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        <title>Living With Arachnoiditis</title>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Hi, I am new here.... ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hello everyone, I want to introduce myself and hoping to find support and learn a lot from you all.  I am new to ARC.
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Had my first multi level lumbar fusion in &#39;06, since than I leave in pain 24/7.  Was Dx with Rheumatoid Art., MS, Lupus and ARC during last 2 years.  Just
overwhelmed with pain, appointments and more findings. I was looking for that light at the end of the tunnel since 2006, but instead found more auto-immune
problems. Still, I feel life goes on and I enjoy every... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:01:45 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Newbie with a question ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hi, I was diagnosed with arc in May, a year after I had a fusion at L4-5, L5-S1, after an MRI scan showed &quot;clumping of the nerve roots&quot; at two
levels, one of them being L3-4; interesting because while that level hadn&#39;t been operated on, it had been injected with Omnipaque during the torture known
as a discogram I had two months earlier.  My question is this:  In the past few months I&#39;ve been having this unbearable, deep itching on the tops and sides
of my feet.  There&#39;s... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:50:52 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Constant pain ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I began having back pain, pain in my hip and leg weakness in my right quad in oct 06. After several MRI&#39;s docs could not figure out what was wrong but
assumed it was from minor dic hernaition at L2/L3. I went for an epidural injection and immediately had numbness in both legs. After continuous pain for many
months, another spine surgeon at the Hosp for Special Surgery in NY said I has stenosis and recommended a three level laminiectomy in July 07. Immediately
after surgery my right leg... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:44:26 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Have not been on these Boards for awhile..... Having Arach Problems ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hello Everyone,
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I have not been writing for a long while about me and my Arach.
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Since the 1st week of Jan I have been having severe Arach problems. Every thing listed in the info pages I&#39;ve had. All the tests, Mri&#39;s, CT scans,
X-rays and today Uroligist Ultra sound. I&#39;ve got them all. Have to use a walker now as I am un-steady and have fallen numerous times. Doctors all say the
same thing &quot;It&#39;s the Arach, stupid&quot;....
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Wife on Chemo for her Ovarian... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:20:06 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Happy Holidays???? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ OK, I went to my grandkids holiday play at school today, and had to walk quite a ways since we didn't know where the handicap parking was. Then, I came home and wrapped 9 gifts. I used the table this year, instead of the floor or my bed, because I can't make it up from the floor without help, and my bed is a bit full of pillows.<br><br>NOW I am feeling the effects of this. I have taken my 2 7.5 mg lortabs and my ibuprofen, plus one extra lortab and some extra ibuprofen, and have turned my SCS... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:11:32 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ What everyone else wants for me. I don't have a chance. ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hi everyone,<br>Im sorry I have not been around and not helping everyone.<br><br>I have had the worst 3 months of my life and last night I just broke down. It goes back about 12 months, (hope I wright so you understand<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> )<br>My sister is getting married in feb and I am her maid of honor. Me and my sister are 6yrs apart in age.(my sister is older and her name is cassie... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:22:36 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ looking for advice ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Confirm diagnosis with Arachonoiditis by two MRI,<br>two lower back surgery's, morphine for pain.<br>doctor's recomendations a morphine pump.<br>Is there any one who can provide me with advice, in<br>if a should go on with the implant.<br>God bless you , and thank you..teresa:11_1_100 ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:02:25 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Haveing Trouble with my family. ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hi,<br>I have been have so much trouble with my husband,Rob,we have been married for nearly 7 yrs. I have had arch for 5 yrs. I only have my GP to help me, when im 4hrs away from pain specialtis, Neruosurgons. and every thing else that I need is very painful and costly so far away. My husband works so hard as a taxi driver 5 nights a week then being a dad and mum in some areas,She is 5. I understand why he gets short tempted but he always blames the medication. When i know for sure it is not... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ inplanted tins units ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hi all I haven't bein here for a while my puter crashed and burned, so we had to get another one, If it wasn't for my wife I don't think I could make it through many more days of pain and other problems. To let you know what has bein going on as for the pain level on a good day its a 10 we won't go there on bad days the pain is off the chart. I also have bein having more problems with my step son, so that of makes things even worse on those o to many bad days. I have a couple of questions for... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 19:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Is this possible? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hi all,<br>Just wanted to say Hi and that you are sort of coping with the pain.<br>But I have a question as well?<br>Can AA spread to another part of your body? I`m experiencing excruciating pain in my upper right back quadrant, I cannot move my shoulder without crying with pain, and it is spreads towards my back and right under-arm?<br>I know we shouldn`t treat any pain as if it is a complication of AA, but I`m not very keen to go to a doctor about this new pain. I know that his answer to it... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:35:30 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Ia this possible? