Dealing with Chronic Pain

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my name is brian i have recently had back surgery i have ddd and severe spinal stenosis i am becoming depressed because it seems like i cant do any thing any more . execpt suffer from leg pains i try to take it one day at a time and i know it takes time to heal but i am not one to sit around and do nothing .i try to do things on my computer but sitting for long periods of time doesnt work very well either.thanks for listining to me vent things must get better soon i hope.brian

Hi, Brian. I'm Dan, one of the managers here. Welcome to the family.

Of course, the problem with Degenterative Disk Disease is that it's chronic. It just keeps on degenerating disks. So even though maybe this surgery has helped you, you're going to have to understand that you've got a real problem. And there's only a couple things you can do about it.

First is to see a physical therapists and see if they can recommend weight training that would strengthen your backbone,

The second thing is to be sure that your activities don't injure your backbone any more. You want to strengthen, not injure it. And, depending on how much damage is already done, it may not be possible to strengthen any more. You just have to check and see.

Over on the left is a lot of information on dealing with chronic pain. Let us know if you have any questions. OK?

PS. Could you please use a little larger font? Some of us have bad eyes. Thanks.

well i have lower back problems as well along with a smashed left leg i was hurt while i served in the us navy i tell you it may sound weird but i cant sit long either as wellas stand i mostly lay down on the couch as well as my bed i was ridden to a wheel chair but i was not to be called a crippled man so i started forcing myself out and about short wals do me good as well i have two teen age boys that want their dad as much as possiable so i paint as well i even draw it settles my mind as well i like to draw old carsas well as house plans as we bought our first home last fall so i have lots of work to do as well around hear as well i can up ate you all on the soap popers on the tube but then i get sick of that and then listion to the radio i hope this will give you some ideas as well i know you can think of something to do as well even puzzels or cross word s may helpas well metro 3550 but before i forget welcome to the groupwe need more men the ladies have us beat as they all are sweet as well bye now

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