Got bad news from docter
#11
RE: Got bad news from docter
Take heart! I am in my late 50's and have had the same problem with my first back surgery in 1968 while I was still a teenager and two more since then but I am still able tobowhunt. Trouble with some arthritis but still manage to bowhunt. Keep the faith and keep huntin'.
Best of luck to you.
Best of luck to you.
#18
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NY
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RE: Got bad news from docter
ORIGINAL: BEARBUSTER66
Found out today that i have degentative disc disease in 6 discs.
Found out today that i have degentative disc disease in 6 discs.
That leads me to the next step..........I don't where all these discs are he is telling you are in trouble but I am guessing a combo of low back and neck since there are no discs above your second cervical (neck) vertebra so it would cover your whole neck and then some if that is what he meant and low back issues above the bottom 3 vertebra are not common outside of trauma or long standing degeneration or pathology (you being in your 30's should have neither) Thoracic (mid back) disc problems are much less symptomatic in nature and again are usually from trauma or disease process.
Bottom line........find out which discs he is talking about so you know what you're dealing with.
Once you know which discs are of concern I would then say you should evaluate your current condition accordingly. If they are neck discs then you need to be concerned if you have problems in your arms and even down to your hands. Pain, numbness, weakness, weird sensation etc are all of concern. They should be pretty predictable as far as which disc is the cause because each nerve (C5-C6-C7-C8-T1) has it's own job to do in the arms and hands and signs of problems with each are not hard to trace.
As far as low back you are talking about getting more concerned if you get sciatica (pain down legs and into feet), and generally the stuff I mentioned about the arms but in your legs. Serious disc problems in the low back can have wide ranging effect but I don't think you are in that arena yet if at all because you mentioned bowhunting so I figure it's your upper body that is of concern........not that low back issues make climbing trees and dragging deer very easy either though.
An MRI is the only way you are gonna know what your discs are doing for certain.......you probably won't get one of them ordered unless you have serious radiating nerve pain issues though (insurance companies suck).
Get as much info as you can about what you are being told and elaborate a little on your condition and maybe we can help you out some and keep you in a tree for a few more years
#19
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RE: Got bad news from docter
LISTEN I HAVE the disease for 7 years and I went from some pain to a wheel chair. Pain is 24-7 and I need morphine patches to cope when hunting in m a chair .I use a x-bow. Any hunt could be my last.Cant work and am on welfare.Go get the best doctors you can afford. I could not ,was stuck with the VA. Nothing to mess with. Sorry to be so negative.But you need to know the truth. God bless you and hopefully they caught it early and they can help you.