Hello Christine, Jay and other members,

 

 So very Sorry To hear you have Arach and already advanced to stage 3 Christine!!! Your Pain Level is Excruciating I'm Sure!!! Thankyou for your kind and caring reply last week to me. I assumed you were a young first time mother, but you are just trailing me in age and have 3 children! I have 2 grown sons and labor was excruciating for me with my not discovered then neuro birth defects and the C spine damage! I too am not being treated with the meds. I need and all the former Pain Dr.s I have seen dismissed me or refused to treat me because they just assume I am a Drug Addict Seeking A High even though they had my neuro spinal diagnosises right in front of them!!! I also expressed to them that I have all the distinct Horrid symptoms of CAA after that One Neuro Toxic Poisonous Depo Medrol Lidocaine Epidural Injection of 2004!!! Truth is I am a reformed Drug Abuser, but that was because of All this Hellish Pain I suffer from the C spine damage of 82 and the Neuro Birth Defects!!! More Than 10 years has passed since I last did or abused any drug or alcohol!!! I have an ex husband who has only been recovering from drug and alcohol abuse for 2 yrs. and unfortunately my 2 sons are abusers!!! For almost 10 yrs. I have tried to get them off and away from Drug Abuse! I had them in several Special Programs over the yrs. and I became A Major Anti Drug Person!!! Now with All this Reality Of Incurable, Agonizing At Times Neuro Spinal Defects, Damage and Disease I Need the Treatment Of Narcotic Drugs Just To Survive And Try To Improve The Quality Of My Health And Life Crazy Isn't It!!! I have had to just recently apply for Welfare for Medical Access and Cash Assistance because of All this Ill Health and since I don't have Proper Pain Meds. and am running out of what I do have and I can't get well enough  to even work part time!! I did apply for SSDI last Nov., but was disapproved and am appealing it!! Anyway enough of me venting about all my problems! I need to focus on finding solutions for my own problems and be of more help to others with encouraging support, important info and hopeful news!!! Please everyone don't hesitate to vent or share with me your story of your life and struggles!!! Hope Today and Tomorrow  Sees Us All With Less Pain And Suffering And More Pleasure And Joy!!!

 

                                                                      Melana from PA USA