine 10-20-2007, 07:10 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 7,787
Posted By fireyangel76
Hi Lynette, Good news to hear you are finally...

Hi Lynette,
Good news to hear you are finally getting some long needed diagnosis of your wobbly legs. So sorry to hear about needing the fusions.
I am holding my own with my c6-c7 problems. I have...
Forum: iSpine 10-20-2007, 07:00 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 28,211
Posted By fireyangel76
Hi Nigel, I had my dynesys in feb of this year....

Hi Nigel,
I had my dynesys in feb of this year. I am not sure it will be my magical cure as yet. I really do not have any complications and I am much better than I was pre-op. I still have...
Forum: iSpine 10-04-2007, 09:51 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 4,629
Posted By fireyangel76
Hi there MOM...hope I can just call ya Mom for...

Hi there MOM...hope I can just call ya Mom for short!
I am no expert on spines and I am especially ignorant regarding cervical spines.
I also feel very confused after reading your post and MRI...
Forum: iSpine 09-25-2007, 03:36 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 12,892
Posted By fireyangel76
Eddie, I have seen nortryptyline used as an...

Eddie,
I have seen nortryptyline used as an adjunct to pain meds ect and to promote sleep. It is an antidepressant but has a sleepiness side effect. Did they tell you to take it at night? It is if I...
Forum: iSpine 09-24-2007, 08:48 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 3,519
Posted By fireyangel76
Rob, As a nurse I second Mark's opinion. Call...

Rob,
As a nurse I second Mark's opinion. Call your surgeon or GP. Better to find out it is not a clot and feel a little foolish than to ignor and find out it is!
Forum: iSpine 09-22-2007, 05:08 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 7,787
Posted By fireyangel76
Lynette, I hope the neurosurgeon has more sense...

Lynette,
I hope the neurosurgeon has more sense than the neurologist!
Good luck and stick to your guns!
Forum: iSpine 09-22-2007, 05:04 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,786
Posted By fireyangel76
Wow what a hard thing to try to change the habits...

Wow what a hard thing to try to change the habits and mind set of nurses!
I know myself personally, if some one would have taken me aside and confided a personal story of a nurse who could no...
Forum: iSpine 09-20-2007, 06:26 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 3,227
Posted By fireyangel76
Rob, I don't know your full history so let me...

Rob,
I don't know your full history so let me just add that electrolyte imbalance can also cause cramping. Just another thought!
Forum: iSpine 09-13-2007, 06:58 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 7,787
Posted By fireyangel76
Hi Lynette, Sorry you still have no answers as...

Hi Lynette,
Sorry you still have no answers as to what is causing the SP. I hope you find the reasons soon. I guess sometimes they just don't know and I think Dr.s have a hard time saying that. I...
Forum: iSpine 09-11-2007, 04:13 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 4,232
Posted By fireyangel76
OMG! As a nurse also I absolutely agree with...

OMG! As a nurse also I absolutely agree with Poncho! You are in a marathon so to speak...pace yourself!! Did you say you are working? Going to the gym? Did your surgeon approve that?
As poncho...
Forum: iSpine 09-09-2007, 08:32 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,526
Posted By fireyangel76
Rose, Your MRI is over a year old and much can...

Rose,
Your MRI is over a year old and much can change in that time! I really hope you get a new one.
Forum: iSpine 09-09-2007, 08:28 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,616
Posted By fireyangel76
Hi Rose, I understand how frustrated you are. I...

Hi Rose,
I understand how frustrated you are. I think that you should take your Dr. up on the ER visit. As a nurse I don't approve of people using the ER for primary care type appts, but if you are...
Forum: iSpine 09-08-2007, 06:00 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,526
Posted By fireyangel76
Hi Rose, So sorry that you are having pain pain...

Hi Rose,
So sorry that you are having pain pain and more pain! Yes most of us have been and still are dealing with pain pain and more pain, infact my pain is a real pain!
I had a microdiskectomy...
Forum: iSpine 08-31-2007, 07:16 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 28,211
Posted By fireyangel76
Hi Mark, I really do get it! FMS is what...

Hi Mark,
I really do get it! FMS is what patients have when their MD"S lack the patience to actually work patients up for what seems like too many aches and pains! I may or may not have FMS. I do...
Forum: iSpine 08-30-2007, 08:45 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 28,211
Posted By fireyangel76
Hi Lynette, I hope you are fairing okay thru...

Hi Lynette,
I hope you are fairing okay thru all of this. Now that my lumbar spine seems to be holding it's own if I behave, my cervical is jumping right on in there! I have only had xrays so far...
Forum: iSpine 08-27-2007, 06:00 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 4,867
Posted By fireyangel76
I tried neuronton a few years ago. It worked on...

I tried neuronton a few years ago. It worked on my pain radiating down the leg but made me very sick and dizzy. I now just do without but surgery has helped my leg pain.
Forum: iSpine 08-15-2007, 07:30 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 28,211
Posted By fireyangel76
Hi Dale, I am about to turn 49....ouch!...

Hi Dale,
I am about to turn 49....ouch! Menopause seems so easy in relationship to all my other aches and pains. I have I think two good knees and two good feet. That in itself is surprising after...
Forum: iSpine 08-14-2007, 06:38 PM
Replies: 96
Views: 28,211
Posted By fireyangel76
Well as I said the rest of my body seems to be...

Well as I said the rest of my body seems to be going to pot. I went to the rhuematologist and he diagnosed me with fibromyalgia. I will have to investigate the connection to fibro and cervical...
Forum: iSpine 08-13-2007, 05:24 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 28,211
Posted By fireyangel76
Hi Lynette, I do hope you are able to get an...

Hi Lynette,
I do hope you are able to get an MRI.
My dynesys finally feels as if I am now better comparitively speaking since before surgery. It is hard when you look at it day by day because when...
Forum: iSpine 08-08-2007, 03:01 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,933
Posted By fireyangel76
Lynette, I am sorry your results were not good...

Lynette,
I am sorry your results were not good news. At least now you know the reason for your symptoms. That old saying "better the evil you know than the evil you don't.
Have you any pain in the...
Forum: iSpine 08-01-2007, 11:27 PM
Replies: 75
Views: 19,447
Posted By fireyangel76
Great to hear Diane is doing well! Wonderful she...

Great to hear Diane is doing well! Wonderful she was able to have a new mri. When I had my last surgery my MRI was 9-10 months old. I really didn't realize that things could change that much.

I...
Forum: iSpine 07-30-2007, 05:30 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,933
Posted By fireyangel76
Hi Lynette, I am glad you faired the procedure...

Hi Lynette, I am glad you faired the procedure okay. Do you have any results yet?
Forum: iSpine 07-30-2007, 05:28 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,975
Posted By fireyangel76
I do the same stretches or shall I say I attempt...

I do the same stretches or shall I say I attempt to do them. I am not sure what hurts worse when I do them , my back or the stretching of places that don't want to be stretched any longer. Dylan if...
Forum: Community Support - NSR 07-20-2007, 05:22 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 4,543
Posted By fireyangel76
Congratulations Poncho! I understand about the...

Congratulations Poncho!
I understand about the staying in nursing thing. If I managed to go back to school and get a Masters.....nursing is not where I would want to be! However the good things I...
Forum: iSpine 07-16-2007, 02:55 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,810
Posted By fireyangel76
I had a dynesys in feb 22nd of this year.I am a...

I had a dynesys in feb 22nd of this year.I am a little over 4 months post op. I had it at the l5-s1 level. I didn't find the surgery too painful but I have accquired a high tolerance for pain because...
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