My Life With Stenosis

Living With Spinal Stenosis

  • Snow Days

    We’ve had snow this past week. While usually the only thing affected is migraines; this time the pain in my back was the worst it’s been. That being said, I was able to manage it with Ibuprofen and muscle relaxers. Before the snow came, I had gotten a balance board and was able to start Read more

  • The Pain Is Back…..Again

    Well, this has been off to a roaring start. The ablation didn’t work as well as it had before. The numbness is still there and the pain comes and goes. While it’s not as bad as it was before, I can’t say that it was a complete success this time. I have days where the Read more

  • The Day Had Come After Weeks of Pain

    I had been waiting for this day for about four or five weeks. I had been having excruciating pain in my back and knew that the ablation had worked before and it would work again. Leading up to this appointment I have been having horrible pain and no matter what I had done nothing helped. Read more

  • Insurances Control Everything

    The ablation is supposed to happen every six months. Which is how this all started and was going to continue. I was told that it had to happen with one side of my back first then two weeks later, the other side would be done. That was the only way that the insurance company would Read more

  • Welcome to Stenosis

    December 23, 2022 is a date that I will never forget. I had been having trouble with both my thoracic and lumbar spine ever since a surfing accident I’d had. So after a visit to a spinal specialist, a MRI was ordered. The pain I was experiencing was something I’d never experienced before and I Read more