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Originally Posted by trueblue9
Hi everyone. I am new here ... I am a 55 yr old care giver to my 90 yr old mum and 66 year old disabled brother. I have had two surgeries a major neck surgery with C4-C7 ,plates, donor bone the whole nine yards. and also on L5 and L4
Now my L6 and S1 are herniated but not bad I guess we will go with shots at this point ( sure does hurt though) . They are most worried about my neck and I have just undergone MRI's and posted those results in another thread hoping to get some help reading those before my appointment on Jan 14 . I know C2 and C3 are bad and I have heard that these are hard to work on ... I am in pain 24/7 and it would be nice to have folks to chat with that understand ... anyway my heart goes out to all of you who are in constant pain and will keep you all in my thoughts. looking forward to getting some answers and support . cheers  |
Do understand 24/7 pain. I, myself, did have hardware fusion/laminectomy at the L4-5 lumbar area some years ago. Still deal with quite a bit of pain since developing peripheral neuropathy and a few other issues in addition to spine pain.
I really feel for you having 24/7 pain and being caregiver to your mum and brother. Please keep us informed in regards to your January 14th appointment.
Hope all goes well and you get the necessary info needed. Sometimes that is the hardest part.
Gerry