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  1. 02-26-2011, 09:53 AM #11
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    So that is one of the reasons for my absence. Chronic pain has given me a different outlook on life. I do my utmost to live each day without complaining, and to the fullest I can. I did not want to be known as the "complainer", but now I realize that support is a great medication in itself. So I'm back for good this time, as I do need the support that people like all of you provide.

    Thanks and remember, Live Laugh Love.
    Welcome back, Dave! It's great to see you...your statement about not getting off of the roller coaster of being a Spine Patient is so very true.


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    OK. here I am again. Promised Justin and CL I would be back, so here I am. I follow several of you on facebook and it is great to see all of your lives continue to get better. Life of a spine patient is the biggest roller coaster I have ever been on. Sad thing is I will never be able to get off.

    So that is one of the reasons for my absence. Chronic pain has given me a different outlook on life. I do my utmost to live each day without complaining, and to the fullest I can. I did not want to be known as the "complainer", but now I realize that support is a great medication in itself. So I'm back for good this time, as I do need the support that people like all of you provide.

    Thanks and remember, Live Laugh Love.
    Hey buddy.....I totally get where you are coming from Dave. This isn't exactly the club anyone is eager to join. Now, joining "the grandparent club"......that was something else. Best club I ever joined. Hands down. The chronic pain club? Not so much. Everyone in the chronic pain club has to decide for themselves what works for them, you know? How to best manage their pain, especially if we are talking about life long management. But please don't ever ever feel guilty for not being here, because that's not what SPS is about either, you know? For me, I like to give and receive the support. Helping others distracts me from my own pain. And I will never forget how lost and alone I felt for those first years after my bicycle accident. Never want to go back there. Ever. But you need to do what works for you. And I know....I don't like to be "the complainer" either. I rarely talk to anyone "in real time" about my pain. For why? They won't get it anyway. My husband and 1 incredible girlfriend are really the only ones who really know what's going on in my life, outside of my SPS family. But that's what works for me. If you need the support we are totally here for you Dave. More than anything, I've just missed you, plain and simple. That's my selfishness. Glad I see you on FB too. You can run, but you can't hide from me.....haha! Love ya buddy........CL
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    Thanks guys........
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    MRI on lumbar shows disc herniation at L5/S1, stenosis at L3/4, L4/5, spondylosis and DDD at L2 through S1 in July, 2009
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    Glad you are back!
    31 years old- 1/06- In wreck with 18 wheeler at 25 years old; 6/06- Head on collision on Interstate, both wrecks other drivers fault. Numerous MRI's, PT, chiropractic, acupuncture, TENS therapy, massage therapy, facet injections, epidural injections, Nerve study, Discogram, confirms pain in L4/5, IDET, decompression, Bi-lateral neurotomy L3/4/5, denied by insurance twice, in Active L clinical trial, had surgery March 17, 2009 in Miami, FL- received Active L disc at 29 years old. Pain and medication free as of October 2010!Mommy to Emma- 8 years, Ava- 6 years & had baby Eli after ADR, via c-section on March 25, 2011 , completely pain free still!
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