Re: New to Group but not Pain

[Guest guest]

Hi Tammy,

I relate with your early diagnosis and back pain. I also have osteoarthritis

and a lot of shoulder pain that actually originates from my neck which is also

plagued with bone spurs and degenerative/ruptured discs that are pressing on

nerves.

I finally found a wonderful pain management doctor yesterday after all these

years. I'm 54 and my pain began in my late teens with my lower back and neck due

to horse riding accidents and lifting too much.

Jennette

>Tammy Lillico-Sims wrote:

>Hi, my name is Tammy. I have been dealing with pain since a

back injury in my teens. I have been diagnosed with lower back bone

spurs and osteoarthritis in my shoulders and hips. I am now in my

40's and am looking for others who can identify with me and me with

them.

[Guest guest]

Hi, Tammy. I am glad you are here. Not because of pain, but because you decided

to not suffer alone any more.

I have lower back pain from a bulging disc. I have a pinched sciatic nerve

because of inflammation from arthritis. I have a ruptured disc and bulging discs

in my neck, with arthritis growth in the vertebral canals on both sides of my

neck. I have problems with my hands arms and shoulders because of the

inflammation and nerve impingement.

I have neuropathy now, because the doctors I saw at the onset of pain didn't

take me or my pain seriously.

I have suffered alone for almost 20 years. My ex husband made fun of me in front

of our 2 kids, and my current husband was sympathetic, but tends to be

indifferent toward me after spending time with his own kids. They are

recreational drug users, and have been trying to convince him that I am a

hypocrite.

He wasn't very supportive about me taking pain medications all the time, either,

until an MRI and a compassionate pain specialist came through for me. I insisted

that husband go with me to a neurologist for a second opinion, who explained the

problem in detail about my neck, with my husband present.

Yay for me! I am not a hypochondriac! My husband still forgets why it is that I

have so much pain, and why the medications don't cure me, or make me feel high,

like pain medications do to him and his kids.

I hope you will also find some compassion, with your kids, and with a pain

specialist, for better medical treatment. This group helped me.

Yours Truly, Bonvivant

--- " Tammy Lillico-Sims " wrote:

Hi, my name is Tammy. I have been dealing with pain since a back injury in my

teens.