Hi, my name is tazzy78!

tazzy78

Hi all

chiarieds

Hi @tazzy78 - Welcome to the community & thank you for joining. How are you doing?

emmarenshaw

Hello @tazzy78 welcome to the community. I’m Emma, one of the Community Champions. We’re all happy to help if you need anything,  or have any questions. The community is wonderful and we are glad to have you with us.

Grinchy

welcome to the forum, i'm new here to, its a great place, hope your doing ok

emmarenshaw

Welcome @Grinchy Happy to help if you need anything or have any questions, just let me or the other members know and we’ll see what we or the Scope team can do.

Grinchy

thank you @emmarenshaw appreciate it

Ails

Hi @tazzy78 and welcome to the Community.  How are you today?  I hope you are having a nice weekend.  It's nice to meet you and thank you for joining us.  I hope you enjoy being part of our forum and find it a useful place to be.  I look forward to seeing you on here.  Please feel free to look around the site and join in any discussions that you find interesting.  If we can be of any help or support to you then please just give us a shout.  All the best. 

Adrian_Scope

Hello @tazzy78. How are you today?

janer1967

Hi @tazzy78 and @Grinchy Welcome to the community, nice to have you here and look forward to seeing you both around. Feel free to join in any discussions or just have a nose around 

Ami2301

Welcome to the community @tazzy78

tazzy78

Hi thankyou all,I have cervical  foranmial  stenosis  c5/6 with bone spurs and L3/4/5 s1 lateral  recess narrowing, I am on duloxetine  and 30/500co,codomol,I have been told cannot operate.I had a fall in 2010,then mri in 2015,then 2019 diagnosed  with the stenosis. I am 42,I am struggling  with the pain in cold weather is worse any ideas?,also I am struggling  too accept  being disabled. ??also feeling lonely  Tara

janer1967

Hi and welcome I am sorry to hear you are struggling 

We do have a pain management section you may find useful 

It is hard coming to terms with a disability and that's what most of us here have dealt with so can support you

Feel free to join in and I look forward to seeing you around 

steve51

Hi @tazzy78

Good Afternoon it’s great to meet you today.

@steve51

tazzy78

Thankyou Steve x

tazzy78

Thanks Janer x

Cher_Alumni

Hello @tazzy78 How are you today?

I wondered, has your GP ever discussed referring you to a pain management clinic?  This NHS webpage has details on how to pursue this if not, and it also lists support groups that can offer specialist help around coping with pain.  

You mentioned that you are struggling to accept being disabled too.  What is it particularly you are finding hard?  If you let us know we can talk about it with you 

Hope you have a lovely Sunday.

tazzy78

Hi thankyou cher for your response. I will look at the NHS webpage,thanks.I am feeling down being in pain,and I keep questioning  why myself why cant I have an operation, sometimes I think I've accepted  be omi g I'll,sometimes I dont ,I get lonely as I cant work,and I'm finding  this situation  difficult  .Il speak too doctor too see if can be referred  to pain clinic, sorry for the late response,best wishes  Tara