Hi all, new here. I've looked for quite some time for a place where people talk about pain etc. about four years ago, I was training for my first half marathon. I hurt what I was told was IT band but learned later it was a slipped disc in my back. One day I woke up crooked. I ended up crooked for about 4-5 months. Unable to stand straight. Then it gradually went away. About 9 months later I had to take a month long business trip. So I got checked before going to make sure it was ok. Since I'd be flying halfway around the world for a month.

First weeks overseas was good. But in the middle of the second week, I knew something was wrong and went home from work early. Within two days, I went from bad to unable to walk. After not being able to walk I was admitted into a hospital. The area I was in didn't believe in pain Meds so I basically ended up on a hospital bed, unable to move and in severe pain for two weeks while my company tried to figure out how to get me home.

After a long four plane trip home, I was ambulances to the hospital for surgery. At the time, I was basically told that is my only option. I had much muscle atrophy from laying in a hospital bed for so long, that I had to stay in the hospital for a few days. My PT post surgery went pretty well. They told me I was progressing really well. I felt good for about a year. About a year after surgery, I had more slipped discs. And on the anniversary of my whole ordeal, I started having major depression/anxiety issues. I would wake up in the night hearing screams I heard in the hospital I stayed at and things like that.

To solve that I ended up being prescribed 10 different anxiety and anti depressants in a month or two. Mostly due to the fact that I had some very adverse reactions to the Meds. Fast forward another year or so to this last spring. More discs out again. From the knee down I went completely numb. Sometime around August I was given an injection that did nothing. Then j went searching for other options as my surgeon said I basically need surgery. I went to a pain dr. He did another injection that didn't help at all. Then had me start a med-X program to see if that helps.

I'm about halfway through the med-X program. Not really seeing much change. I know I have six more weeks. But it does cause more pain the days right after I have it.

Sorry I know this is extremely long. But what does everyone here do to stay positive and keep on keeping on? I find with each day that gets harder and harder. Some days I can hardly walk as the pain down my leg is so bad. I try to stay as positive as I can but some days are really tough. Anyways. That's my short story.