As of today, I wake up each morning pain-free, but by late-morning the pain begins to creep in. Lately, I’ve been feeling numbness and tingling in my left leg. Great. I stopped taking Lyrica; it isn’t helping me.
I’m still weaning off meds, so I feel like crap and have to make/force myself to sit down and write. My DC is putting me through “Decompression Therapy,” which basically consists of me laying down on a computerized, modern-day torture-rack, while he straps my lower back and legs, and has the machine pull on my legs, hence “decompressing” my spine. I’ve had three sessions and don’t really feel much better.
One thing I’m hopeful about is my diagnosis: I’m pretty certain what I have is nerve pain caused by Degenerative Disc Disease.
There’s a pretty good article on spinal disc transplants here. My eyes are about to pop out of my head.
DANG! Visiting for the first time and that’s the word that has kept popping in my head. Going to stay tuned to see if your Dx of degenerative disc disease is correct. You would love my PA, by the way! She wasn’t sure what a bone island was and her first choice for research was the internet! It is SAD that more doctors don’t take advantage!
ALSO… I’ve learned it is rude to add someone to my blogroll without asking, so would you mind if I linked up? I frequently write about my idiot health care professionals who crack on me for “diagnosing myself” and this blog would fit right in.
Link away, I’ll link you to mine. At least your PA actually put forth effort to look on the internet!
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