[ginnie]

I am glad to be up a bit bizi. So glad to be healing, and not feeling the pain I did before. I had not realized how bad my neuro problems where until I didnt feel them again. No shocks, first time in 7 years. What a relief. When my surgeon releases me, I will be back to my PCP to see about getting off some of my medicines. It is going to be hard. I look forward to the change however, as so many on this site have hard things to do too. How are you? I am just starting to answer some of the long overdue posts. There are alot of really good people here. I am sick of being in bed, so being here to say hello to all is wonderful! ginnie

[bizi]

ginnie, we are glad that you are here.
glad that you are already feeling some relief from your surgery.
that is great news!
take time to heal eat well for wound healing, vitamins, fluids proteins...you have heard this before...
((((HUGS))))
bizi

[waves]

Hello (((Ginnie)))

i am glad you are feeling better! i hope you keep getting better-er and better-er and able to be up and about more!

~ waves ~

[Dmom3005]

Ginny
I'm glad you are feeling better.

I am wondering, think I missed something. What kind of surgery did
you have.

Donna

[ginnie]

[ I am back to feeling a bit more normal, and very very grateful to my doctors, and to all of the people on this site to get me through. Every day is better. I sleep alot, and I have not done that before in my life. I am tring to eat well, for strength. That is lacking some.....I can tell the surgery worked. I wonder why the first one didn't correct all of what was wrong, but that is in the past. Now is a real relief from the pain I felt for years. Life will get better, and there is a rainbow ginnie

[ginnie]

Hi donna, thank you for asking. I had fusion at C-6-7 six years ago. They had to re-do that and from C-3-7. I have DJD,and I had continued to degenerate very badly. The surgery was very hard to do, and I was afraid. I came to this site to look for others, who experience this kind of thing, and many other different and hard to face medical problems. I was blessed to find this site. How are you? I am really new to this site, just found it in the nick of time. I would be glad to hear from you anytime. ginnie

[ginnie]

I am glad to be back feeling human again. ginnie

[Dmom3005]

Ginnie
I'm so glad you are finding it worked this time.

I can totally relate to the need for support also. I have lots of medical
issues that I have needed to find answers for. And more times support,
this room always has both.

I have had the shots and the procedure to put pain meds in my neck so
that it would be better.

The shots themselve didn't work for as long as they would have liked.
But the procedure did, and has for about 3 or 4 years now. I do have
tightness and pain at times. But it is tolerateable. I also have Fibromyalgia,
and it can get very bad. So I see my pain doctor every three to four months
usually.

I Have lost so much weight that I just figured out I needed even another
lower size pants. So that was even nice. I am really pleased with were
I'm going. I know I've lost close to 50 lbs, hate to admit I've just started
telling people that I have.

I will find out next week exactly how much. But even if its less. I personally don't think I will care. I think I will just continue to see myself as losing
the 50 lbs.

I am really happy right now.

Donna

[ginnie]

I am happy you lost the weight too. That 50 does make a huge difference in the way you feel. I did it because I had to take weight off my ankles, the same kind of deterioation happened in my ankles. That will be my next challange. I was actually frightened of what I had done to myself. The pain was limiting my mobility, so I did less and gained through the years. I know about your condition, and know that it is painful. Did you have spinal epidurals for your neck? Mine helped, but in the end I had to have the surgery. I went to walmart, out of the house, felt great just to do that. I will see my surgeon next week to hopefully get released from my neck collar. I wonder when he will let me drive etc. I am glad you go see a good pain specialist, they are sure needed. ginnie

[Dmom3005]

Virginia

Yes, I had neck epidurals. And then had a procedure that helped more.

Not sure what it was called.

Donna