I have been diagnosed with Migraines for 30 years, recently I started having TIA symptoms. I also had the bad luck to break my back in 1994 by falling. I burst L1,they had to go in through a thoracotomy incision to replace the damage. They used a donor vertebra and titanium rods to stabilize it. It took me over a year to recover and I was fortunate to have little pain.
Well flash forward to now and I am having severe pain from my back,having TIA symptoms,severe neuropathy and I feel the local medical community doesn't care or something because I have gone to several doctors here and they act ignorant or uncaring. I feel like I am getting worse and am having cardiac symptoms now and am circling the drain. It's beyond frustrating.
I am caretaking my elderly mother with my sister's help and I am less and less able to do what I need to do.
I really don't know what to do anymore.

Here are a couple of links to get you started and may be of interest to you.

• Headache Forum
  • http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum32.html

• Stroke Forum
  • http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum23.html

• Spinal Disorders and Back Pain Forum
  • http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum22.html

• Caregivers Support Forum
  • http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum56.html

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If you have any questions or need any assistance please don't hesitate to ask... someone will always be along shortly to help in any way that we can.

I look forward to seeing you around the board!

Abbie

Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk. Happy to see you have come to be with us. Just let us know if we can be of any help.

You will fine here some wonderful caring friends helping other dears ones. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around.

Darlene