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OH MY ACHING LEGS!!!!!!!


marlen

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ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO, MY LEGS STARTED TO HURT LIKE HE**. HAD TROUBLE WALKING ANY DISTANCE, DOING EXERCISES, AND JUST BEING MYSELF. SO THE DOCTORS DID TESTING, MORE TESTING, AND ENOUGH TESTING TO PAY FOR THEIR NEW EQUIPMENT AND MAKE A BOAT PAYMENT. THE RESULT IS I HAVE STENOSIS OF THE SPINE. IN LAYMAN'S TERM. IT'S A NARROWING IF THE FLUID TUNNEL INSIDE THE SPINE. NOW THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE. IT IS NOT STROKE RELATED, JUST A CONDITION ASSOCIATED WITH AGING.

 

SO ON AUGUST 21, I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A NEURO-SURGEON IN CHICAGO TO EVALUATE ME. I LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.

 

TWO WEEKS AGO MY WIFE CAME UP WITH AN IDEA. BECAUSE I SPEND SO MUCH TIME IN MY RECLINER. SHE HAD ME PUT A CUSHION AT MY LOWER BACK. IN THE CAR, I DIALED UP THE LUMBAR SUPPORT ALL THE WAY. SO FOR TWO WEEKS, MY LEGS HAVE BEEN PAIN FREE. NOW I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BILL MEDICARE FOR MY WIFE'S EVALUATION AND TREATMENT. SHE MAY DECIDE TO BUY A BOAT AND WILL NEED PAYMENT MONEY.

 

MARTY :big_grin:

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Marty:

 

I chuckled throug whole of your blog since we had gone through same route you went through, in the middle of 2003 while I was pregnant with my 2nd child, husband used to complain, pain in his legs, in his buttocks,& went to doctor, doctors performed 100 tests, even checked for cancer, finally one day we had both gone for ultra sound for me, and while in waiting room,I was flipping pages of pregnancy related magazine, and read same symptoms my husband was saying, & reason it said it could be sciatica nerve might be getting pinched, so hubby told his finding to doctor,and dummy doctor said, it could be and sent him for PT, and PT gave set of great exercises to hubby, and since them he is pain free. I thought I would just mention those to you, he says all our life we do bending down, never do opposite exercise, so you should do bending backwards exercises few times a day, & keeping pillow on chair, car should b done to support ur lumbar.

 

Asha

 

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ASHA,

 

THANKS FOR THE ADVICE. I NOW HAVE RESPECT FOR MY DOCTOR BECAUSE HE DID RULE OUT MY BEING PREGNANT AND THAT COULD BE THE CAUSE OF MY PAIN. BY THE WAY, I BEND OVER BACKWARDS FOR MY WIFE EVERYDAY, SO I REALLY SHOULD BE IN GREAT SHAPE.

 

MARTY :big_grin:

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