Re: Questions on DDD

On Jun 27, 7:50 pm, "Squirrely" <s...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Can some of you that suffer with this tell me what you go thru with it?

I am getting concerned here. Mine is getting much much worse I guess. I
can't do anything at all now without it messing with it. If I stand up for
5-10 minutes to attempt to do the dishes, I almost pass out from the feeling
of swelling going up into my shoulder blades and neck and from the pain.

It took me awhile to figure out this was what it was coming from. I have DDD
in lower spine. I also have spurring in cervical.

Half the time if I do anything, I get numbness in hands and fingers.

If I try to push with my hand on the fork to cut up something simple, like a
piece of pancake or waffle, etc I get numbness in my hands and fingers, than
a sharp pain that goes up my arm and into my chest. I am sure I am becoming
quite the drama queen these days.

If I bend over I almost pass out.

So I was wondering if you also have these issues with yours? I was wondering
what you do to help with the DDD? What is the outlook for people with DDD?

I know we are not drs and that is not what I am after. I know what I have. I
just don't know what to do with it now that I have it. ;-)

I can't take any aspirin type products because of stomach bleeding so that
lets out a whole lot of help to get the inflammation down.

I guess I am asking just how do you deal with it. How does it affect your
life? How do you cope with it?

I am getting sick and tired of this. I really am.

--
Love and Hugs to all
Jo the squirrely one

I was told that i have this condition about 5 years ago. I had this
constant tingling in hands which is worse at night. Regular doctor
sent me to a surgeon who wanted to cut on me. I declined as it was not
all tthat bad and basically was simply scared of surgery. Had talked
to a friend that's a retired doctor (not a surgeon) who told me to put
off any surgery for as long as possible. He told me to do a lot of
walking while carring a small weight 2 to 3 lbs. This seemed to help,
but lately the tingling has gotten worse --but now have other health
conditions such as high blood pressure so am not sure what the future
holds.
How long have you had the condition and did a doctor suggest surgery?

.

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