Posted by Phillipa on December 3, 2013, at 17:40:47
In reply to Re: Nightmares + Meds are they Connected? » Phillipa, posted by ed_uk2010 on December 3, 2013, at 3:50:56
Ed MRI scans don't lie. When I see my back twisted in the shape of an S from sclerosis, and the fact that MRI shows neck discs fused on own. Other discs are unable to be moved. PT guy can't push hard on them due to fear of them breaking. So far I have said no three times the the neurosurgeon for pain medication. He's suggested opiods now at each visit. My feeling is that if I were to do more damage to back I might not be aware of this. So I refuse them. Get on the matt at night and go through the PT excercises designed to give me more time before surgery is inevitable. And I will not be fused at the doc said from bottom of spine to top. If a simple disc could have it replaced. Bone spurs hopefully will not impringe on a nerve. As if this were to happen I'd need it then. So there is no cure. And I do agree that that anxiety of possibly being in a wheelchair comes out. Now that's a scary thought. PJ
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