TwoTankAmin30
Fish Maniac
I just live with my back issue since we have tried everything to help and it comes down to trying surgery which I refuse to do.
At age 12 I had an accident which injured my back. The doc told my parent to put me in bed for a week. Fast forward about 25 years and I was having serious bck pain if I lay flat for any length of time of stood without moving much for any amount of time. So Ithey did an MRI and discovered the following.
1. That accident at age 12 actually was that the L5 vertebrate had been fractured clean through on both sides.
2. Age and arthritus had also caused it to become deformed.
3. The above caused stenosis in the spine in that location.
4. It was likely and later proved to be the case that the disk below the L5 was gone. "L5-S1 Disc: A cushion pad sitting between the L5 bone and the sacrum. This joint handles heavy body weight and movement."
Form most folks with back issues, sitting causes a lot of pain. For me it was the opposite, walking and standing cause intense pain after a shprt time. But, if I sat the pain stopped. As long as this was the case I opted not to risk surgery.
Fortunately, in the ensuing years since the diagnosis the L-5 has fused to the sacrum which has reduced the pain but not eliminated it.
For thoise of us with issuesthat impede what we can do and.or cause us pain we have two choices. One is we accept the shortcoming and learn to lead an enjoable life the best we can manage, the other otpion is to be miserable and feel sorry for iurselves all the time. The only other alternative is not an option for most of us.
I have COPD because I smoked for 47 years before I quit at age 62. In the last 13 years I have had open heart surgery, a hip replacement and COPD flaring up to the point of being hospitalized. I also managed to get prostate counter go into remission. I have ben good in that respect of over 4 year now.
If I am ever diagnosed with serious cancer the first thing I will do is to buy a pack of cigarates. I quit about 16 years ago and I still miss it. But, If I am going to die from cancer, I plan to have a cigarette in my mouth when I do.
Most of us have our health issues/disabilities. How we handle them is up to us. I am not at all religious but I greatly appreciate the opening verse of the Serenity Prayer:
God, grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change
the courage to change the things I can
and the wisdom to know the difference.
At age 12 I had an accident which injured my back. The doc told my parent to put me in bed for a week. Fast forward about 25 years and I was having serious bck pain if I lay flat for any length of time of stood without moving much for any amount of time. So Ithey did an MRI and discovered the following.
1. That accident at age 12 actually was that the L5 vertebrate had been fractured clean through on both sides.
2. Age and arthritus had also caused it to become deformed.
3. The above caused stenosis in the spine in that location.
4. It was likely and later proved to be the case that the disk below the L5 was gone. "L5-S1 Disc: A cushion pad sitting between the L5 bone and the sacrum. This joint handles heavy body weight and movement."
Form most folks with back issues, sitting causes a lot of pain. For me it was the opposite, walking and standing cause intense pain after a shprt time. But, if I sat the pain stopped. As long as this was the case I opted not to risk surgery.
Fortunately, in the ensuing years since the diagnosis the L-5 has fused to the sacrum which has reduced the pain but not eliminated it.
For thoise of us with issuesthat impede what we can do and.or cause us pain we have two choices. One is we accept the shortcoming and learn to lead an enjoable life the best we can manage, the other otpion is to be miserable and feel sorry for iurselves all the time. The only other alternative is not an option for most of us.
I have COPD because I smoked for 47 years before I quit at age 62. In the last 13 years I have had open heart surgery, a hip replacement and COPD flaring up to the point of being hospitalized. I also managed to get prostate counter go into remission. I have ben good in that respect of over 4 year now.
If I am ever diagnosed with serious cancer the first thing I will do is to buy a pack of cigarates. I quit about 16 years ago and I still miss it. But, If I am going to die from cancer, I plan to have a cigarette in my mouth when I do.
Most of us have our health issues/disabilities. How we handle them is up to us. I am not at all religious but I greatly appreciate the opening verse of the Serenity Prayer:
God, grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change
the courage to change the things I can
and the wisdom to know the difference.
would stop me from carrying 25L buckets and totes up and down.
