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Good News for a change
Yea!!! I'm so glad to hear this wonderful news! I think of you often. :-)
-- JoAnn Obey Gravity. It's the LAW!! "Kathy N-V" wrote in message .com... This morning I went to my first Sports Medicine session. I met my therapist, Neil, and we looked over my charts and the results from my MRI. Turns out that not only do I have degenerative disk disease, some of my vertebrae have no disks left at all, they've eroded away. There are also a bunch of bone spurs and arthritic changes. Hence, the pain I've been having. Sounds like terrible news, but there is a good bit of hope. Apparently, all the muscles around the bad areas are exceedingly weak, and weak muscles can be strengthened. He started me on some pretty easy exercises to strengthen my back, legs, hips and stomach. Once the muscles in those areas are stronger, they will be able to support the damaged parts of my spine. If all goes well, I'll be able to avoid spinal fusion surgery. Even better, I should end up quite a bit stronger and (hooray!) be able to walk again. the therapist told me not to think that it will mean I can run marathons or anything like that, but I will be able to walk around the house or go to the store once in a while. To start with, I'll be going to therapy twice a week for eight weeks. Then we'll be able to see if it's doing any good, and discuss if I should get further therapy. I think that the best part is that I actually get to DO something to try and improve how I feel, instead of having to passively wait to get better. Kathy N-V |
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Great news!
Tina "Kathy N-V" wrote in message .com... This morning I went to my first Sports Medicine session. I met my therapist, Neil, and we looked over my charts and the results from my MRI. Turns out that not only do I have degenerative disk disease, some of my vertebrae have no disks left at all, they've eroded away. There are also a bunch of bone spurs and arthritic changes. Hence, the pain I've been having. Sounds like terrible news, but there is a good bit of hope. Apparently, all the muscles around the bad areas are exceedingly weak, and weak muscles can be strengthened. He started me on some pretty easy exercises to strengthen my back, legs, hips and stomach. Once the muscles in those areas are stronger, they will be able to support the damaged parts of my spine. If all goes well, I'll be able to avoid spinal fusion surgery. Even better, I should end up quite a bit stronger and (hooray!) be able to walk again. the therapist told me not to think that it will mean I can run marathons or anything like that, but I will be able to walk around the house or go to the store once in a while. To start with, I'll be going to therapy twice a week for eight weeks. Then we'll be able to see if it's doing any good, and discuss if I should get further therapy. I think that the best part is that I actually get to DO something to try and improve how I feel, instead of having to passively wait to get better. Kathy N-V |
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You go Kathy!! That's terrific news. I'm so happy to hear it.
-- Marisa (AU/NZ) http://www.galleryvittoria.com "I am NOT a floozy! I am a goddess..I can do what I like!", said Venus. 'The Adventures of Baron von Munchausen' |
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That's great news, Kathy!
Doesn't feel good, just to 'take charge' and 'do something'? Barbara |
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That is wonderful news! I'm so excited for you.
"Kathy N-V" wrote in message .com... This morning I went to my first Sports Medicine session. I met my therapist, Neil, and we looked over my charts and the results from my MRI. Turns out that not only do I have degenerative disk disease, some of my vertebrae have no disks left at all, they've eroded away. There are also a bunch of bone spurs and arthritic changes. Hence, the pain I've been having. Sounds like terrible news, but there is a good bit of hope. Apparently, all the muscles around the bad areas are exceedingly weak, and weak muscles can be strengthened. He started me on some pretty easy exercises to strengthen my back, legs, hips and stomach. Once the muscles in those areas are stronger, they will be able to support the damaged parts of my spine. If all goes well, I'll be able to avoid spinal fusion surgery. Even better, I should end up quite a bit stronger and (hooray!) be able to walk again. the therapist told me not to think that it will mean I can run marathons or anything like that, but I will be able to walk around the house or go to the store once in a while. To start with, I'll be going to therapy twice a week for eight weeks. Then we'll be able to see if it's doing any good, and discuss if I should get further therapy. I think that the best part is that I actually get to DO something to try and improve how I feel, instead of having to passively wait to get better. Kathy N-V |
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That is great news Kathy. I hope this really works out for you. Keep us
posted about how it's going. Marissa "Kathy N-V" wrote in message .com... This morning I went to my first Sports Medicine session. I met my therapist, Neil, and we looked over my charts and the results from my MRI. Turns out that not only do I have degenerative disk disease, some of my vertebrae have no disks left at all, they've eroded away. There are also a bunch of bone spurs and arthritic changes. Hence, the pain I've been having. Sounds like terrible news, but there is a good bit of hope. Apparently, all the muscles around the bad areas are exceedingly weak, and weak muscles can be strengthened. He started me on some pretty easy exercises to strengthen my back, legs, hips and stomach. Once the muscles in those areas are stronger, they will be able to support the damaged parts of my spine. If all goes well, I'll be able to avoid spinal fusion surgery. Even better, I should end up quite a bit stronger and (hooray!) be able to walk again. the therapist told me not to think that it will mean I can run marathons or anything like that, but I will be able to walk around the house or go to the store once in a while. To start with, I'll be going to therapy twice a week for eight weeks. Then we'll be able to see if it's doing any good, and discuss if I should get further therapy. I think that the best part is that I actually get to DO something to try and improve how I feel, instead of having to passively wait to get better. Kathy N-V |
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Kathy, this is encouraging news! I keep you in my daily meditations.
Annie or AnnieBee's at http://www.anniebee.com |
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This is good news! I'll be interested to hear the results at the end of 8
weeks. Good vibes coming your way!!!! -- Beth http://workerbead.home.att.net |
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WOoohoo, Kathy!! Praying that it works and that you'll be well on your way to better
health. -- Jalynne - Keeper of the Quilt for ME club list Queen Gypsy (snail mail available upon request) see what i've been up to at www.100megsfree4.com/jalynne See what DH is up to at http://www.teamintraining.org/participant/kinney-162652 "Kathy N-V" wrote in message .com... This morning I went to my first Sports Medicine session. I met my therapist, Neil, and we looked over my charts and the results from my MRI. Turns out that not only do I have degenerative disk disease, some of my vertebrae have no disks left at all, they've eroded away. There are also a bunch of bone spurs and arthritic changes. Hence, the pain I've been having. Sounds like terrible news, but there is a good bit of hope. Apparently, all the muscles around the bad areas are exceedingly weak, and weak muscles can be strengthened. He started me on some pretty easy exercises to strengthen my back, legs, hips and stomach. Once the muscles in those areas are stronger, they will be able to support the damaged parts of my spine. If all goes well, I'll be able to avoid spinal fusion surgery. Even better, I should end up quite a bit stronger and (hooray!) be able to walk again. the therapist told me not to think that it will mean I can run marathons or anything like that, but I will be able to walk around the house or go to the store once in a while. To start with, I'll be going to therapy twice a week for eight weeks. Then we'll be able to see if it's doing any good, and discuss if I should get further therapy. I think that the best part is that I actually get to DO something to try and improve how I feel, instead of having to passively wait to get better. Kathy N-V |
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