Re:Hi let me introduce myself/JeanVance

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Welcome to the group Jean. You will love it here. The moderators have a

bountiful knowledge and are helping so much. I don't know how they do it.

Either they are speed typers or work 24/7 Ha Ha.

I suffer from chronic lower back pain called Lumbar Sacral Radiculopathy. At

least that's what they say. I have Degenerative Disk Disease from L1-S1. My S1

is truncated and I think that means it's impinged or pinched. I have facet

disease in the same places. I'm a nurse and should know that what truncated

means but I'm a Psych nurse so that lets me off the hook ha ha.

My pain runs across the lowest part of my back. Sometimes it's a deep pain I

really can't describe. It feels like it is deep inside. Like a painful

pressure pushing in unrelenting and steady. And other times, less frequently,

its sharp.

If I do any type of activity like yard work or housework like washing dishes or

vacuuming it starts hurting. If I work at my job it always hurts and starts

when I start working and progressively gets works until I am almost in tears.

Vance