Hey everyone,
I just found this place and after reading about 5 or 6 posts I new this would be a good place to visit.
I am a Male 44yrs from Oklahoma...I'm Married (18yrs) and have a 7 yr old son who is my world.
I also have a question you may be able to shed some light on.....
In Dec. 07 I was in a no fault MVA I had to have knee surgery right away! and I did ...It went fair!...then I had surgery on my lumbar (2 level 360) after exhausting all other options first...I'm still healing and think it was a good move.....now the question I have is....My 3rd injury was to my Thoracic area....T8-9 bulges ...very painful and debilitating....the problem is doctors dont like to do surgery in this area....it's risky if you can even find a competent doctor who does this....It involves alot....I think I will live with this injury without doing the surgery.....How will they rate my injury without me trying to improve it?
I'm in chronic pain but I can deal with it without pain meds for the most part....I was never big on meds anyway.....I'm worried they will make light of my injury that is the most painful of the three I've had.
I just found this place and after reading about 5 or 6 posts I new this would be a good place to visit.
I am a Male 44yrs from Oklahoma...I'm Married (18yrs) and have a 7 yr old son who is my world.
I also have a question you may be able to shed some light on.....
In Dec. 07 I was in a no fault MVA I had to have knee surgery right away! and I did ...It went fair!...then I had surgery on my lumbar (2 level 360) after exhausting all other options first...I'm still healing and think it was a good move.....now the question I have is....My 3rd injury was to my Thoracic area....T8-9 bulges ...very painful and debilitating....the problem is doctors dont like to do surgery in this area....it's risky if you can even find a competent doctor who does this....It involves alot....I think I will live with this injury without doing the surgery.....How will they rate my injury without me trying to improve it?
I'm in chronic pain but I can deal with it without pain meds for the most part....I was never big on meds anyway.....I'm worried they will make light of my injury that is the most painful of the three I've had.
"You can't fix a problem with the same level of thinking that created it to begin with"