Thread:Dustydog202/@comment-35319541-20180507193648/@comment-35319541-20180508035532

you are right about different meds and how we each react to them. I so do understand the Medicare issues as well. Just got a bill from my chiropractor all went to deductible. IT is so hard to think and process things that it did not occur to me to switch drs until I went off the meds and starting doing a little better. my back surgery caused siatica issues now. And I have curviture of the spine as well, my sister tells me I will be one of those crooked old ladies, and she should know, she has been a nurse for most her life, it seems. When I first got sick she thought I had MS or that tick fever, because of all the things wrong with me, and who knows, I had had 2 tick bites before it all started. Like you therapy helped in some ways, but I found it so nerve irritating I discussed it with the therapists who agreed some parts were better left alone. The neck traction, where heat is applied to the neck first and then the traction is done by a therapist manuervering your head, good and bad, made the vertigo worse and I was so glad the therapist knew to watch my eyes,because she knew before I did that it was kicking in from her positioning moves. But that too was too much to continue athough it did help with the migraines.

Are you nervous about the surgery? I saw some of the demonstrations, which I am not sure as what you will have done, looks kind of wowow. I will patiently wait your outcome if you do go thru with it. I wish you much luck.

As I said before, my pain threshold must be really high because I have never gone home from surgery with pain meds, I also refuse all meds in the hospital, even the back fusion, I did not want morphine, as I always get sick which just aggrevates the pain. MY dr told me I was allergic to opium type meds so he  said he was never worried I would become an addict hahaha.

Car rides are the worst for me as well, I can drive short distances, but now most of my drs are 1/2 or more away and I find I must depend on my daughter to get me there. I can barely stand up straight and walking is bad by the time I do get there.

What lives we now have to live after working so hard at normal life,eh... it saddens me, but I try everyday to find pleasure in the small things and not to dwell on the things we cannot control such as the PAIN, sometimes it is hard though. My thoughts have been with you since your first posting. Take care of yourself as best you can and know that I send you love and hugs daily.