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...
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...
Hi Lauren, I am so sorry to hear about your diagnosis. I am 39 years old, and just found out yesterday that I need to have a hysterectomy. I have had two back...
Thanks for the definition of having scar tissue growing through the spinal nerves. Is this verified? Regards, Jay ... From: Michael <Sfusion@...> To:...
Thank you for all your support. In answer to some questions, I didn't get arachnoiditis from my hystromecty, I just had the back pain before the surgery,...
Jen, Thanks for your support, have you had your blood checked to see if you have Epstein Bar? I have it and it makes you very tired, I got it years ago, and it...
Hello Jay, I'm sorry that you have to suffer with horrible back pain yourself. If you have Arachnoiditis. I can give you plenty of sites on the web to find out...
It's not always scar tissue, the reason it is an "-itis" is because it's an auto-immune disease meaning the body is attacking the tissues and causing the...
Hello Jeff, thanks for your reply. I have gotten a lot of information and read a lot about this condition from every source that I could find it. And I still...
Just learned of your group. With what I have learned about this condition, I have to wonder how Eastman Kodak and the drug companies that endorced and...
I can see a class action suit in the future, wiith all the pain docs doing injections, but that could take several years.' Jay ... From: pjraleigh46...
Yes Michael, you are right, right, right... I was not exactly correct about the "itis" as my wife pointed out just after I sent that one. Oop's sorry for that...
Hello Michael, I hope you won't mind my input! You are correct in saying Arachnoiditis is an inflammatory condition / disease, the arachnoid membrane is very...
Hello Jeff, no need to apologize. If I apologized to everyone that I made a mistake sending something about. I would be at this computer forever. I have been...
Hello Ursula, I don't mind your input at all. In fact I enjoy hearing from everyone. I think it's great that this site is getting more messages posted on it....
Hello Ursula, I don't mind your input at all. In fact I enjoy hearing from everyone. I think it's great that this site is getting more messages posted on it....
Hello Ursula, I don't mind your input at all. In fact I enjoy hearing from everyone. I think it's great that this site is getting more messages posted on it....
Hello Ursula, I don't mind your input at all. In fact I enjoy hearing from everyone. I think it's great that this site is getting more messages posted on it....
Trying to explain this problem to the general public is an effort in futility at it's best. "So Jeff, what's the reason for your pain?" Well... and I try to...
Hello Micheal, I'm so pleased to hear back from you, I am so sad to hear of the state of things in the US, I have always looked to the US as being a country...
Hey Urslua, Right, I didn't know you were a Brit... Brilliant! 8-D In all my chats with people the world over it's becoming clear that the Limeys, Yanks and...
Hi it's Lauren, I joined this group last week but got busy. I have a question hopefully someone can help me with. When I search the web, sometimes theirs too ...
Jeff, I live in Michigan also about 45 miles west of Detroit. I suffer from Arachnoiditis and CES. It is a very lonely world for me since this whole thing...
Hello Lauren, I don't mean to offend you or anything like that. But, with what you have told us that your MRI said. It's pretty much a guess. The back can...
I went to the Ortho's at U of M and they really looked at my spine, several different type scans. They said they saw something in the area but it shouldn't...
You must be near Ann Arbor? I'm in Clarkston, between Flint and Pontiac. We are probably less than 50 miles apart. I spent a lot of time (years) at U of M...
Jeff, looks like we are more like 20 miles apart, I am in Highland. Ironic, my brother lives in Ann Arbor and is always asking me to go to U of M for some...
Hello Jeff, Thanks very much for your email, its really nice hearing all about your Range Rover, you have a good motor there, they do tend to last well, the...
No, not heard of Freehan's site but I shall take a look. Fine on the vehicles, it seems just about all the brands are holding up well these days, since the...
Hi Michael I just had a chance to get online and when you said about standing or grocery shopping it is becoming unbearable, yes I have to almost sit in the...