When I was 14 I had back surgery. If I had not had the surgery I would have died. I was a minor, the surgery was not a choice I made to save my life. It would a choice my parents made to save my life. But it did not save the life I had. I am alive but I am not me anymore. Its not the life I would have had. I have tried everything to move on but I cant live in pain like this anymore. This isnt a life.
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Hey ns34278,
There are lots of folks that deal with unrelenting back pain here…and I am one of them. But my issues started when I was older…and still…I am not the same me anymore…thank God…because life is not about staying the same…it is about changing and overcoming.
There may be others with suggestions to help with the physical pain…but I know for a fact…when you are in emotional pain…the physical pain gets unbearable. So it is time to create a new YOU…and to focus on what you CAN do and not so much what you CANT do eh?
You don’t say how old you are now or what type of back surgery saved your life. Care to share more? Also …you are more than just in pain…what else are you?
Here to listen
Peace
Amakua
I had surgery for scoliosis. I am 22 now. After the surgery I got into drugs. It was an escape from the physical and mental pain. One day I realized that my wreckless behavior was not going to kill me and if I had to live this life I had to put some effort into making it a good life. I cut off all the people I did drugs with and stopped doing drugs completely. I made some new friends that did healthy things and tried to vent my frustration in a healthy way. I tried to find hobbies that I enjoyed like hiking and whitewater rafting. When I get overwhelmed I run to give myself time to think through things in a healthy way. The thing is I wasted so much time that I feel like its to late to turn things around. I did not go to college after highschool. Now at the age of 22 I have sucessfully completed one college course and I dont have money to even take one class this semester. Thanks to my previous failed attempt to go to college the first time I can no longer get financial aid. It seems like I just cant get ahead. I cant be honest with anyone about how I feel because I am to messed up. After I had the surgery I stopped dating becuase I felt disgusting. I have tried to date since then and honestly I have had and still do have good men that want to be there for me but I just cant. I can hardly maintain friendships these days. I just want to be home alone all the time. When I was younger I had this picture of who I was and I liked it. I liked myself. I thought I was smart and strong. Somewhere along the line that person I was slipped away.