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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: NW Ohio
Posts: 2,450
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Magnate
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: NW Ohio
Posts: 2,450
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Any dx is a slap and takes time to adjust to. Don't be so hard on yourself.
This was a complete surprise, and of course it threw you off.
I was freaked too when I was dx'd -
C spine -Reversed curve, degenerative disc disease, bulged discs, spinal cord compression, osteophite (bone spur), osteo arthritis, etc.
T spine - cyrinx, T 5-T8
Within a week.
I didn't know how I was supposed to live with the pain. how I was supposed to live with not doing so much with my hands. How to deal with the progression (sm is progressive). I was p****** off.
None of my docs even knew what the heck sm was.
The thing is, don't rush into anything you can't back out of (no pun intended, seriously). You can take a med, and stop if it doesn't work. You can drop out of PT. Or quit getting massages. Surgery you cannot undo. Do that only as a last resrot, because no matter how bad you think you feel, it could be worse. I know that now.
I'm lucky I had people talk like that to me when I first got dx'd.
Do vent as needed. DO ask for help - 7 kids? You should be getting help regardless. Do see every doc you can - PT, pain clinic, they all have ways to help.
Good luck, woman. Anything you think I can help with, you ask, I'll see what I can do, okay?
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