Long Road to UnhappinessDuring pregnancy at 18, I had excruciating nerve pain in my right side. My doctor said, "it will go away". When my daughter was 9 months old, I had pain shooting down my leg and walked with a limp. I went to a chiropractor who used an illegal treatment on me! He zapped my right sciatic with an outdated electric roller! It decreased the pain, but I became scared of chiropractors and did not go back. I felt he victimized me and sexually harassed me. He also informed me that I just needed to stretch my hamstrings more! For the next two years I did just that and took insane amounts of NASID's (aleve). This was 2003, in 2007 I had health insurance again and went to my family doctor with complaints of back pain. He sent me to an orthopedic surgeon who took x-rays of my neck and low back, both showed mild degeneration. I was only 24 years old! I was sent to physical therapy. I seen a manual physical therapist for nine months with no major improvement, I had to stop seeing the pt due to insurance. In 2009 I was in a car accident. I was seen by a physiatrist who prescribed physical therapy. I went for 4 months. The insurance did not want to cover it anymore and it was only giving slight improvement. The physiatrist informed me that I was depressed and that I need to be on chronic pain medication. I can not take drugs that alter my mental functioning due to past addiction problems. I requested to see another doctor who finally okayd a MRI on my low back. I now have been diagnosed with a bulging disk and degenerative disease disorder. I am 26 years old, probably can never have children again. I can't function on a daily basis without excruciating pain! I feel that there is no cure and I will live with this the rest of my life! - Melanie12/9/09
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