For those of you following my journey, I have two threads going. The other one is under New Members and discusses paying out of pocket in the U.S. I've decided to post most everything here for now. I want one place that I can go back to for referencing my notes and the notes of others.
I'm not sure if I'll stay current in my posts for a while as my Mom is dying. I just brought Hospice in last week. I don't expect her to be with me much longer and it's very difficult emotionally not to mention the pain it's causing me physically as well.
In my research, I came across a PDF that was written by a doctor. He goes into great length discussing chronic pain and how to manage it. I haven't even read the whole thing but, I did find that he covered a lot of things that took me years to figure out on my own. I hope you find something in it that helps you with your pain!
IntractablePainSurvival.pdf
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2006: epidural shots did nothing; 2 surgeons recommended 2 level fusion, I declined.
2007 - 2010 4 foraminotomy and cord decompression cervical surgeries and 2 endoscopic discectomy T7-T8 surgeries; total 6 with Dr. Jho (Pittsburgh,PA) My C6/C7 autofused around 2009.
2013 - 2015: epidurals 3 times (again did nothing) and 4 Radiofrequency ablation (or RFA) procedures.
2016 more RFAs, hit the 10 year mark of this insanity and pain, 3 level M6-C ADR with Dr. Clavel May 19, 2016
