• Jordan Lund@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Feb. 2008 my spine tried to kill me. Lower lumbar spinal stenosis.

    Did a bunch of stuff, winded up on vicodin. At my peak, just to function as a normal human being, I was taking 10 a day.

    2 when I woke up.
    2 when I got to work.
    2 at lunchtime.
    2 when I got home.
    2 to be able to sleep.

    For a year, it felt like my head was stuffed with cotton.

    I got tired of not being able to think so I stopped the vicodin, managing the pain with stretching, breathing exercises, and meditation.

    The pain never left, but I could “distance” it, like shouting from the house across the street.

    I would not wish stenosis pain on my worst enemy.

    • lynny@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      They can’t fry nerves or anything? My Grandmother has spine issues related to an accident and had that done a few times, so perhaps it’s something you could ask for? Sorry to hear you’re going through the pain though, I don’t think most people realize how awful chronic pain is.