Gloria, my son is 12, this is his 6th season playing football, and had his 1st practice last night from getting back from a broken collar bone he got in practice. He had a bad tackle, and got a bad bruise/knot on his neck. His 1st game he will play in is tomorrow. I will be chewing on my fingernails!
I worried before the injury, and now............
Plus, I hope he didn't loose his MoJo--he is a bit nervous about playing.
What position does your son play?
Carolyn

skateboard accident.

(i stepped on one i didn't see and got slammed back into an exercise bike).

I got injured at the drive up bank window. My last duty of the day as general manager was to make the daily bank deposits on my way home. This day I had to buy 400.00 worth of rolled coin for the business. At the drive up window I had to pull a 40-60lb bag of coin from the teller window and twist and put the bag on the passenger seat of my car. I herniated a disc with this twisting and pulling of the coin bag.

I come from along line of nurses. So after 25 years of nursing i would
think. Now you would think my 2 niece's would change there choice of jobs
Also was in a head on collision.in 1996,everything decided to wait awhile,and
is visiting now...Sue Much luck and blessings to everyone.

Wow, it looks like we all kinda have the same injuries. I feel kinda like I am gonna be like this for the rest of my life. Im not sure how I feel about doctors cutting on my neck. Especially since I had the shots in my neck and I hurt worse now.

23 Years working in a secure locked unit full-time wears on your spine anyhow, but the OTJ injury that started it all occurred on March 23rd, 1984 & I worked & lived with it without intervention until I was laid-off on 2000 (our facility closed). A divorce & 2 moves followed & pretty much iced the cake on the original massive disk herniation @ L4-5.

The rest of the problems just followed suit...time caught up with me.

truth to tell, I don't have a clue what did what where and when, my back is just a wreck! I fell skating at a skating rink with my kids and some little 5 or 6 year yr. old caame up behind me and hit my skates, knocked my feet right out from under me. I was 33 or 34. I broke my scacram ((sp?)), that is when Dr. discovered the other horror.

I knew my back was a mess, but in '96 I fell yes, skating, like a dern fool!! fell again had to crawl off that floor. Everything went from bad to worse and everything gets worse with age. Trust me, it does too.!! I threw my skates clear to timbuktu! I had always been a good skater, HA!!

Nothing the Dr. can do, just pain managment. I'm 64 this week, I can hardly walk around. Use a cane & walker now and again, O Happy Day, old age are the golden years, I think I could give up a few golden years and enjoy a few just plain old good days thingy before I die

Jojo

Hello All,
I was rear ended 5 years ago and here I am.........but I suspect lugging around more then 100 lbs for 12 -13 years did not help matters!

My problems are hereditary: my father has degenerating disc disease and
so do I. I also have lumbar spinal stenosis, which may or may not be
hereditary-I'm not sure. So, I've been on SSDI since '98 and it's not
much money. I can't even afford Medicare Part B, much less a place
of my own.

I was born with a C-5-7 fusion but that fusion put stress on my neck, so then I had to have a huge cervical fusion from the occiput.
I was very active and did a lot of stupid things.
It started with softball, then a sking accident, then three car accidents and finally I fell down my stairs to really mess up my neck. I'm just lucky to be alive.

Laura