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Originally Posted by doydie
Hi everyone. I am from the MS forum. My Mom has terrible degenerative disk disease and lumbar spinal stenosis and is in a lot of pain. She is 87 and one very spunky, determined, stubborn woman. This pain is getting her down, emotionally and physically. She is a considerable surgical risk due to hypertension, several small strokes and atrial fibrillation plus her age. She saw a spinal specialist today that suggested this X stop spacer. It can be put in with local anesthesia and just an overnight stay.
Have any of you heard of this and have any experience, whether good or bad, with it?
Thank you for your time.
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not heard of that one......
Keep us posted about it.
I haven't been to the MS forum yet. Making my way there, though. My daughter-in-law suffers with that. She does pretty good with it. Gave us two beautiful grandchildern after being diagnosed. I wish she could have "GOOD DAYS" every day. So sorry you're suffering with MS.
Recently I have found infrared and LED light therapy helped my back, neck, arms, thumbs and leg tremendously. You can PM me more about that if you'd like. Better than a heating pad and meds, for me.
My mom is fragile too. It is scary to face procedures with their complex medicals. Just hug her more each day. That's good medicine.