I have been being evaluated by pain specialist. MRI of lower back showed no further damage than after the car accident, meaning: there is nothing we can do, its your fibro causeing the pain. MRI of the neck was a whole different story- I had ONE bulging disc putting pressure on my nerves after MVA, that tingling, pain and loss of feeling went away after MANY rounds of PT. (still waiting on results of foot MRI- metal should be flying at me by now!) Neck shows that there are now TWO discs that are of concern, and while they don't impinge the nerves, instead they are pressing on my spinal column- possible reason for headache that won't end and upper back pain. PT will not help. No area of acute inflammation was seen, therefore cortizone shots won't help either(they don't work for me anyway). So now I have to go see a neurosurgeon to determine (not IF) when I will have to have surgery. I do live in the northeast so I have Dartmouth medical school about an hour north and Boston an hour south, so I have access to the best there is. I haven't digested all this yet. I am scared to search for the outcomes to the surgery just yet. Once the neck is fixed I still have to deal with the fact that my pain in walking(assuming the surgery doesn't paralize me), is not something "fixable", but rather "progressive" and will need to be "managed". I am already on disability and now they tell me I will only lose more function- I won't regain anything? Not doing so good for the depression here.

PS: why isn't there spell check here? Typing through tears really messes up my spelling!