Gazelle,

I had back surgery in 1991 after several months of aggressive PT. The PT made my back worse and I had to give up and have the surgery.

The surgery didn't work and 17 years later I still have pain every day. The only PT that works for me are the stretching exercises, pain pills and my faithful heating pad.

My Neuro believes that my back problems are MS related but they weren't looking for MS when they did my MRI's and all the back tests in 1991. The Neuro Surgeon who did the surgery told me my spine was a mess in 1991.

My MS started big time 4 months after the surgery and my Neuro said that she does not recommend back surgery for her patients. I didn't ask her why because I'm not going to have another back surgery.

I don't even want to know what my back looks like now. I also haven't had a brain MRI since 1994 and can't have MRI's because of my pacemaker. I don't what to know what my brain looks like now either.

I just know I have MS and a bad back.

I hope you feel better soon. Back pain is just awful.