My husband and I have lunch together every Wednesday, without fail. Today's lunch topic was him following the posts that I've been leaving on iSpine in the hopes to better understand what'm going though when I'm conversing with other "spineys". At first I thought this was a great idea, then I thought "What if I need this forum as a place to vent outside if him, without venting ON him and hurting his feelings?
We came to the conclusion that it's NOT a bad thing for him to read and get an even greater understanding of what's going on inside my head.
And so, since we already have a forum,
Caring For A Loved One In Pain - ISPINE.ORG Forum, Caring for a Loved one in Pain, why don't we try to make more use of it? I looked into it, but there wasn't much there. I'm going to sign up my husband and oldest daugher, who seems be the most effected my this...
Please, you all know how much support we give each other as spineys...but look around you. Could you be going through this without your husband, your wife, your significant other, parents, kids, close friends & relatives? They are living this too, and feel just as helpless. Please, lets all work very hard on getting our loved ones on board for the family-support section of this forum...they need it...they deserve it. They can help each other find the peace that we have given each other,,,
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36 year old mom of 7 in SC.
MRI 4/2008 shows bulging disc with annular tear @ 4/L5 and and complete herniation at L5/S1.
9/11/08 Laminectomy , successful to a point...relieved nerve pain, but after 4 months was still having severe disc pain.
Treatments tried: epidural shots, oral pain killers, NSAID's, TENS massage, chiropractic care, deep tissue massage. Oh, and plenty of our homemade wine!
May 26 2009, 2 level ADR, L4-S1, Dr. Bertagnoli, Straubing, Germany