About Me: Female, 48, birmingham, AL, member since May 2009
Mom, mother of 2 teenagers and 4 dogs. Artist, love music,travel and art.
Chronic and severe back pain since 1995. Ruptured L-3-L4 with laminectomy (sp?) and Discotomy(sp
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[More]?) performed several years later (2004). Currently have bulging L5-S1, with an anular spine tear and problems with nerves in/on facet joints and SI joints. Also diagnosed with an extra vertabrea(lower SI region), Flat Back Syndrome, and something most commonly referred to as 'extra-loose ligaments?'. Undergone years of various physical therapy programs, epidural blocks & injections in all affected disc (L3,4&5,SI joint and 2 Facet joints) Radial ablation on facet joint (left side only-then insurance was lost...) I've used a variety of meds, including: Celebrex,Mobic,Soma,Lyrica,Cymbalta, Flexeril,Vioxx,percocet,darvocet, Tylox and Hydrocodone in 5, 7.5 & currently 10mg for 'break-through pain'.I started using Fentanyl pain patches in latter April 2009, at 25mcg every 3 days then 2 weeks later increased to 50 mcg every 3 days-then 75 mcg every 3 days, for 6 days and now at 75 mcg /48 hours using only the lortab 10 (up to 4 per 24/hours) for the b-t pain. I also alternate ice & heat therapy and use a TENS unit as needed. I've been looking into a relatively new micro-surgery done only by a clinic in Defuniak Springs, Fl, but can't until my 1 year pre-existing cond. period is reached. (April 2010 ). So, I'm basically limited to Meds to control my pain. My current therapy is only getting me a 4-5 out of 10 on a satisfaction scale.
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Each morning I wake up determined to have less pain than I did the day before,but no luck! So, from now on I'm just going to be happy to wake up, pain or no pain. I'm not ...
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About Me: Female, 48, birmingham, AL, member since May 2009
Mom, mother of 2 teenagers and 4 dogs. Artist, love music,travel and art.
Chronic and severe back pain since 1995. Ruptured L-3-L4 with laminectomy (sp?) and Discotomy(sp
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[More]?) performed several years later (2004). Currently have bulging L5-S1, with an anular spine tear and problems with nerves in/on facet joints and SI joints. Also diagnosed with an extra vertabrea(lower SI region), Flat Back Syndrome, and something most commonly referred to as 'extra-loose ligaments?'. Undergone years of various physical therapy programs, epidural blocks & injections in all affected disc (L3,4&5,SI joint and 2 Facet joints) Radial ablation on facet joint (left side only-then insurance was lost...) I've used a variety of meds, including: Celebrex,Mobic,Soma,Lyrica,Cymbalta, Flexeril,Vioxx,percocet,darvocet, Tylox and Hydrocodone in 5, 7.5 & currently 10mg for 'break-through pain'.I started using Fentanyl pain patches in latter April 2009, at 25mcg every 3 days then 2 weeks later increased to 50 mcg every 3 days-then 75 mcg every 3 days, for 6 days and now at 75 mcg /48 hours using only the lortab 10 (up to 4 per 24/hours) for the b-t pain. I also alternate ice & heat therapy and use a TENS unit as needed. I've been looking into a relatively new micro-surgery done only by a clinic in Defuniak Springs, Fl, but can't until my 1 year pre-existing cond. period is reached. (April 2010 ). So, I'm basically limited to Meds to control my pain. My current therapy is only getting me a 4-5 out of 10 on a satisfaction scale.
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