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Finally getting pain relief
As some of you may know I have suffered with what I thought was residual pain from having shingles in January. Went to Neurologist and other doctors and was told I would have to wait it out. The pain didn't get any better. It was terrible burning between shoulders and radiating around my whole head. I was on pain pills for 8 months. I was sitting at my kitchen table one day in terrible pain and I said a prayer "please God, help give me some relief from this pain". I had the newspaper in front of me and I looked down and saw an add for "The Pain Management Center". I figured it was God sending me a message, so I immediately called them. After a week of MRI's on every inch of my body they found that the pain was not from the shingles but from bad arthritis running in my neck and spine. I have 2 compressed discs in my neck causing the radiating pain in my head. And I also have degenerative dics in my lower back. I have had 2 cervical epidurals and will have the final 3rd one on Friday. They are quick and painless and I am almost totally pain free, no more pain pills. I'm even thinking about picking up my tennis racket again! They treat pain from cancer too. To those of you that may be in a lot of pain, it's worth checking out a pain clinic in your area...sherryg683
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Sherry
Diagnosed: December , 2005 at age 44
13+ positive lymph nodes
Stage IV , Her2+, 2 small mets to lungsChemo Started: Jan, 2006
4 months Taxotere, Xeloda, Hercepin
NED since April 2006!!
36 Rads to follow with weekly Herceptin indefinately
8 years NED now
Scans every year
Life is not about avoiding the thunderstorms, it's about learning to dance in the rain!
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