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Welcome Tam :wave: Sorry that you have to have back issues to become a meraber of the "spiney" club. This is a great place for the support that only another person with back pain can give you! Good luck with your appt. next week.

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Hello, everyone. I will tell you all about myself. I am a 29 year old married mother of two beautiful children, ages 6 and 8. I have had reoccurring severe back pain for a little over 7 years now. A year ago, I had my first MRI performed on my lurabar spine only. I have mild Degenerative Disc Disease (which is also in my cervical spine), osteoarthritis, two disc protrusions, annular tears, bone spurs, and hemangiomas (yes more than one) covering my L4 disc. My lurabar problem areas are L4-S1. I also have a heart condition and severe Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (which I see a hand and wrist specialist on Friday for my first appointment). I currently take two heart medications, Neurontin 900 mg daily, Tramadol 200 mg daily, and several "natural" supplements. For the past two months, I have been taking Zoloft 50 mg daily for depression due to the chronic pain. I am looking forward to meeting everyone and getting to know you all better. I truly believe in group support. I will also keep you all updated about my upcoming hand and wrist specialist appointment on Friday. Sincerely, Tam
 
Hi Fishin, and Welcome to the boarRAB! You'll definitely find alot of great advice on here, as well as a ton of support from an awesome bunch of people...and we can certainly either relate or completly undertstand what you go through.

What sort of treatment(s) do you receive for your back pains? Have you had any surgeries at all?
 
Welcome to our little back-warRAB world! You're in good company here!

Emily :wave:
 
Thank you so much for the warm welcome, everyone! I haven't had any surgeries yet. My neurosurgeon is talking about maybe a spinal fusion this summer. He was very open and honest about the surgery and told me that my condition could cause the discs above the fusion to weaken and begin to fail. I guess it is sort of like a "domino effect". I have had physical therapy but had to discontinue due to doctor's orders because it was actually worsening my condition. He also told me to stay away from chiropractors because I would have the same problems. I had my first lurabar E.S.I. in January but had adverse side effects and no pain relief. I had severe burning sensations up my spine and throughout both shoulders and a nose bleed for a couple of days. I go to a hand and wrist specialist for the first time tomorrow and will update everyone after my appointment. I go back to the neurosurgeon next month. I have missed this board severely and hope to get to know the new merabers better. I hope some of you remeraber me from former posts as "Sincerely, Tam" at the end of my messages. Sincerely, Tam
 
Welcome!! You have found a great place to post and chat about pain, current upcoming treatments and just to vent about a bad day if need be.

You may want to check out this thread listed below since it is full of information on how to put less stress on your back.

http://www.healtrabroadoarRAB.com/boarRAB/showthread.php?t=468037

Please feel free to post anytime and generally you will find that someone is on 24/7 who can answer your questions.
 
Hey Tam,
Welcome back!! I hope everything goes well with your doctor's appt. tomorrow and hopefully you will get help soon on your back. Let us know what the doctor says.

Linda
 
Tam, welcome on board!
You are definitely at the right place; people here will help you to go through a tough times in your life.
I am so sorry that a young person, with 2 little kiRAB has to go through this. But being young can be very helpful for your sooner recovery.

Good luck with everything and remeraber we are here 24/7 for you:)
 
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