Guest guest Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Wow....I am so glad to have found this group! I have been thinking that there is NO ONE else out there like me, and that I am all alone in this fight. Thank God that you all are here, and I can vent, share, talk, learn and listen to others with similar problems. What are my problems? Well, I was diagnosed with JRA at 12 way back just before I started high school. What an aweful time of life that was! Then I was in a car accident when I was 16 and destroyed my cervical spine. That equalled more arthur in my spine, where it wasnt before. A couple years after that I was dx with Fibro as well. Problem is....I am intolerant to non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs. Sooo...I lived without help for the past almost 20 years. On and off steroids for flares and using home remedies other times. Now, back on Christmas of 04, I fell on the ice on my front porch. Broke my left wrist and blew out my lower spine. I have had severe chronic pain since then. That broken bone was number 7....(ankles 5 times, left foot and then left wrist)so the steroid use has taken its toll on my body already and Im only 34! Anyway, wow...I sound like a real complainer....I am really not trying to...I just want to get some advice. Ok, so now I am living in CONSTANT, SEVERE lower back and right leg pain. The pain is really getting to me, and the arthur has gotten severe there now too...but all my options seem to have been used up. They tried epi injections of steroids and couldnt do them...no surgeon wants to touch me because of the RA and on top of everything else is the CFS and Fibro. Aand now, because of the limping and immobility from the back injury, I have tendonitis, bursitis and severe inflammation in the SI joints as well. Anyone have any suggestions? I was told today that I should try myofascial release therapy...???? Anyone done that yet? I have a TENS unit...lots of Vicodin....PT, OT,chiropractic manipulations and therapies, disc decompression, and the old favorite STEROIDS! Help...Im really not a complainer...I just want some advice. I am willing to try anything at this point. I have 2 little girls (ages 8 and 7) that need their Mama back up and functioning with their busy little lives. Please, someone send me some ray of hope! Thanks for listening to my babbling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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