Hi, Monica ... welcome to this very quiet group!
If you've read my 2 cents worth at the bottom of this note, you'll see what
I think the future holds for you. You can try the shots and the surgery,
but like I said, NO ONE has every come forward and said that they were cured
by them. Sure, the pain is contained for a while ... sometimes months, or
even a year, or only a few hours. The chiropractor only hurt me more by
trying to "adjust" my neck, twice a week for 2 months. He was the second
chiropractor and he was recommended to me (by name and address) by the
doctor I saw at a pain management clinic at our local hospital !!!! The
first chirpractor was recommended to me by the cousin of a neighbor. He
(believe it or not) never touched my neck! I had never been to one before,
so didn't know what he was actually supposed to be doing. He adjusted other
parts of my back and upper arms, telling me "it's all connected", then used
a deep massage machine on my back (but not on my neck) and did that for 6
weeks !!!! No help there !!!! The physical therapist told me I had to turn
my neck all the time, every day or I'd lose the ability permanently. Huh
!!! When I did that, the pain just got worse ... so back I couldn't stand
it. So, like I say, I just live with it. Yes, it hurts. Yes, I could feel
sorry for myself, but hey, I have a life to finish living here. I keep very
active and enjoy each day. Sometimes I even forget about the pain entirely.
But it's always there ... like when I have to check over my right shoulder
to back out of a parking space or switch lanes on the freeway. ouch !!!!
Good luck, honey. It's all mind-set. Rise above it. You can do it.
If God really, really loved us, he would have made our saliva taste like
chocolate!
Kathy/Mom/Bedstemor in Kenosha, Wisconsin USA
NEEDLEWORK FOREVER!!! HOUSEWORK WHENEVER. bedstemor@...

>From: monica feeley <mikfee2@...>
>Reply-To: Cervical_Spondylosis@yahoogroups.com
>To: Cervical_Spondylosis@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [Cervical_Spondylosis] New here with Cervical Stenosis
>Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:48:59 -0800 (PST)
>
>my hands turn numb and tingle....i go through spells of pinching of my
>spine in my neck--OUCH!...i cannot stand the pain of laying flat...and, i
>wander what the future brings?
>
>
>----- Original Message ----
>From: kathy sorensen <bedstemor@...>
>To: Cervical_Spondylosis@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 5:54:10 AM
>Subject: RE: [Cervical_Spondylosis] New here with Cervical Stenosis
>
>
>Hi, Tim ... I don't know what cervical stenosis is ... I went to the Mayo
>Clinic site and there is Spinal Stenosis. Nothing for cervical stenosis,
>though. Is it the same thing?
>I have cervical spondylosis ... the neck vertebrae are crushed together
>from
>old age and a very old whip lash injury. The crushed vertebrae press on
>the
>nerve exiting from the spine, causing my pain.
>I have tried several things to combat the pain ... recommended by my MD ...
>physical therapy, chiropractors, and pain meds. He wants me to have the
>shots and says if they don't work, I should have the surgery. Well, you
>are
>not the first person who has said they had the shots and the surgery and
>they may work for a while and then stop. As a matter of fact, I asked on
>this list when I first joined if there was anyone at all who was cured by
>any doctor of this painful disease. NOT ONE PERSON SAID THEY WERE! And
>everyone I have spoken with that has had the shots told me that they only
>work for a little bit, then the pain is back again.
>Well, I am 70 years old and have decided that old age brings pain and
>disease with it and some of it can be helped and some of it cannot be
>helped. I have decided to live with my pain. I take etodolac, an
>anti-inflammatory, for the pain. And, wonder of wonders, after messing
>with
>the physical therapists and the chiropractors for over a year, my MD
>FINALLY
>admitted that even if I tried the shots and the surgery, THAT THERE IS NO
>REAL FOR SURE CURE that the medical profession knows of. They are, after
>all, just "practicing" medicine!
>You seem to have done all you could for yourself. Perhaps it's time for a
>change of mind-set for yourself. I have learned to live with the pain and
>am much more content now. Driving is very difficult ... that checking over
>your shoulder thing is hardest, but I still do it. Sitting in a group of
>people and having to turn my head to see/hear/speak to others is also very
>difficult. I always try to get a seat at the head of a table so I don't
>have to twist my neck often.
>And, just in case there is someone else new on this list (very quiet list,
>by the way) who has found a cure, please let us know!
>
>If God really, really loved us, he would have made our saliva taste like
>chocolate!
>Kathy/Mom/Bedstemor in Kenosha, Wisconsin USA
>NEEDLEWORK FOREVER!!! HOUSEWORK WHENEVER. bedstemor@...
>
> >From: "Tim" <monroeia@...>
> >Reply-To: Cervical_Spondylosis@yahoogroups.com
> >To: Cervical_Spondylosis@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: [Cervical_Spondylosis] New here with Cervical Stenosis
> >Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 14:15:03 -0000
> >
> >Hi Everyone,
> >
> >My name is Tim. I am new to this group. I was diagnosed with cervical
> >stenosis in July 2004 after 4 or 5 years of pain and countless
> >doctors.I have been trying to find a place to meet other people with
> >this that I can talk to. I had a lamanectomy with fusion of c2-c6 a
> >week after I was diagnosed. After the recovery evrery thing was great
> >for almost a year then the pain started again. From what I have been
> >told my symptoms are different from alot of people with cervical
> >stenosis, I have pain in my neck and head.Severe pain.It gets so bad
> >that I cant even touch my head or neck without making it worse, and
> >laying down is not possible.Since the surgery I get an "episode" of
> >this severe pain about every month or so and it lasts for up to a
> >week. I have had about 10 epidural injections and they dont work
> >anymore. Now when I get pain I go to the Dr. and he gives me a
> >steroid shot,a pain killer shot and a prescription of lortab.If I am
> >lucky, the steroid will start working before I run out of lortab.I am
> >hoping to hear what other people are doing for pain.My Dr. seems to
> >be out of ideas.The surgeon says "oh we will just have to do surgery
> >again" which I am not wanting to do. the pain managment Dr.
> >says "lets just keep trying the epidural and hopefully it will work
> >this time or we can give you a patch to wear for pain releif" mwhich
> >I have tried and it was absolutly worthless. My Dr. has tried probly
> >a dozen different anti-deppresants but nothing helps. I don't know if
> >I need to look for a new Dr. or what. Sorry to come here and sound
> >like I am whining but I spent the evening of Christmas day on the ER
> >and the gave me the shot of pain meds and sent me on my way and of
> >course that is wearing off. Hope to hear from some people with
> >stenosis or anyone else living with pain. I hope everyone had a great
> >Christmas.
> >
> >Tim
> >
> >

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