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Anne Hopkins's avatar

Thank you for sharing this; I found it helpful (the part about physiotherapy). FYI, you are not ugly. 🙂

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Christina's avatar

puppppppiiiiiieeessssss! (Gill, please explain your hair.)

I didn't realize that you were suffering from such intense pain as of late, my friend. I'm sorry. I hope that the health-care system there supports you quickly and efficiently and that you feel your needs are being met and that you are being heard.

Love to you. And I love your writing always (and you). I hope to come visit sometime sooooon!

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BorderCollieMomSandyY's avatar

Great post

Enjoyed it

Was writing you a long reply and bummer lost it into outer space

I had ACDF surgery

Didn’t help much

He only addressed one place in the cervical area and there were other problems further down

One of the worst things is my finger numbness and it didn’t help that at all

Was a lot to get over

My brain thought that my arms had been injured and you couldn’t not tell it they hadn’t so I suffered

It was awful

But I hear if you have it for pain it’s more helpful than numbness

You are going to need to be with someone for sure if you have this

hoping you get well by magic instead of a big deal surgery

But you’ll know what to do

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Gill Benzion's avatar

Thank you, Sandy! Also hoping for some magic, but in the meantime trying to keep an open mind. It's getting tough to function, and I have dogs to take care of, so I need to consider all the options. Thank you for sharing your experience, I hope you've found a way to manage the numbness.

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BorderCollieMomSandyY's avatar

Thank you Gill

Yes we need you to take care of fur babies so I hope you get some answers

I actually got both hips replaced within less than 3 months in ‘24

Oddly bone on bone at first ortho visit

It’s nice to not be limpy and to be a little faster again

If you can’t get things fixed you might try keeping spine and hips lined up with a chiropractor until something else can help

Sending you peace and wellness ❤️

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