i could be writing the same words as you...only i havent seen as many docs becuz i lost my insuracne for a while and couldnt afford to go to any for almost a year. i have heard many scarey stories about back surgeries making things worse rather than better, adn it all boils down to it is becuz they are trying to fix the wrong thing!! why is it so hard for a doc to say, this is what COULD hace happened when the needle punctured these parts so many times. it is becuz they dont want to get involved with a lawsuit. i have called like 20 lawyers in teh past 2 weeks. it is so frustrating. then i have my other docs secretary withholding my med refills becuz i cant make big enuf payments on my bill. have you ever had a myelogram or SPECT scan? those are two tests my doc recommended and i think i am going to get those asap. or at least the myelogram. you should look into them and ask your next doc about it. the neurologist i saw would not do a nerve conduction test on my back becuz he said the nerves are too intricate or something? so i dont know. i honestly do not know. i just think this is teh way it is going to be and we have to learn to manage it. i also saw an acupuncturist that did some sort of electro machine on my back that is supposed to stimuolate nerve regeneration? dude we totally have nerve damage. end of story. i have a slightly degenerative disc as well but from the research i have done pretty much everyone has the amount that i have and it wouldnt cause thsi much pain. have you tried epidural steroid injections? also looking into a rhizotomy, where they cauterize nerves to stop them from being in pain. just ideas maybe you can talk to your doc about them. i am so sorry your doc did not warn you that the surgery might not work or may make thigns worse. what a shitty doc. so manhy of thme are. and i live in MT and they are even worse here becuz their pay is so much lower to work here.
hang in there. when does your statute run out? i have like 7 months left on mine. losing hope there. but all i can do is try. if either one of us ever gets any leads we will help eachother!! take care
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i could be writing the same words as you...only i havent seen as many docs becuz i lost my insuracne for a while and couldnt afford to go to any for almost a year. i have heard many scarey stories about back surgeries making things worse rather than better, adn it all boils down to it is becuz they are trying to fix the wrong thing!! why is it so hard for a doc to say, this is what COULD hace happened when the needle punctured these parts so many times. it is becuz they dont want to get involved with a lawsuit. i have called like 20 lawyers in teh past 2 weeks. it is so frustrating. then i have my other docs secretary withholding my med refills becuz i cant make big enuf payments on my bill. have you ever had a myelogram or SPECT scan? those are two tests my doc recommended and i think i am going to get those asap. or at least the myelogram. you should look into them and ask your next doc about it. the neurologist i saw would not do a nerve conduction test on my back becuz he said the nerves are too intricate or something? so i dont know. i honestly do not know. i just think this is teh way it is going to be and we have to learn to manage it. i also saw an acupuncturist that did some sort of electro machine on my back that is supposed to stimuolate nerve regeneration? dude we totally have nerve damage. end of story. i have a slightly degenerative disc as well but from the research i have done pretty much everyone has the amount that i have and it wouldnt cause thsi much pain. have you tried epidural steroid injections? also looking into a rhizotomy, where they cauterize nerves to stop them from being in pain. just ideas maybe you can talk to your doc about them. i am so sorry your doc did not warn you that the surgery might not work or may make thigns worse. what a shitty doc. so manhy of thme are. and i live in MT and they are even worse here becuz their pay is so much lower to work here.
hang in there. when does your statute run out? i have like 7 months left on mine. losing hope there. but all i can do is try. if either one of us ever gets any leads we will help eachother!! take care
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