You have a real medical ailment.

You dont want to become addicted to vicodan but you use diazapam (valium) regularly. (as addicting or more then vicodan)

no surgery is wanted, but you want to be out of pain.

You cannot fix scoliosis with pt and meds.

You have a world renowned spince care facility in boston. Boston spine intitute that can probably fix the majority of your pain causing problems (surgically) and also make it so you no longer need meds for sleep or pain after you decide to get fixed. Braces and pt are all regularly used for minor cases or in many other cases as the "6 months of conservitive" treatment needed before some major but groundbreaking surgeries are done.
You will also find doctors in your area that specialize in repairing your ailments. It is going to be a long hard road to travel but at the end of that road is true repair and hapiness with a healthy body.

Good lucl,
brian

I don;t abuse my valium. I use it like once a week but it doesn't have all the side affects that the vicoan has. I have been prescribed valium for almost 3 years and I go months without it I am fine. Vicodan scares me. My best friend od'd on it and my mother died of a bleeding ulcer(she drank and took things containing acetominphin) so anything with acetomiphin in it scares me.

I have read everything about my problems but my doctor doesn;t think I should get sugery and I am scared to death of sugery.

I dunno, there just has to be a way to get my back to stop hurting without going to the extreme. If I just had a herniated disk I wouldn't be so bad but because I have all these things combined they make it a lot worse. My back doctor didn;t even notice I had scolosis(i could even tell just look at my freaking hips they are not suppost to look so different)

i got a bone scan after I got hit by the mirror of a car while standing on the sidewalk and the doctor found nothing even I saw the scolosis. They keep telling me if I stand up straight it'll feel better. I don;t have the muscles in my back to stand up straight and the course of exercise I have to do is going to take like 9 months for me to really feel anything. I am very weak I barely any muscle in my back and apparently the kind that I do have is for flexibilty not stability. I am just so tired of this.

Every doctor says something else is wrong with my back and is my main problem. My doctor thinks it is my herniated disk(which I agree the pains are sharp and shoot down my leg) and my physical therapist thinks it is my scolosis and if I stand up straight, do exercise, and use my lift I should be fine. I'm not fine tho. I am an interior design major... My back problem creates huge problems for me. If it was not for cad(computer aided design) I would not even be able to get into the proffesion I want.

I can't get a part time job because either thy find out about myback problem and fire me or they require me to stand for 8 hours and that is doing it impossible. There is no way in hell I can stand for that long. Standing on line for the groocery store hurts me.

I'm sorry if am whinny. I am just pissed at my inability to do anything because of my stupid back. I'm 23 I should be able to walk up a hill and not want to cry, work at a job and not end up going home and stuck on a heat pad until I go to bed, or even just go snowboarding. I want to so badly but I know what will happen. I will throw out my back for a few days and not be able to go to school my teachers will get pissed because "i have responsibilities" yeah what am I suppose to do when I can't walk.

I fear getting a cold. I know that it is very likely I will throw out myback.

I am constantly in fear of hurting myself.

Check out this website and give them a call http://www.Bostonspinegroup.Org/

you need to see a spine specialist. You may also want to talk to your doctor about vicoprophin. That is hydrocodone/ibuprophin not tylenol.

At some point your treatment will be totally dependent upon your willingness to hurt to get better. (this is exactly what my doctor said to me) it is very, very painful to have surgery but the end result is worth the initial investment of pain. Please believe me when I say this!

I had surgery on december 17, 2004 and I feel like a million bucks today as compared to the 2 years of tourture I had pre-surgery. I am not perfect yet and I still suffer from pain but it is becuase berve damage takes time to heal.

Do your body, mind and soul a favor and seriously consider surgery after speaking to the right doctors.

If I am mistaken and you are not near boston, look at www.Spineuniverse.Com and find a doc that specializes in your particular problem in your area.

Yes i'm about an hour from boston. The doctor has told me that my back is not bad enough for surgery. My doctor thinks i'm faking a lot of my pain because he doesn;t seem to take into account that I can not support my back with my muscles because I have none.

I want to get a new doctor but finding one has been a huge pain. There are no back doctors in worcester, ma that I can find. Driving to boston angers off my bf(i have no car or license) and I have not gone back to my other doctor because he makes me drive an hour to tell me there is nothing he can do. I had to fight with him to get medication. I'll check out the link.

Thanks

The best I can say to you is good luck and I hope that you can get better!

Physical therapy isn't just for the pt office but you need to make sure to do your streching and walking excersises while at home as well as at the offices.

I know it is hard to deal with back pain and it feels like no one in the world understands, but remember that you are being given advice from those of us that have been in severe pain as well and believe it or not, there really is a bright shining light at the end of the pain tunnel.

I am living proof and I wish you the very best in your pain relief endeavors.

I was hit by a drunk driver in 02. This jack off decided to use me to stop, the problem was he was doing over 70pmg and I was dead stopped.
As a result of the accident I have 3 herniated disk in my back and 2 in my neck, yeah I know fun and lucky to be alive and in pain, not even, like life is worth living like this.

Warning:very grapiphic material if you click this link - this is a video of the entire surgery being performed

Or-live.Com/bethisrael/1245/index.Cfm?R=or live

hit the "view live webcast" button, and sit back. Be prepared.