2nd March 2008
Dear Heather,
I too am experiencing your pain, but haven't gone under the knife yet...and hopefully won't have to. It's all according to your insurance apparently, I don't know?, I am attending pain management, and have had 2 MRI's on my lumbar and thoracic region done. My pain also started in the low back went down into my left foot and calf muscle, and then went to both feet and both calf muscles. The pain in my feet has left me basically handicapped. I am scheduled here soon for another emg test, an MRI of my cervical and brain., I have multiple problems in my spine-so there trying to figure out which area or problem is causing so much intense pain?!!, I have a few herniated discs in my lumbar region, Degenerative Disc Disease, Spinal Stenosis, (narrowing of the bones in my lower back area), and am rubbing bone to bone somewhere's?, I believe my facet joints are shot as well. So I am getting very frustrated with all this mess. They have me on Morphine 30mg.'s 2x daily, kepro and baclofen for the spasms and jumping. Standing, Sitting and Walking all are excruciating. The walking is the worse., I usually have to use a scooter just to go to the grocery store. Sometimes, It feels like Im walking on rocks in my left foot., my heel goes numb, my toes on both feet and the soles are in constant firey hot radiating numbness!!!, it's hard to explain, but I find myself wanting to just cut my feet off somedays!!... So anyway, I wish u luck and I hope they can fix u at least. Maybe here soon, theyll figure out what is really going on with me?...in the meantime Im miserable and depressed from all this. Emg I had showed pinched nerves on left side, am due for another here soon., MRI's showed all the other mess, as well as a herniating disc in my neck., Vascular Surgeon said my circulation was fine to my feet?, foot doctor said my toenails(mostly the large one's) didn't have fungus, but apparently it was the nerve damage discoloring my nails. Am due for another MRI of my neck and brain, and another EMG, and another epidural injection-this will be my third...:mad: Wish me luck, and let me know how u turn out, Good Luck and God Bless. Hope your Pain gets better soon!!:wave:
I too am experiencing your pain, but haven't gone under the knife yet...and hopefully won't have to. It's all according to your insurance apparently, I don't know?, I am attending pain management, and have had 2 MRI's on my lumbar and thoracic region done. My pain also started in the low back went down into my left foot and calf muscle, and then went to both feet and both calf muscles. The pain in my feet has left me basically handicapped. I am scheduled here soon for another emg test, an MRI of my cervical and brain., I have multiple problems in my spine-so there trying to figure out which area or problem is causing so much intense pain?!!, I have a few herniated discs in my lumbar region, Degenerative Disc Disease, Spinal Stenosis, (narrowing of the bones in my lower back area), and am rubbing bone to bone somewhere's?, I believe my facet joints are shot as well. So I am getting very frustrated with all this mess. They have me on Morphine 30mg.'s 2x daily, kepro and baclofen for the spasms and jumping. Standing, Sitting and Walking all are excruciating. The walking is the worse., I usually have to use a scooter just to go to the grocery store. Sometimes, It feels like Im walking on rocks in my left foot., my heel goes numb, my toes on both feet and the soles are in constant firey hot radiating numbness!!!, it's hard to explain, but I find myself wanting to just cut my feet off somedays!!... So anyway, I wish u luck and I hope they can fix u at least. Maybe here soon, theyll figure out what is really going on with me?...in the meantime Im miserable and depressed from all this. Emg I had showed pinched nerves on left side, am due for another here soon., MRI's showed all the other mess, as well as a herniating disc in my neck., Vascular Surgeon said my circulation was fine to my feet?, foot doctor said my toenails(mostly the large one's) didn't have fungus, but apparently it was the nerve damage discoloring my nails. Am due for another MRI of my neck and brain, and another EMG, and another epidural injection-this will be my third...:mad: Wish me luck, and let me know how u turn out, Good Luck and God Bless. Hope your Pain gets better soon!!:wave: