Dealing with Chronic Pain

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I am 42 yr old female dealing with chronic low back pain along with leg pain....Had to surgeries for herniated disk l4/l5........Since aug of 05 after undergoing the second surgery I have dealt with chronic pain....Currently I am under the care of a new doctor who tried a sacralilliac joint injection of the left side....Unfornately I am finding out that this was not effective either........Have undergone several different medication treatments to no avail....I filed for ssdisability and to my surprise was approved on the first try.......I left searching for other sites but came back here...........I find this is best site with alot of helpful people........Basically you name it I probably have had it done.......Except I didnt feel comfortable having a spinal cord stimulator put in.....I feel I battle times with depression also as you get to a point of being sick of being in pain all the time......I know others have it worse off than I.....But its my pain and I have a very difficult time dealing with it........New doc said if si joint injection didnt work we would be back to square one trying to find out what and where pain is coming from.........Married with 2 teen age children........Also anyone who would like to add me I use yahoo messenger.........shywolf2007@yahoo.com

ADDING TO IT.ALSO DEALING WITH BACK SPASMS, INCREASED LEG PAIN ESP AT NIGHT, DIFFIUCLTY SLEEPING, SEEMS LIKE I GO TO LAY DOWN AND WHOLE BODY STARTS WITH PINS AND NEEDLE FEELING, BACK SPASMS FEEL LIKE LITTLE SPIDERS CRAWLING. TRIED THE PILLOWS UNDER LEG, BETWEEN LEGS, LAYING FLAT ON A BED........I AM ALMOST READY TO GIVE UP.

I wear a elastic back support from Wal-Mart for $20.00! But I had to buy 2 supports and cut off the extra straps! Then I cut off one end of the velcro from one back support, and had an alterations person sew the extra length onto the other support so it fits my waist! For me it is a miracle and I even wrote the manufacturer to praise their product.

I wear mine 24-7 and it conforms so well, I rarely notice I am wearing it. If someone does see it under my t-shirt I could care less because it keeps 90% of my back pain away! It you put it on too tight, your kidneys will tell you, lol! If it is too loose it will not stay in place. When it is just right, believe me you will know it! I have had to wear a back support since 1988. Without it, I don't know how I could endure the back pain, 24 hours a day! Here is my back support:

This support lasts years before I have to replace it.

I hope your pain will give you a break now and then.

I used to be plagued with muscle spasms for years, and then one day they just sort of subsided. Now I do not get them unless I really do something that strains my back!

I used to get a muscle spasm once a month that mimiced those shock paddles thet make the entire body jump, lol! My entire body would rise off my bed and drop me back down, waking me up, lol! Now though, it is just lower back pain and my IBS tummy that bother me.

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