Hi, I am sorry to read you are in so much pain. There
is a test they can do for the arachnoiditis. My
husband has suffered with this since 1991. Seems as
though a lot of dr are not really up on the knowledge
of arach. I would ask your dr if he is familiar with
this disease and ask if you can be tested for it. It
is a painful disease with not a lot of answers to
relieve the pain. We were denied on the social
security disability the 1st time we applied, but
actually got through the 2nd time and that was all
within 1 year. Well, I dont feel like I gave you any
real advice but please know others are out there for
support.
Teresa
--- reneandkarla <reneandkarla@...> wrote:
>
> hi group i was just wondering what kind of tests
> is there to see if
> you have this arachnoiditis i had a bcak fusion in
> may of 2002 and it
> didnt work i was told i have failed back surgery
> syndrome my fusion
> was on my l4-l5 and l5 -s1 and i have been in pain
> from the day of my
> surgrey ssi denied me last week on my hearing but i
> was told that you
> wont get ssi if drs. say that you have failed back
> surgery syndrome
> that they want something specific is this true ?
> someone please help
> me i do have a dr.s appt. today my pain is getting
> worse i was only
> having pain on my right side but for the past couple
> of days my pain
> has gone to my left side so i called my pain dr and
> they said we need
> to see you now and this was yeasterday afternoon
> when i spoke with
> them so i have to go in today but is there some kind
> of test they can
> do to see if this is what i have thanks
>
>


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Teresa


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