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hi all,<br>Just wanted to say Hi and that you are sort of coping witg the pain.<br>But I have a question as well?<br>Can AA spread to another part of your body? I`m experiencing excruciating pain in my upper right back quadrant, I cannot move my shoulder without crying with pain, and it is spreads towards my back and right under-arm?<br>I know we shouldn`t treat any pain as if it is a complication of AA, but I`m not very keen to go to a doctor about this new pain. I know that his answer to it... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:33:53 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Finally - definitive results! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hey, gang! <br><br>First let me say that I hope all of you are having a relatively painless day.  I think about others with arach so much, and I wish I could help people with this insidious disease more.  <br><br>Anyway, as my last post stated, I got no definitive answer from my spinal cord injury doc with my MRI or my myelogram CT last month.  Well...I sent the images to my independent medical consultant that I saw last August for his review (he's an MD specializing in failed back surgeries... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2007 08:09:57 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Need to vent! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ OK...my MRI that I had in January was completely useless because of my hardware making it unreadable in the area where they theorize the damage has occured.  The only conclusion that my spinal cord injury doctor drew was that my spondylolisthesis was NOT corrected sufficiently and that I had spinal cord swelling up to L1.  So, we did a myelogram CT...well, my doctor literally looked at each piece of film with 20 images each on them at the appointment for maybe 15 seconds each (&amp; he... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2007 02:58:30 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ What, (if any) affects, does weight have on ARC ]]></title>
			<link>http://arachnoiditissupport.yuku.com/topic/452/t/What-if-any-affects-does-weight-have-on-ARC.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:navy;font-family:comic sans ms;">It's 3.50am here in the UK, and after trying spending the last hour trying to get back to sleep; I have come to the conclusion that I have used up my 2hr quota of sleep, so now my mind is just buzzing with lots of things going round in my head.</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--><br><br><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:red;font-family:comic sans ms;">Can someone tell me if being over weight has any affect on the... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:00:05 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ New to this forum, but NOT to the pain. ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:navy;font-family:comic sans ms;">Hi there,<br><br>This is my first time actually looking into Arachnoiditis, even though it was suggested I had it in 1991. I am a full time wheelchair user resulting from 3 discectomies, external fixation, 2 caudal epidurals, and 6 epidural catheters (for pain management). It was in an appointment at Southampton Bupa hospital my mother and I were told that I seemed to be explaining many symptoms of this condition, and... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:02:27 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Just Heard The &quot;A&quot; Word Yesterday... ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ My name is Evelyn.  I am 39 from Michigan...Hi to all!<br><br>I keep getting logged out while typing my post, so will make is short to start.<br><br>Saw a neurologist yesterday who thinks this is what I am suffering from. I have a couple of questions I hope someone can guide me to the right answers.<br><br>I have had 2 MRI's and a Myelogram--I know what was seen on the MRI's were scar tissue and inflammation in the area my surgery in 2003 was (at the L5-S1 area)... I have read many posts from... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:24:41 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Always complaining!! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ It feels that the only time I post on the board, I`m complaining!<br>On top of the AA, the DDD and the bulging disc, I`ve been diagnosed with a &quot;prominant Lordosis of the lumber spine&quot;!! And, what now!!! It has shown to be a fixed lordosis, in other words, bending or lying down doesn`t effect the condition so a fusion is needed.<br>But first they will have to catch me and tie me down for another operation before I`ll consent to that!<br>I know that any cortisone injection is taboo... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:55:37 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Early onset...  Just need some advice...  and an ear... ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hello all.  I've been recently diagnosed with Arachnoiditis and DDD.  First of all, I'd just like to say that I've been a silent viewer (sort of a fly on the wall) for a while now, reading some of the stuff you guys have been posting.  It seems to me as if I may very well be in the early stages of what many of you are going through - and the more I read from you guys - the more it scares the CRAP out of me!  I'm the type of guy that alsways comes in to save the day, always has a fix for... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:33:57 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Squish, squish ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Gee, I'm squishing around again. One doc took me off my diuretics, then they were prescribed again when I couldn't get my shoes on. I haven't been able to get my feet and lower legs back to normal since then. I'm squishing around the house, walking with wet sponges on my feet. Damn docs. Wish they would listen, and know that ARC can cause water retention in the limbs affected.<br><br>And I still haven't heard from the NS or the tech about what they are going to do with my implant. Works for 2... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:10:54 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Disability and Social Security ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Does anyone out there know if arachnoiditis is considered to be a disability with the fidereal government to be able to apply for diability and social security?  Has anyone done this and been successful?  If you have, I'd Like to hear from you.  I know I can't work anymore, but I also heard it takes two years to get on disability and social security, if you're successful.  If you are not, you have lost two years of pay and two years of insurance.  Is there anyone out there that knows... ]]></description>

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