What's happening...feeling some stress has left, but it only leaves me more anxious.
I went to see the specialist I was refered to regarding my back situation. For those who don't know, I have scoliosis (curved spine) and pretty much my whole spine is fused to keep it from moving further (surgery in 1972). Anyway my problem is the vertabrae below the fusion in my tail bone area where you bend, well two vertabrae are now against each other. There much arthritis, and other problems associated with this have occured over the years as I have gotten older. And it's currently keeping me from standing or walking for more than 5 to 10 minutes at best. It is extremely painful.
Anyway the specialist I was refered to no longer does spinal surgery, so they are being great and will try and find me a doctor who will be able to understand my situation better. But the end result is, I'm facing surgery with the use of a 'replacement disk' in order to try and keep the bones from rubbing against each other. If the two bones were fused I would not be able to move...so that can't be done.
I don't know how long this finding a doctor, assessing what should be done, or any surgery to come will take. But I figure at least another month or two before anything really happens.
So I'm hanging in here gritting my teeth but I truly enjoy the laughs that I can occassionally get from people's posts, it makes life a little more bearable for me.