Guest guest Posted June 11, 2003 Report Share Posted June 11, 2003 In a message dated 6/2/03 10:13:19 PM Central Daylight Time, fletchiek@... writes: > Thanks for mentioning how awful neck pain is. I have never been the same > since the titanium plate and screws were put in in 1999. The first two > cervical bone fusions were bone bank bone and took forever to fuse. About the time I > thought I was going to just have to deal with constant pain they discovered > the third ruptured disk. This is when the neurosurgeon got the idea that he > would use my own bone from my pelvis,which is also painful I can still feel > the spot where they took it from. He said the plate would secure all three > fusions. this is what my friend in the car accident just had done. they fused c3- c7. they removed the bone from his pelvis also and used titanium. he is having some arm sensations, but doing better. they put him on neurontin yesterday. he is becoming pretty depressed as he is sitting at home by himself. just missed his daughter's high school graduation as it was out of state, he was unable to attend. he does not have a computer to find some support. i have tried to get him to come to my house for awhile, but he doesn't think he is up to it yet. ( i live about a half mile away) i am having a hard time spending any real time over there as his furniture is just not good for my back!! kathy in il Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2003 Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 Kathy I had a LOT of bad side effects with NEURONTIN. Too many to list! But one important thing... seemed to CAUSE me to be depressed while taking it. Even now, when the nerve pain gets REALLY bad I will take ONE at bedtime. That is seldom, probably once a month, and I still notice I am very " down " or really DEPRESSED the day or two after that just ONE Neurontin. Maybe your friend needs to be aware this may be contributing to his depression? Meds do all people different. Susie kringlemom@... wrote: > In a message dated 6/2/03 10:13:19 PM Central Daylight Time, > fletchiek@... writes: > > > > Thanks for mentioning how awful neck pain is. I have never been the > same > > since the titanium plate and screws were put in in 1999. The first > two > > cervical bone fusions were bone bank bone and took forever to fuse. > About the time I > > thought I was going to just have to deal with constant pain they > discovered > > the third ruptured disk. This is when the neurosurgeon got the idea > that he > > would use my own bone from my pelvis,which is also painful I can > still feel > > the spot where they took it from. He said the plate would secure all > three > > fusions. > > this is what my friend in the car accident just had done. they fused > c3- c7. > they removed the bone from his pelvis also and used titanium. he is > having > some arm sensations, but doing better. they put him on neurontin > yesterday. he > is becoming pretty depressed as he is sitting at home by himself. just > missed > his daughter's high school graduation as it was out of state, he was > unable to > attend. he does not have a computer to find some support. i have tried > to get > him to come to my house for awhile, but he doesn't think he is up to > it yet. ( > i live about a half mile away) i am having a hard time spending any > real time > over there as his furniture is just not good for my back!! kathy in > il > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 In a message dated 4/29/2008 8:08:02 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, madeskv@... writes: Hi Sharon, Hang in there! We all appreciate all that you have been doing in this fight! Val Thank you, Val! A lot going on. We are sooooo close! Sharon K **************Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car listings at AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp00300000002851) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 Dear Sharon, You have invented a new word for CCR - " SWEET " . How I would like to hear or see that acronym next to my name. It has eluded me so far, but I am still hopeful. As for your son, I think that is terrific news and the fact that his doctor called you personally means he has a vested interest in ie's results. I know someone who sees him in the supermarket with his wife and he stops to talk to her, as he would a friend. Keeping my fingers crossed that the trend for ie continues. I have just blown him a kiss on the cheek. He has come such a long way in a short time since you first wrote about his diagnosis. Life is still good, Sharon. Blessings, Lottie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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