[Hannie]

Hello to you all, I see I am not alone in my pain though at times I feel I am at times BUT having said that I have a FAB husband

I am new here so please be patient with me

I have lower Lumbar problems and have had back problems for years now but very bad in the past 2 years.

Over 3 weeks ago I ended up in hospital after 2 morphine injections that day did not ease my pain and had 2 more Mri scans and went home 5 days later.

I have to have an operation on my lower lumbar, the Neurosurgen told me I was never a candidate for fusion and am not now and also my upper spine is in a C shape, so he has decided to put in a form of scaffolding to support the upper part of my body and maybe give me some sort of pain relief but he also stated that I would be in pain for the rest of my life and if the scaffolding did not work it would be easy to remove ... Sad that is the only thing that can be done for me.

He wants my muscles to be relaxed as he said that my recovery would be slow if they are tense. I am due to have the operation in early Jan 2012 which will also give me time to sort out a problem with my health insurance.

I am sure a lot of you will know the great pain I am in, I can walk around the house and went back upstairs to bed for the 1st time last Sunday, I got a loan of a zimmer frame from a relation to use if I want to walk outside and I am also trying to get a wheelchair as I cannot stand for long or walk any distance on account of the pain.

I also have a Tarlov Cyst in my sacral joint and I am in pain there as well but my Neuro says that it is ok and not causing me any harm or pain

My whole body can go into awful spasms and I break out into cold sweats with the pain even though I am on the following meds.............. (it is like going through the menopause again

Durogesic DTrans Patches 25 mg every 72 hours (3 days)
Palixia 200 mg twice a day
Oxynorm 5mg three times a day
Baclofen 10 mg three times a day
Lyrica 50mg three times a day
and 2 Paracetamol three to 4 times times a day as they are supposed to give a kick to the Palexia.

Any feed back would be greatly appricated by you all