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Completely tired of the pain

Post a new topicby livingwith on Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:31 am

Hi,
I have been diagnosed with degenerative disc and joint disease, bulging discs, bone spurs down both sides of my spine, crushed tailbone, spinal stenosis and something else I don’t remember, and the MRI said my condition is severe. I do not take pain pills other than 3 ibruprofin in the morning which really doesn’t do much anyway.
I am in constant pain all day and I sometimes cannot walk across the floor because of sharp burning pain in my lower back. Sitting gives me sharp bu...Read the full article
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Re: Completely tired of the pain

Post a new topicby iocd5 on Thu Jul 02, 2009 4:33 pm

I know how you feel. I hurt everyday and i'm tired of all of it. I am still on pain meds and all the other stuff but it only helps a tiny bit. I posted a story also it is the one before yours. It really sucks not being able to do your normal stuff everyday, but we must go on even though pain is so apart of our lives.
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Re: Completely tired of the pain

Post a new topicby Larrypage on Fri Jul 03, 2009 8:09 am

I can sympathize with your problems, back pains are the worst thing one can have. I've suffered with back problems for years. Recently While surfing I came through site http://www.irehab.com/ , its been very helpful for me. Hope it will be also helpful to you.
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