I am a 24 year old male with chronic pain
a little over a year. I have a loving
wife and two beautiful kids. I had a fall
from about ten feet and ever since I have
developed terrible pain in legs. My feet
feel like I am walking on rocks. I have
thigh and groin pain in morning. The pain
in thighs and groin sometimes diminishes a
couple minutes after walking around other
days it is there all day.I have muscle
twitches all over my body and I am cold
all the time. I wear long underwear,
sweatshirt, and coat at work and people
around me are in t-shirts. I was an
active person and my family is my life. I
can't live not being able to play with my
kids. Please help i'm begging you
i am taking lyrica and tramedol
i have had mri's, bone scans, cat scans, 3
emg, and a mylogram and a pile of medical
bills!
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adambaum
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 May 2005 Posts: 54 Location: Home- Peoria, IL
Posted: 01-19-06 12:53pm
What have they found in all of your tests?
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bherr
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Oct 2005 Posts: 17 Location: Dallas
Results Posted: 01-19-06 14:58pm
I have several bulging discs at t-12, l-4,
and stenosis from c-2 to c-5. That is all
they have found as of now.
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buttons119
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Dec 2005 Posts: 34 Location: lafayette, colorado
Posted: 01-20-06 18:45pm
I just had cervical spine surgery two
weeks ago. The pain in my legs was so
bad I could not stand it. Like you about
5 years ago I fell off a deck backwards
and landed on my head and shoulders. The
c-5-6-7 herniated disc had caused the pain
in my legs the disc had flattened the left
part of my spinal cord. I had the
surgery and I still am struggling with the
pain from the surgery but the pains in my
legs are gone. Thank god I didn't think
I could take much more. The surgeon told
me paralasis had already started to set in
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bherr
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Oct 2005 Posts: 17 Location: Dallas
Posted: 01-23-06 12:04pm
Thank you so much for your help. As you
know any help is useful and to remind us
that people do care. Thank you and let me
know more if any!
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TGood
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Jan 2006 Posts: 4
Posted: 01-25-06 18:54pm
I had terrible pain in my legs before my
back surgery. My leg pain was
unbearable. The disc was bulged pinching
my sciatic nerve. The pain is mostly
gone, I could hardly walk before hand
without a cane. I am jogging now a
bit...There is hope...Hold out.
The strange thing I noticed was how much I
bonded with my two children not being able
to move...They snuggled in stead. It
killed me not to be able to run with them,
but it was the opposite for them. They
need to just "be" with us not always doing
something, but more listening.
When we find ourselves in situations god
will use them to help us grow in the
direction he intends...There is so much to
life, you have to look into all the
aspects the pain may be blinding you to.
I know I didn't think I could live with
the pain.
I tried to end my life, I was also
suffering post partum depression. I'm
pretty convinced my children would rather
have me not being able to walk or play
than not have me at all! They love your
heart...Not your legs or what you can do
with them except wrap your arms around
them and tell them how much they mean to
you. They also need to see you lead by
example. How you handle your situations
will determine how they handle their
difficulties. Go with god and be
blessed!
