Tweexican
Member
Hello all. Just wanted to see if I could get an invite to the forum.
Back in the beginning of April I became ill one night after work. I went to bed and started shivering uncontrollably. I was freezing yet completely wiped out from a long day at work. When I woke up the next morning, my entire side of the bed was soaked from my sweat and I had to go into work. Got up, went to work feeling horrible and came home. Took some theraflu and fell asleep.
I woke up later that night with the worst back pain I have ever experienced. From that point on, I have been in constant back pain.
I was diagnosed with discitis after seeing 4 different doctors who just dismissed the pain as a back sprain. Finally it was a chiropractor who ordered an MRI when they found it. I was immediately hospitalized for 5 days, and then sent home after being installed with a PICC line to administer IV antibiotics for 6 weeks.
After a week's scare with my antibiotics dropping my white blood cell count and almost killing me, I am finally done with the antibiotics. Unfortunately though, the infection caused permanent damage to my disc and spine. I wake up everyday to ripping pain in my back. I can't lift anything, and can't bend over. I can't walk without a back brace (I have graduated from my walker).
My wife keeps pushing me to try for mj as a possible alternative to the Oxycontin and Percocets I take daily. Reading this thread definitely gives me some hope.
Back in the beginning of April I became ill one night after work. I went to bed and started shivering uncontrollably. I was freezing yet completely wiped out from a long day at work. When I woke up the next morning, my entire side of the bed was soaked from my sweat and I had to go into work. Got up, went to work feeling horrible and came home. Took some theraflu and fell asleep.
I woke up later that night with the worst back pain I have ever experienced. From that point on, I have been in constant back pain.
I was diagnosed with discitis after seeing 4 different doctors who just dismissed the pain as a back sprain. Finally it was a chiropractor who ordered an MRI when they found it. I was immediately hospitalized for 5 days, and then sent home after being installed with a PICC line to administer IV antibiotics for 6 weeks.
After a week's scare with my antibiotics dropping my white blood cell count and almost killing me, I am finally done with the antibiotics. Unfortunately though, the infection caused permanent damage to my disc and spine. I wake up everyday to ripping pain in my back. I can't lift anything, and can't bend over. I can't walk without a back brace (I have graduated from my walker).
My wife keeps pushing me to try for mj as a possible alternative to the Oxycontin and Percocets I take daily. Reading this thread definitely gives me some hope.