Hello, Paula from Indiana here.

I would like to join the chat. I have arachnoiditis, but it was not chemically
induced. Mine is from scar tissue due to surgery, degeneration, and stenosis.

Speaking to anyone is helpful to me right now. I never even knew there was such
a thing as this condition. I want to gather all the information possible.

I recently had steroid injections down both sides into my nerve roots. DID NOT
HELP AT ALL.

I am supposed to get the spinal cord simulator in December. I am currently
taking an anti-depressant and neurontin, and FINALLY, FINALLY this past week I
talked my Dr. into giving me a narcotic.

What I am finding is that arachnoiditis is very tempermental. Some things work
on certain days, and on other days, nothing works AT ALL. On those days I just
have to suffer.

It's a rather unfair sentence, is it not?

I'm only 38 and I am wondering how to live with this for the rest of my life.

Best regards and God bless,
Paula from Indiana