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This is a shot in the dark, but perhaps you should try talking either with an Orthopedic doctor or a...
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left in pain in Oklahoma
I have lived in Oklahoma for 9 years,and have bulging and thinning disks in my lower back.I mention the word...
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What is next?
My husband has tried everything possible for back pain, you name it, he has tried it. He has tried fusions,...
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Although it has been mentioned in several discussions, I have seen little about RADIO FREQUENCY LESIONING . It...
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Pain Meds
I had back surgery with all kinds of metal put in my back...L4/L5, new disc made out of some new material that...
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I just recently joined this newsletter and after reading your entry I really understood what you were...
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Chronic Back Pain
The MRI is good thing and very informative. Check out a book on Muscular Skeletal Retraining (i got mine thru...
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Traction
I've had low and mid back pain for about 15 years. It started 6 years after a 1989 spinal cord injury that...
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how do you live with chronic pain
how do you live with pain everyday
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Dear Kat
Hi Kat, Just writing to let you know I was put on the patch awhile back 50, 75, mcg's. They did not help...
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Fibromyalgia Exchange ****check us out.....
WebMD - Fibromyalgia Support Group
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Severe Chronic Pain Lowers Life Expectancy
Previous research has demonstrated a clearly negative influence of chronic pain on health. Now, a new study...
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when I removed the patch it was the worst kind of pain I had ever felt, my oldest child was 7 or 8 and she...
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WebMD created these Exchanges so our members can talk with each other, sharing information and...
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intense back pain
i have had fibro for2 yrs and this is the craziest and this has changed my life. i never know what my day will...
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Fentanl Transdermal patch system (WARNING)
Hello; If you or someone you knows is on this system please advise them if they didn't already know to never...
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frozen shoulder
it has only been 6 days since i was diagnosed with a frozen shoulder but it has progressively gotten worse...
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Vitamin D and Pain ****so very important.....
MiMi in NC.....I normally post on the Fibromyalgia Exchange....but I did want to encourage everyone who has...
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why family does believe my pain
im new on here and i have had 2 surgery. one in my neck for dengernative disc and the 2nd in my whole lower...
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Medical Hypnotherapy STOPPED my husband's back pai...
I wish my husband had considered medical hypnotherapy 14 years ago when his back pain started and he was...
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"What's Happening Now" VS "See all Discussions"VS"...
When you first visit this page, you are in the "What's Happening Now", which will display recent...
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why are Drs more concerned about addiction then th...
Hi everyone Jason here in Vancouver BC, Canada, I started having problems with my back about 3 yrs ago...
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New Posts, Old Posts, Recent Posts, Good Posts, et...
I have to jump in and post this tip because I'm running into members who need there questions answered in...
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How to more easily read discussions
Exchanges provide a more dynamic way to keep up with ongoing discussions. But If you're finding...
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