SoCalGal feeling So-so

[Lani]

celebrex IS an NSAID, too,so cannot be mixed with other NSAIDs without substantial risk of Side Effects

How about a TENS machine? Electrodes are placed " between the pain & the brain," working by the gating principle ie your brain cannot register 2 simultaneous incoming pain/vibration/slight pain/tickles to the same degree so it senses less pain--think of biting your finger to relieve the pain of a stubbed toe!

A TENs is about the size of an old-fashioned transistor radio and you can turn it on and off and adjust it at will YOURSELF 24 hrs a day (vs leaving your house for accupuncture) which works in a similar but different fashion it seems. The only side effects could be a rare rash to the adhesive used with the electrodes & their are vest-like solutions if that occurs.

PTs usual instruct in TENs machine usage.

If your wound hadn't broken down warm water pool therapy might have unloaded your spine and relieved whatever pain came from your weakened bone rather than your spinal cord or nerves-- none for now, though!
Once you are healed you might want to check into UCLA warm pool on Veteran--used to be $5 a pop around 20 years ago, no prescription needed

Remember cyberknife may remain an option for you (depends how many rads given to what area so far as I understand it) if any additional rads needed-- have seen even more papers on how it avoids cord inflammation.
Hope some of this helps...
Hang in there!