Recent content by harmonv

Hi Lynne: My husband is post fusion, with a morphine pump, and spinal cord stim. Still in agony and scheduled to see Dr. Sama on August 10th. I am a wreck. Did you see Dr. Sama. I am just hanging on by my fingernails. My husband is barely hanging on. I go in and out of having any hope...

My husband is scheduled to see Dr. Sama on August 10th. He is really in agony and has been so for four years. He is post fustion, with a morphine pump and a spinal cord stimulator. Still in agony? Is Dr. Sama your surgeon???

Hi everone who is suffering or watching someone suffer: Does anyone have a good referral for a "re-do" surgeon"? If you have ever spent the majority of your time with a person suffering from failed back syndrome, you know how excrutiating the experience is. When the sugeon who performed the...

Sorry to hear about your back. My husband too is suffering from failed back syndrome too. Five surgeries, spinal cord stimulator, morphine pump implantation-- however, the pain goes on and on. I am just waiting for the medical community to figure this mess out. They will, but, in the...

Sorry to hear about your husband. Mine too. He has had five surgery on his lower back and still the pain continues. Most days he can only sit up to eat and go to the bathroom with short walks around the apartment. A trip to blockbuster is like taking a plane trip to Europe. Poor baby. My...

Hi, I am in Connecticut and my husband has failed back syndrome. He has had five surgeries on his back, a spinal cord stimulator implanted, and, lastly, a morphine pump implanted. God have mercy. The pain continues. I am can only wait and hope that the medical community (the neuros and the...

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