update

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The Pain Relief Center was a blow-out. It was a chiropractor, which

was not mentioned in the ad or on the phone when I called to make the

appt. I am not against chiropractors.......make note! However,

that's not what I'm looking for now. He told me I could go to a

medical pain mgmt clinic and get doped up, but that it looked like I

was on plenty of meds already (referring to my 3 anti-depressants,

asthma meds, and cholesterol meds). So anyway, live and learn. I've

already been down the chiropractor on several occasions throughout

the years.

As a follow-up from my previous postings, searching for a revision

specialist. I had hoped that I could find a doc to follow me after

having revision surgery elsewhere. I saw a spine surgeon in Athens

(closer to home than Atlanta) and he said he had never even seen

anything like the hardware in my back (referring to the Dwyer

Instrumention: screws, pins, and cables...some of which is broken),

so I quickly realized that I barking up the wrong tree. He's

referring me to Emory.....someone other than Horton. Now, Horton

wanted to do surgery 5 yrs. ago, but I wasn't ready and he was very

disrespectful and rude to me. I went thru the injections and PT and

anti-inflamatories......all of which only gave me a little temporary

relief.

While I'm on a roll, I'll just keep hogging the message board!

Horton is supposively the most experienced in GA, however, he's not

in the line-up with Boachie, Rand, Bridwell, etc. (just my opinion

based on years of research).

Chances are....and I'm speculating here, a surgeon who feels he is

qualified to do revision surgery is not likely to follow me if I

choose to go out-of-state for " the surgery " . Does that make sense?

Maybe I don't need to go out of state, maybe I don't need the

surgery, maybe I'm just plain worn out and want relief.....NOW. I

was " gung-ho " about the surgery in the beginning, now I'm in a rut

and don't have the energy or motivation to take on such an endeavor.

I recently had bronchitis for a month (requiring prednisone), now I

have a bad sinus infection, requiring a month of strong anti-

biotics. So now that I'm writing this all down, it makes a little

more sense why I'm wiped out.

May the Powers that BE show me the way, one moment at a time.

Thanks for letting me ramble on again,

camille