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Man I feel you pain, I have degenerative disc disease and my lower back and neck are about gone, been getting Injections in my lower back and need neck surgery just haven't got up the nerve to have it yet. It's put a damper on my love of working on my old cars. Hope everything works out good for you.
 
Good luck Doug. Nobody has any idea what to do with me. Couple summers ago one Doc said he thought it was "systemic" meaning something on the order of Lupus or Lyme disease, except I've been tested for whatever they can think of.

In early Nov I was trying to flop over on the physical therapy gal's bench and fell off, broke 2 ribs. They are still bothering me.
 
67Dart273 said:
Good luck Doug. Nobody has any idea what to do with me. Couple summers ago one Doc said he thought it was "systemic" meaning something on the order of Lupus or Lyme disease, except I've been tested for whatever they can think of.

In early Nov I was trying to flop over on the physical therapy gal's bench and fell off, broke 2 ribs. They are still bothering me.
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Ouch, nothing like a fall to get ones attention. Lupus...nasty stuff.
This time around the procedure hurt a bit worse. They have to touch your nerves with probes of some sort. When they initially make contact...well....lets just say that your vocabulary expands some. Then it is 15 pulses of current and it is over. Had a problem with me of some sort yesterday, some how the machine generated to much heat. They had to repeat the pulsing part after the doc moved the probes.
Told me to take it easy yesterday, resume normal life today. Got a new camera body yesterday, going to get dressed and go chase the dogs around in the new snow. If I feel ok I am going to go looking for the shear pins for the snow blower and clear the drive way, if I can find them. When I used the snow blower last time I broke all of the pins...just another benefit of living where we have quite a few rocks.
 
inkjunkie said:
Ouch, nothing like a fall to get ones attention. Lupus...nasty stuff.
This time around the procedure hurt a bit worse. They have to touch your nerves with probes of some sort. When they initially make contact...well....lets just say that your vocabulary expands some. Then it is 15 pulses of current and it is over. Had a problem with me of some sort yesterday, some how the machine generated to much heat. They had to repeat the pulsing part after the doc moved the probes.
Told me to take it easy yesterday, resume normal life today. Got a new camera body yesterday, going to get dressed and go chase the dogs around in the new snow. If I feel ok I am going to go looking for the shear pins for the snow blower and clear the drive way, if I can find them. When I used the snow blower last time I broke all of the pins...just another benefit of living where we have quite a few rocks.
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Damn Man..That sounds bad.Hope someday they can figure things out for you.
 
Hey Doug I hope they can get you fixed up soon . keep posting those great pictures you have been taking .
 
Back in Time said:
Damn Man..That sounds bad.Hope someday they can figure things out for you.
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Thanks. At this point everything is just short term. Doc that did the RFA said he normally has to redo them every 12-18 months. He redid mine exactly at 12 months...granted I was absolutely miserable for the last 2 of them. What I am really after is to try to at least lower my pain meds. 70-80mg of OXY a day, coupled with 2mg of Xanax to help me sleep and I am like a zombie some days. Going for another MRI tomorrow, Ernestina has a friend that has a problem similar to mine and he helped her...alot. My primary care doc....as well as my shoulder doc...think I am spinning my wheels. Time will tell. After we see this guy, if he will even see me, Ernie has another doc she wants me to go see. Some sort of implant that is supposed to help...
https://www.webmd.com/back-pain/guide/spinal-cord-stimulation
Truth of the matter is I am heading towards a complete fusion. Prior to that happening we are going to have to come to terms with several things. One of which is we won't be able to live out here no more. Couple docs that I have seen about it have said I will need be have my lumbar region fused, from L1 to S1. I will lose pretty much all mobility in my lower back. Problem is my hips are shot as well so the only thing that will happen is all the strain from my back will be placed on my hips.
This hurts to say but there has been many a night I hope to not wake up the next day.

jimjimjimmy said:
Hey Doug I hope they can get you fixed up soon . keep posting those great pictures you have been taking .
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Thanks. Will do on the pictures. Got my camera body yesterday. Best DSLR that Canon makes....
EOS-1D X Mark II
I did not get the USA version, I got the import. Was over $1k less. I have the previous version of it as well. Phenomenal cameras. If/when I am able to sell a bunch of my equipment I will be replacing my 400mmL F/2.8 lens with the second gen one. One of the big improvements is the weight...the one I hve now is 12.5 pounds, the gen 2 is a full 5 pounds lighter.
I really enjoy my hobby. I just wish I had the skill set to match my equipment. I will...eventually. Lots of stuff to learn.
 
