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Originally Posted by lunchlady4
I agree with having the surgery! I have fusion on c6 in 2005. I had a bulging dics that caused pain and numbness in my fingers. I would do the surgery again. It helped right away take the pain away. I still have 2 bad discs in my neck right above and below my fusion. They are degenrative but not bad enough to do anything about yet. As time has gone on the pain has also. I have done PTand chiro to help me along the way. I CAN NOT take oral meds. I had shoulder sugery in 2009 and had to just take IBP in massive doses cause everything else made me sick. As a result I am now allergic to IBP from all that my system had to take. I just had my first round of facet injections on Monday and have been home since. The ache and pain in my neck and back are terrible. I hurt more now than I did before the shot. Yesterday was the worse, I cried most of the day. I'm so frustrated with myself and the pain that I'm getting depressed. Why Me snydrome! Today is a little better no tears but I'm suppose to start PT today and I'm nervious about that. I don't know if I want anyone touching me at all. Has anyone else had so much pain after their shots and how long did you hurt? I did not feel pain relief right after the shot either. Maybe my problem is not joint pain and they will have to go in and take care of the nerve endings. Not sure how I feel about that option either.
Any advice is appreciated, lunchlady4
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Dear lunchlady, Maybe your situation is different but I was told by my physical therapist that I was NEVER to go to a chiropractor under any circumstances. I wonder who sent you to a Chiropractor rather than a physical therapist. If anything I would think it should be in reverse order but I am just learning about all of this so I defer to others.
BTW I have this great thing that helps with my neck when it feels like my head weighs 200 pounds! It is a think soft spongy thing that wraps around your neck and connects with velcro (Mine has leopard print!). It also has an on/off switch and will vibrate and so massage the neck. It really helps me but I do not (yet) have degenerative issues in my neck.
Of course you feel depressed, how could you not. If you have not been given antidepressants ask for them (Maybe from some doctor other than the one that sent you to a Chiropractor!). With depression...it is like quicksand...you have to not panic and give in to despair...you must relax and stay, in that way, on the surface of it. It is a cruel deamon. You must remain vigilant and outwit it. Or think of it like an undertow at the beach...instead of trying to fight it or panic, relax and "swim" along the shore until it breaks and you can return to land (come out of the depression). Most people do not have chronic depression, rather it is related to a condition like your cervical spine issue.
One day at a time...one hour at a time.
