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We left off on the last blog talking about opioids. I wanted to finish this as I feel it is very important for people to understand. The body, after a time of taking the opioids, loses the euphoria that you had initially and starts leading you into anxiety, pain and depression. Pain and depression are closely [READ MORE]

People have been so kind in asking how I’m doing. It is so hard for me to keep talking about the pain, like most. But when they keep asking or insist, I reply with hesitation due to the severity of what I am going through.

I don’t look for sympathy and don’t want to delve into [READ MORE]

I was very anxious, as it had been five months, to hear what the Interventional Radiologist, or IR doctor, had to say about how he would be doing the procedure. As usual, the appointment was over the phone, late morning, at 11.30 am. I explained to the doctor that the pain was returning and on [READ MORE]

OMGosh, I am so very sorry for the tardiness on this post.  I have been extremely busy, which is very good, especially in these times.  

It’s so hard to hear of anyone being in excruciating pain, but especially difficult when [READ MORE]

I am honored and thankful to all of my followers and this week, I saw we had quite a lot of new followers. Welcome to you, from whatever avenue you found me, I would like to say that I am quite aware of the blog being more personalized at the moment. I am very close [READ MORE]

It has been two weeks since the RFA (Radio Frequency Ablation), and I am extremely happy to report that it has given me much pain relief. I am up, around, and walking, with doing a very small workout each day, and it’s making me feel so good.

It was the beginning of November 2019 when all [READ MORE]

It’s abundantly clear that the COVID 19 virus is spreading, and hospitals are preparing for another wave of patients. Subsequently, standard surgeries and procedures are beginning to be placed back on hold. #LuckoftheIsaacs dictates that, of course, it’s going to be another month before I can even get a consultation with the Interventional Radiologist to [READ MORE]

I had the second opinion and it was very enlightening, it truly feels like an extremely heavy weight has been lifted off my shoulders. Jennifer and I immediately felt better speaking with this surgeon. The new surgeon, Dr. Chang, confirmed L2-L3 was the original problem. He can also see that there is continuing compression happening, [READ MORE]

I appreciate all the calls, emails, and texts that you all have sent over the last few weeks. I have been waiting to speak with two doctors, in particular, that have been very helpful, understanding and kind to me over the years, and both are extremely knowledgeable.

The utter shock of the response from my surgeon [READ MORE]

So the telephone meeting with the surgeon, this week,  came and went. I anxiously awaited by the phone with multiple pages of notes from our previous discussions with other doctors and advisors from the MRIs.

I was unsure what to expect from this call because of his demeanor on the last one. I really wanted this [READ MORE]

Yes, for the readers keeping up with my Health updates, it been tough lately. So the old MRI taken from 6 weeks ago was compared with the new MRI from last week. They said there was no change if anything a slight difference for the better. But no absolutes have been given because it wasn’t [READ MORE]

Well since the last update its been the same with an up and down pain level and with the return of the radiculopathy, yes sadly, I thought the trapped nerve had been released from the doctor’s suggestion of the disc bulge from my lumbar spine and had shriveled up, releasing the nerve.

After 3 weeks of [READ MORE]

I have to admit that is has been quite a week. From March 26th until exactly four days ago, I had managed to experience some slight relief, as it seems the nerve giving me the most pain had unpinned for a brief time. This is the nerve they were planning to do the radiculopathy on [READ MORE]

Dystopian, unprecedented, extraordinary, and frightening are some of the adjectives everyone is using to describe what we face right now on COVID 19. It is scary from someone like me at 61 years old, high risk of catching the virus with my conditions, with Osteoarthritis, Disc Degeneration Disease, a recent heart attack, and spine surgeries; [READ MORE]

I had a wonderful couple of days with a lot less pain. Well, exactly what the doctor said. The disc that was bulging and trapping the nerve has receded, therefore unpinning the nerve that was trapped at L3, L4. Yes, remember this is where I had surgery with spinal fusion with rods and cages. Well, [READ MORE]

I want the rods and cages starting on my thoracic as soon as possible. I feel that if they do this now, it’ll give me a great break before the next set of rods and cages will be due. The older I get the longer the recovery, and that is why it’s imperative for me [READ MORE]

As you know, today was supposed to be “The Big Day” – the microdiscectomy in my lower back, but on Monday, we received notice that due to COVID-19 (Corona Virus), it was postponed indefinitely. I have been in extraordinary pain since November of 2019, awaiting this surgery, and this most recent month, my pain has [READ MORE]

Ok, so four days to go. well, that is if the surgery even goes? I haven’t heard from admitting yet if I am going to be canceled on. Its been a little rough up and down with the pain but another spoke in the works is coming from not having a normal blood pressure they [READ MORE]