As of today, I wake up each morning pain-free, but by late-morning the pain begins to creep in. Lately, I’ve been feeling numbness and tingling in my left leg. Great. I stopped taking Lyrica; it isn’t helping me.
I’m still weaning off meds, so I feel like crap and have to make/force myself to sit down and write. My DC is putting me through “Decompression Therapy,” which basically consists of me laying down on a computerized, modern-day torture-rack, while he straps my lower back and legs, and has the machine pull on my legs, hence “decompressing” my spine. I’ve had three sessions and don’t really feel much better.
One thing I’m hopeful about is my diagnosis: I’m pretty certain what I have is nerve pain caused by Degenerative Disc Disease.
There’s a pretty good article on spinal disc transplants here. My eyes are about to pop out of my head.
