Thank you for sharing and yes I will PM you after the next couple days of tests.
It is wonderful to hear you are doing better. I wish I could see the light at the end of the tunnel too.
My doctor confirmed to day I'm going to have surgery sooner rather than wait. He does not want anymore damage to my spinal cord and nerve roots.
I go next week for the last of the pre surgical scans then surgery. I'm not looking forward to it but right now I hurt so badly I'm nauseous and I still have to go to another doctors appointment. It's a rough day for sure.
Thanks again I appreciate it.
I'm so sorry you're going through this.
If it makes you feel any better, I have had severe chronic pain (specifically, a condition known as chronic myofascial pain, similar to but not to be confused with fibromyalgia) for the last two and a half years. At its worst I could barely even walk and pretty much only morphine could help; I seriously considered suicide as a rational method of escaping the unrelenting physical agony. But thankfully I've been slowly improving with therapy (the Stanford/Wise-Anderson Protocol) and today I'm able to walk and drive a car again and as of Janurary I could finally get off the pain meds. I still have a long ways to go, however, before I beat this thing. So things can get better my friend. Don't give up yet, look into your treatment options. If you need someone to talk to, just pm me and i'll give you my number