6/1/19

Today’s topic is about pain.

The definition of pain-physical suffering or discomfort caused by illness or injury. Pain is what you make of it. I have chronic pain everyday, mostly my back and my left hip. I am no stranger to being in pain and being uncomfortable. I have sma,diaphragmatic dysfunction, trached and vented,dislocated hip,osteoporosis,scoliosis,anxiety and depression. I have had chronic pain for about 5 years, ever since my last surgery. My last surgery was May 2015 and it was a spinal fusion/hip surgery. If you don’t know what this means here’s a brief explanation.Spinal fusion/hip surgery is basically when your surgeon inserts rods and pins and screws in your hips and back, to try to prevent your spine from getting worse. In my 34 surgeries this one was the worst. After my surgery I was on OxyContin and Tylenol with codine. After being on those two meds for a while I couldn’t take it anymore because I was missing out so much in life. I decided it was time to talk to my dr. I underwent a 3 hour nerve conduction test and changed my medication to neurotin. After 4.5 years I decided to try a better alternative which is medical marijuana and I have amazing results. My pain is as low as it has been in years.