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Chronic pain

cher77
cher77 Community member Posts: 95 Courageous
Hi all in chronic pain with disc degenerative disease i suffer with slipped discs,bulging discs now and again pain in hips, neck, ankles,left shoulder and left shoulder blade, depression,high blood pressure,high cholesterol, diabetes and copd I've been to pain management last year and didn't benefit from it went 3 times came out crying everytime been doing my own stretching exercises at home when i can but it makes the pain worse Im still suffering  with incontinence daily so always have a pad on been told need an adapted house got some adaptions where i live at the moment but mainly need a wet room and stair lift as apparently my current housing association won't fit a stair lift here they say the house is to old for that been back and forth to the doctor's been on all pills nothing works so now the doctor as referred me back to pain management so just waiting for an appointment i feel that they don't believe me that I'm in so much pain and that it's all in my head and its constant i don't sleep properly I've gained weight was a size 12 and now 2 years later I'm a size 16-20 I can't walk far use a mobilty scooter when i start to walk my hips and bottom of my back start burning so I try to ignore it then the burning gets worse and my legs start to shake and that just going from my bedroom to the toilet and back again i have fell previous as my left leg gives in but that's not done it since July last year please any advice would be great x

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  • GILLIAN12345
    GILLIAN12345 Community member Posts: 4 Listener
    MY DAUGHTER IS DISABLED AND WAS IN LOTS OF PAIN FOR MANY YEARS SHE STARTED SEEING A PAIN SPECIALIST WHICH OUR GP REFEREED HER TO LAST YEAR SHE HAD A PAIN STIMULATION FITTED THIS AS CHANGED HER WORLD 
  • cher77
    cher77 Community member Posts: 95 Courageous
    Hi @GILLIAN12345 i have actually been referred again the 1st time didn't have any effect just made me worse I've tried yoga like stretches and things and again made me worse so I'm hoping they can try doing something different I'm glad your daughter's found something that has worked fingers crossed for me lol x 

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