Hello Lauren, I'm so sorry that you have to endure this pain at such
at such a young age. I had my first back surgery a spinal fusion at
L5-S1. I have been in chronic pain since. I have since had 4 more
surgeries to fix all the mistakes and misdiagnosis that the doctors
made. I now have Arachnoiditis. I don't understand how you could have
gotten this condition from a hysterectomy. Have you had anything done
to your back. You could have gotten it from an epidural if you had
one for your hysterectomy or if you had a child. But, Arachnoiditis
is scar tissue that has growen through your spinal nerves. I wish you
the best. If you ever want to talk more please feel free to write to
me anytime. Sincerely Michael in Washington State



--- In Arachnoiditis@yahoogroups.com, "Lauren" <laurenkendy3@...>
wrote:
>
>
> I am Lauren and I am 38 year old and was searching the internet
for
> more information on this illness. I have been though too much to get
> into but a year and a half ago, I underwent a hystromecty because
I was
> having severe lower back pain and Dr after Dr didn't know what to
do or
> what was causing the back pain. It got so bad I could no longer
cook or
> clean or be on my feet longer then a few minutes the pain was so
bad.
> They determined I had cancerous cells that were in my ovaries and
that
> is why I had the complete hysterectomy hoping the back pain would go
> away along with not getting full cancer. After the surgery, my lower
> back pain did go away but up until a few months ago it has returned
and
> I just came back from the Dr. with my MRI results and they say I
have
> Arachnoiditis and now I will see a orthopedic Dr. I have never
heard of
> this and I am very bummed out because I have always been so active
just
> a lot of energy and I guess I just need to learn more and hopefully
I
> can hear from some of you suffering from this. It sucks having this
> pain, so I don't usually write so much but I needed to talk so
thank you
> for listening.
>
> Lauren
>