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Quote From: ppopps

Boy, this is the second time typing this, makes me mad.  I used to work on the surgical floor at our local hospital so I understand spinal surgery.  It usually heals a little faster than yours, but it depends on the damage before surgery.  I have chronic pain sydrome from my shoulders and RA, Lupus and Fibromyalgia.  Pain is something that controls your life.  It is your every being, and unless you have good drugs that can take the edge off your thought process goes out the window too.  I have meds, but hold off on them and only take enough to take the edge off, but its' always there.  Do you have good insurance, and do they give you enough pain meds?   When I broke my ribs three years ago, and subsiquently kept injuring them, it controlled my life until two weeks ago when they took more exrays and tests and determined they can't help me so they increased the meds.  I pick about every third day to take enough to get the pain down to where it isn't in every thought every minute of every day.  Just knowing there is someone else out there that knows how I feel really helps me, I hope it helps you.  I know your pain, and wish I could carry your burden for a day so you can have a day off from it, just like I wish there was someone there that could take mine......ggma