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Charl1942

Joined: 02/05/2010

My Story:

I didn't know what real pain was until November 2005. It all began with a fall on a room size rug and broke my pelvis. The fracture healed in 6 months and I was fine until I began to fall and had several falls on my butt. As time progressed the falls began to take their toll.

After several pain clinics and orthopaedics and a nerosurgeon, I finally found out my tailbone was hypermobile. (It moved around like a clock in fast motion. I suffered for about four years with that and it never healed. So in 2011, I had the tailbone removed. Okay you don't really need the tailbone, it is sorta like the appe it removed. No problem with the surgery and I healed from that in a timely manner. Then my discs began to wear out and falls continued. I don't know why I fell. It was not watching where I was going and moving too fast. The last fall was in a shuttle bus headed for the airport May 2012.
Too much for a small frame body. At the time I was thin, but now NOT so much.

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Hi Sweetie, I guess you saw your Doc yesterday. Is there anything new? I hate to see you...

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Good morning, I was at the gastro guy and he wants to do a colonoscopy which will be...

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Dear an-249034 I was treating with a doctor a while ago. He did not do a test that I am...

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I went to the GP yesterday. He said he did not think I have an abscess. He could feel the...

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Thanks Deb. I am holding on the phone now for my GP's office.

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Thanks for your input. I was thinking I should start with the family doctor, but I hope...

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I suffered about 3-4 years with coccydenia during which I had several nerve blocks,...

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I remember when I first started Neurontin (Gabapentin). I felt so loopy that I called...

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