[gildersleevec]

I am new to the forum and wish to thank everyone for your valuable information. I moved from the Iowa to Montana a little over a year ago and had all kinds of ideas of enjoying the mountains. Unfortunately I have not yet experienced a whole lot. On the 17th of July I am scheduled to have L4/5, L5/S1 fused. Guess I am really feeling old these days as am tired of the pain. I'm 47 and used to be very active and athletic. Two years ago I had a partial knee replacement, October of 2011 blew out my disc, March surgery to remove bone and now the fusion. It's very frustrating not being able to do much of anything beyond work as we have adopted a 14 year old young man and I feel as if there is not much I can do to be active with him and my partner. I grew up at a time where it was said, "No pain, no gain." According my my PT that's not how it's supposed to be done. Old habits are hard to break as I have a hard time admitting how much my back hurts. It has been very helpful to read about everyone's experiences and advice. I look forward to adding my success story soon. Until then I continue to "Fake it til I make it!" Thanks for all your input.

[Blessings2You]

Hi, and welcome to the community! You'll find support here and probably make some friends as well! Sometimes it's a little slow here, especially on weekends, so don't get discouraged if you don't get a pile of responses right away.

Have you found our forum for spinal problems? If not, here's the link:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum22.html

But feel free to jump in anywhere--we have chat and fun forums, too!

[Darlene]

gildersleevec,

Hello and welcome each of you to NeuroTalk. Happy to see you have come to be with us. Here are a great number of dear friends to listen when you are in need of ears.

Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Darlene

[tamiloo]

Wanted to add my welcome and prayers on your behalf. I know you had your surgery yesterday so it will be a while before you give us an update. After my last surgery it took me some time before I got online...then it was a place for me to relax.

My last surgery has been a great success! I am only 8 months out from surgery and I can say life is good!!

Please if you can post and update when you are able to!!