health
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Well, what can I say, the pain that had been gone for quite some time has came back with avengence. I truly can’t tell if it’s the arthritis pain (yep, that’s in my spine too) or stenosis pain. I’m leaning more towards the arthritis pain since it’s not radiating down my legs. I just hurt Read more
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First off, let me say sorry I haven’t posted in three weeks. Yes, I had to go back and actually count the weeks. I am still upright and mobile but more on that later. My freshman year of college, it’s strange for me to say that at almost 40, is over. I passed all my Read more
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Things were going great this week until yesterday. I thought I would give my hand a try at yard work. I started out taking a pain pill because of some other issues but as far as my back was concerned, I was great. We were halfway finished with our first yard when the pain started. Read more
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Ever since I made the decision to go back to school, I knew eventually the time would come to look at universities. Today, that day came. I didn’t realize just how big the campus was until I got there. Very rarely do I go to Greensboro but today, I took the first major step to Read more
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While this isn’t stenosis related, at least this first part, I have had to have another surgery. I believe I mentioned it in a previous post, but it was related to some other issues that I had previously. While those issues have resolved themselves now, it was a bit touch and go for a little Read more
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It’s been a fairly uneventful week. I’ve had tons of homework and a project for Biology that I put off until the last couple of weeks. I don’t recommend that, but I’m not a fan of Biology so there you have it. I’m having surgery on Monday for a completely unrelated issue to my stenosis. Read more
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Well, the week started off promising. Other than mom having issues and requiring surgery that was treated as an emergency, things were going well this week, until Thursday. That’s when the pain came back with avengence. I was utterly frustrated because it came back. I truly wish it would’ve stayed away. There had been times Read more
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Spring Break was officially over Monday and I was back at it as far as school is concerned. Job wise, no one will hire me at a job where I need to sit. There’s no point in trying for a standing job since I don’t know when the pain will come back. So, I have Read more
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Wednesday was my appointment with neurosurgery and it went pretty much as expected. I was, however, pleasantly surprised that they didn’t decide to poke around on my back. This was the first appointment that I’ve had for my back that didn’t involve me leaving in pain. We discussed the Intracept procedure in detail and decided Read more
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Welp, I found out Wednesday that I actually will be seeing neurosurgery. I’m assuming it’s for the ‘surgery’ that I will eventually have. It feels really weird to say that I have a neurosurgeon now. Having a spinal doctor was bad enough, along with an orthopedic surgeon for the knee problems, but now I have Read more
My Life With Stenosis 