Hello I am in chronic pain neck/back and aches and pains throughout my body finaly discovered after waiting to get an M.R.I for over a year the the findings were at the c6-c7 there is left uncovertebral joint degeneration relating to mild neural foraminal stenosic on the left side' also at the c6-c7 there is right uncovertebral joint degeneration relating to mild right sided neural foraminal stenosis' I dont know what any of that means it has been very difficult getting help my Doc says its not serious and no need for surgery but there are days where i can hardly walk i feel so weak and tired all of the time' no energy to do anything i have just recently found help at a spinal care clinic where i am getting some chiropractic adjustments done the doc i am seeing is utilizing a technique thats relatively new thats called an Arthrostim it delivers 12 impulses a second and is very gentle there is no tugging and pulling at your body; Doc tells me that this tech will improve the function of my joints from head to foot so i am on a rehabilitation programme with him thats going to take months before my body starts to react any maximum potential; and as time goes on i will get some laser therapy, Now to top it all that i have just discovered i have a cervical pelvic prolapse so it seems never ending; though i do have some faith in this Doc i am seeing for my dics problem, as in the past i have had no results at all. I live in a country away from all my family members , since getting all these problems i have been feeling so alone and wish to return back home to England where i will get support from my family, It is just myself and my hubby right now and the more pain im am in the less i feel that my hubby knows how to support me, so to add to it i have become depressed and so miserable and i wondered if stress adds to the pain, I also been put on pain meds oxycontin. I feel taking them meds alone has ruined my outlook to life, i went away on a few days break recently with my hubby but we had to return home early as i had run out of my meds and yep i thought well that will be okay for a few days i may be able to cope; unknowing to me i had no idea if i stopped taking the meds suddenly i would think i was going to die, on the way returning from our break i had to call at a hospital to get a pain injection, i really had got freaked out where i could hardly breath and literally thought i was going to die. i scared my hubby and myself almost to death, that journey home is another long unhappy story so i wont go there right now? but i am dissapointed with my family Doc for not discussing the pros and cons of taking meds such as oxy i have had to find out all my information from these forums, so thank goodness there are genuine helpfull people out there. I am going to continue with the spinal care treatments and hope something can be done about my prolapse, is that adding to the rest of the pains, i get swelling numbness in feet knees and hands, also spasms throughout the body, I am afraid i dont have the strength or energy to do pelvic floor exercises i think it is way past that stage though my family Doc suggested it ? i dont know where i am going from here do you think i am making myself worse by thinking i should return home to England, for some reason i keep that thought in my head that i will get faster treatment' help and support to what i have been getting here in Canada the health care system here is not all what it is cracked up to be in the past 6 years i have found that out. any advice is good advice right now as i have lost my sparkle and a little bit of faith goes out the window each time a Doc passes me off with pain meds as if they have just given me the big Cure ?