Back Pain Forum - Cervical spine Degen Discs

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 Confused

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. Crying
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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 ? Rolling Eyes