Due you ever suffer from pain?
Of course you do, it goes with the territory of living.
In most instances some pain is of short duration and goes away, while other pain stays for a long time maybe for life.
What do you think is the worst pain?,
Physical Pain or Emotional Pain?
Which pain has the greatest influence on your behavior and attitude, your approach to life and living?
Which pain does the brain more effectively deal with?
Four years ago, I suffered major and severe physical pain from a pinched sciatic and other lumbar nerves. The pain radiated down the leg (right one in my case) in addition to the lower back. It inhibited walking and almost any type of physical movement. Even strong narcotic pain medicine had little effect. After a month of treatment to no effect, the neurosurgeon in charge decided on back surgery. It lasted 5 and a half hours and included three laminoforaminotomies and a mylinectomy. The result was 100% improvement. Then two years ago the pain in the leg came back. It was treated with steroids, narcotic pain medicine and muscle relaxants and the pain went away. Two months ago almost to the same date, the pain again returned. The problem is continued degeneration of the vertebra and the resulting pinching of the nerves. The pain is severe and has limited physical activities. I am now trying a non-invasive approach and if it does not work, I will be looking at more surgery and a spinal fusion of L-4 and L-5.
