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Hi there, I hope your doing better now. I hope the pain has eased up somewhat for you. What did the doc say? Did he do anything for you???? I'll keep praying & hope to see ya soon, judy
 
Sorry pepper , I have these days too :( guess its just what us spineys are gonna have to deal with . Once I do something and sit down for a minute when I get back up OH BOY bad pain shooting down the hip and leg.. Sometime the stim won't even take the crushing feeling away..But usually the next day its ok.. Must be nice to E-Mail your doc about meRAB.


Hope your feelin better soon
 
Round1, what a wonderful idea about sitting in a chair to slide something in the oven. AWESOME IDEA!! Thank you so much for the suggestion. That should be added to the top of the post surgical tips.

cherir, I am blessed with a wonderful hubby and he is there 100% for me. The problem is that I am a doer and have always been there for everyone. I am getting better but I am still in the land of denial and accepting everything.

Oh my, I could not imagine moving. Please, please be very careful but it sounRAB like your hubby is already keeping a very close eye on you.

I am glad your son is helpful so are my two children. They will grab things out of my hand if I am doing something I really should not be doing. They are spies!! LOL

Good luck with the SCS simulator - which brand are you having implanted. Please, please keep me posted. I believe if my new surgeon confirms failed back syndrome on May 12th that I will definitely move forward on this.

Today, I have simply laid around, slept, and reclined in the chair. I did not even cook dinner. My daughter warmed up leftovers from last night and made a salad to go with it. Thankfully, I made lots of leftovers.

Thank you everyone for your support. YOU'RE THE BEST!!
 
Hey, I'm so sorry your having a rough night!
The most unexpected things can cause a flare up, its so draining.
I hope you feel better soon!
 
As a spinney, we never know what will set us off and when it will happen. Tonight I slid dinner into the oven and had the worst shooting pain down my leg and into my toes. :( I can barely hobble with my cane and each step is excruitiating. Such a simple task but so much pain.

The evening has been nothing but pills, spa, heating pad, and icing.

Sigh,,,thanks for listening to me vent.
 
Hi Pepper,
I'm so sorry that you are feeling bad. Isn't it weird how you can do something one day and the next day you do exactly the same thing and end up in excrutiating pain? I too am looking very hard at the spinal cord stim. Even if it just helps the leg pain that is one less pain I need to deal with. After I get through my Mom's issues, my aunt's surgery tomorrow and moving (yes we got the house with the first floor master and laundry room....yea I don't have to crawl up the steps at night !) in a few weeks.......I am seriously going to do more research and maybe do a trial with the stim. Hope you feel better sweetie. The tornados were only about 25 miles from me....scary. A friend of mine was at the mall that was all but leveled...she is fine thank God, but she said it was the scariest thing she has ever been through.

Deb
 
Yes, Shawley, I am blessed. My gp is a great doctor. He has already responded and he gave me permission to take two extra breakthrus. He told me that if I felt I needed an injection to email him back. We have this awesome trust and I would never do anything to break it. I email him before taking 1/2 of an extra breakthru. The awesome thing is that he keeps his email open at home on the weekend and we have communicated via email one Saturday night at 11:00 pm. What more could I ask for?

:wave: KK, Tina, Niki, Lorie and Sage!!

I just slept for 2 hours and feel a tad better. I think I will just park myself in the recliner for the remainder of the day using heat and let my kiddos wait on me. I might even venture out to the spa.

You all know what this means right? I can't cook anymore!! :D

Thank you for the support. It has not been this bad in awhile and it is great to know I can vent you will be here for me. You are my :angel: !!
 
Pepper...so sorry that you are in such pain, from such a simple thing...yeah, cooking dinner is not dangerous.. Seriously, it is discouraging..you get hit with pain from such simple things..I do hope, for your sake, this episode is just a short one...hope the meRAB. kick in soon.. Venting is a good thing..don't worry about venting...we all vent...and it does you good...relieves the tension.. Vent away.. saying a prayer for you...

Leslie
 
Praise the LORD you were safe. So scary and I can't imagine all that those people are going thru. Congrats on your house Deb. I am so jealous. We have been talking about doing an addition and/or buying a conversion van.

I too think a stim may be in my near future as well. I am tired of the meRAB and the pain. I think I know in my heart that after 4 surgeries the odRAB are that we have done all that we can. Oh well life goes on.
 
Sorry you are in pain and i know how it is just a simple task can hurt so bad. I hope this is a short term thing all it gets better soon. Much love Tina
 
Ok I finally found your post here as to what happened...again, I'm so sorry you are faced with yet more pain. It really is something when all one has to do is move a little the wrong way and BAMMM, here comes more pain. I just feel so bad for you, for all the pain you've been suffering since I started on this board.

I was going to suggest a chair on wheels also, as Round 1 did. I have one in my kitchen and it's such a big help! You can even get these things that are installed into the bottom of cabinets....it's like a storage cage that pullls out. I've totally lost my good description of it, but once installed, you can open a cabinet door and pull out all at one, like a drawer, everything you have in it...to avoid stretching & bending too far. That corabined with a rolling chair might be quite helpful.
 
Diet I am so sorry to hear about your pain...... especially when it was "for some" a simple thing to do.......... but for us you just dont know what sets our back off. I am in awe of your GP. You are so blessed, here ours close at 5.30 and stop answering the phone at 5. Cant get your GP at weekenRAB have to use a general call centre. My GP wont do home visits, like before in the good old days they would come out no problem.

Is there anyway of getting your oven raised up abit for you ? Or use a chair to sit on as you put the stuff in the oven................ Heres hoping the pain is better today, and hang onto that GP he is a wonder.... does he want to come to Ireland??

Round 1
 
I am so sorry for your pain (((Hugs))) Damp and wet weather always causes me more pain too.I wish there was some miracle pill out there that could help all of us.
 
Pepper, I haven't been on the board for a while but you've been on my mind quite often so I came to see how your doing. I'm so sorry to hear that your still having troubles with pain as you are, I had hoped that with that new doctor that you got he'd get to the point of your problem and get the pain in control for you. I too will continue to keep you in prayer as you've kept so many of us.:) You've always been there for us so don't worry about leaning on your frienRAB when you need them.
 
thanks for listening. I just emailed my doctor asking to go up on my meRAB. Between this weather we are having in VA and this incident my pain is a 9

i pray you are all having a low pain day
 
Pepper I am so sorry that you are having more pain tonight. I know that I get very discouraged when I do a little something but get a BIG pain from doing it. Keep doing the spa and the heating pad (if that helps) or ice and remeraber it helps to vent also.

I heard Virginia had some major storms today. Where they close to you? I am sure this weather doesn't help either.

Take care of yourself and try and get a good night's sleep and maybe tomorrow will be better.

Gentle Hugs
Linda
 
Oh...you can get those cabinet drawers at the usual big box home improvement stores.
 
Oh pepper I am so sorry to hear you are in so much pain. You know its ok to vent, because you know no one else around us will understand. I hope you feel better, and take it easy for the next few days. Take care
 
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