Have you found other ways to spend time with people so that your relationships keep growing? How do you communicate to them that you are unable to go at your previous pace? What ways have you found together to modify your social life so that you can keep up and participate? (Note: Submissions that go into detail about specific treatments will not be published.)
Soldier Becomes Artist To Deal With Pain
It took until 1993 i was in my second career as a Prison officer when a Local Doctor sent me to the Hospital and had the normal x rays & Scans to find problems in l4 r4 . This was the start of 4 ope…
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After Back Surgery
useless, unworthy, and depressed. i thought i would be able to do the things i used to work, clean, cook, and spend special time with my husband. but that was just a fantasy, i cannot do much and hav…
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Things Are Different Now...
VERY hard.We must stop all the time, and I now cannot hike or dance. Cannot do house work well, or as would want, or go to work. It is hard to take care of grandchildren.Not easy to keep morale up, o…
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Had To Give Up Way Too Much For My Back Pain
I feel horrible, horrible horrible every single day. Every day is a daily struggle. I'm feeling so incomplete. I'm feeling like I am not good enough. I don't have an answer to this question on "how I…
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What My Husband and I Did While Waiting for My Back to Heal
After I hurt my back, it was painful even to move. It was frustrating to be stuck in the bed (actually, I stayed on the floor because it was more comfortable) when I'm used to being so active. I worr…
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Making the Effort to Socialize
It really is a drag. I am still very fit and active. I hike, bike, and hit the gym several days a week, but I just can't tolerate the repetitive pounding of running. It took me a long time to come to…
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I Learned How to Ask For Help
It was horrifying to realize that the thing that hurt the worst was sitting. I sit all day long at work, standing and typing on a computer that was at desk level was not an option. Being restricted t…
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