Mopar-Mitch said:
Man I feel you pain, I have degenerative disc disease and my lower back and neck are about gone, been getting Injections in my lower back and need neck surgery just haven't got up the nerve to have it yet. It's put a damper on my love of working on my old cars. Hope everything works out good for you.
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If you don't mind me asking a few questions...
Do you know what caused your problems? Mine was part genetics, part trauma (many hard dirt bike crashes) and repetitive motion. I have cervical spinal stenosis as well. it is bad enough that they are concerned I may develop bowel troubles...but my lumbar is worse, pain wise.
Has arthritis set in yet? Docs have told me that due to all the repetitive motion work I did that arthritis is just a tag along. When I seen a therapist for my lumbar stuff he told me that replacement discs are possible for me due to how bar the arthritis is. How many injections have you had so far? My docs are starting to get concerned about the overall amount of cortisone that I have gotten so far. Both hips, several lumbar epidurals and at least 5 shots in various spots of my shoulder.
If I had known then what I know now...:rofl::rofl: I would have went to college. Really wanted to be an engineer of sorts....:BangHead::BangHead:
 
inkjunkie said:
Doc that did the RFA said he normally has to redo them every 12-18 months. He redid mine exactly at 12 months...granted I was absolutely miserable for the last 2 of them.
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Got an appointment in a couple weeks with pain management to review and schedule another RFA procedure for me. They do mine every six months. I have about four and a half really good months and then it starts to return. At just over five months, it's back and by the time I walk in for the procedure, I'm pretty miserable.

If it was up to the doc, he'd do them every five months, but the insurance company only allows for every six months.
 
inkjunkie said:
If you don't mind me asking a few questions...
Do you know what caused your problems? Mine was part genetics, part trauma (many hard dirt bike crashes) and repetitive motion. I have cervical spinal stenosis as well. it is bad enough that they are concerned I may develop bowel troubles...but my lumbar is worse, pain wise.
Has arthritis set in yet? Docs have told me that due to all the repetitive motion work I did that arthritis is just a tag along. When I seen a therapist for my lumbar stuff he told me that replacement discs are possible for me due to how bar the arthritis is. How many injections have you had so far? My docs are starting to get concerned about the overall amount of cortisone that I have gotten so far. Both hips, several lumbar epidurals and at least 5 shots in various spots of my shoulder.
If I had known then what I know now...:rofl::rofl: I would have went to college. Really wanted to be an engineer of sorts....:BangHead::BangHead:
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I have spinal stenosis as well, I found out I was born with a birth defect in my neck the doctors call it a congenital abnormalitie I never did form a C6 or C7 disc in my neck, its just one solid bone. My thoracic spine is fused together from bone spurs but the degenerative disc disease caused that. The disc in my neck above the defect are degenerated and my lumbar disc are too. It does affect my bowels also. Hope it don't get bad enough for diapers.:lol:
 
Arthritis wise, they said mine is osteoarthritis. I've only had 1 epidural in my lumbar so far.doctor said only surgery would help my neck.
 
inkjunkie said:
Thanks. At this point everything is just short term. Doc that did the RFA said he normally has to redo them every 12-18 months. He redid mine exactly at 12 months...granted I was absolutely miserable for the last 2 of them. What I am really after is to try to at least lower my pain meds. 70-80mg of OXY a day, coupled with 2mg of Xanax to help me sleep and I am like a zombie some days. Going for another MRI tomorrow, Ernestina has a friend that has a problem similar to mine and he helped her...alot. My primary care doc....as well as my shoulder doc...think I am spinning my wheels. Time will tell. After we see this guy, if he will even see me, Ernie has another doc she wants me to go see. Some sort of implant that is supposed to help...
https://www.webmd.com/back-pain/guide/spinal-cord-stimulation
Truth of the matter is I am heading towards a complete fusion. Prior to that happening we are going to have to come to terms with several things. One of which is we won't be able to live out here no more. Couple docs that I have seen about it have said I will need be have my lumbar region fused, from L1 to S1. I will lose pretty much all mobility in my lower back. Problem is my hips are shot as well so the only thing that will happen is all the strain from my back will be placed on my hips.
This hurts to say but there has been many a night I hope to not wake up the next day.





Thanks. Will do on the pictures. Got my camera body yesterday. Best DSLR that Canon makes....
EOS-1D X Mark II
I did not get the USA version, I got the import. Was over $1k less. I have the previous version of it as well. Phenomenal cameras. If/when I am able to sell a bunch of my equipment I will be replacing my 400mmL F/2.8 lens with the second gen one. One of the big improvements is the weight...the one I hve now is 12.5 pounds, the gen 2 is a full 5 pounds lighter.
I really enjoy my hobby. I just wish I had the skill set to match my equipment. I will...eventually. Lots of stuff to learn.
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My Wife has a dead stimulator in her from years ago. It did her well for 6 years before the effects began fading. When the battery and stimulator both died they wanted $ 45,000 to replace it which Medicare wouldn't cover without a high co-pay. Take it this has been years ago and I'm sure the technology has improved. At 74 now she sometimes has to spend many days in bed to make it tolerable and takes very little pain meds.Once again good luck. I agree keep the great pics coming
 
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