Spondylosis Help

I am 26 years old and I was diagnosed with lumbar spondylosis. No bulging or herniation but slippage. The initial diagnosis is lumbar spondylosis W/O Myelopathy. Along with that, I have sciatica pain as well. I take mobic and ultram for the pain. Also I need to wear a corset during the day time. For the past 2 weeks, I have had upper arm fatigue and both my hands suffer from the same fatigue. My back doctor had offered the injections, I refused for now, along with my mother. I get tired so fast. Walking up and down the stairs I have to hold onto the railing. Even doing laundry causes pain. I work for a home health and hospic agency but I am not sure if I should tell them about my diagnosis and risk being fired or wait to tell them. I just dont know where else to turn.

Post Edited (EricaMarie) : 4/14/2012 4:42:28 PM (GMT-6)

I had my appendix out october of 2010. My sister asked for help moving furniture. I took my time, with my cousins help we carried a headboard, which felt like thousands of pounds up the stairs, we took our time because in the past i have strained my back and i did not want to injure myself after having surgery. WhenI got downstairs, i laid on the floor, bam! thats when the pain hit. It was so bad, I was holding my breath to take the pain away. My mom and sister was going to call 911. i went to 1 dr , he gave me all of these pills which i dont feel comfortable taking and gave me a slip for light duty for a week. When i got to work i handed that in and my specific job was to clean out dressers. I work as a CNA. One of the staff members felt that it was ok to put me on a assignment, even when she knew i was hurt. So what i did was make a copy of the assignment sheet, which had my name on it and the schedule sheet which did not indicate i was on light duty. The unit manager did not ask if I wanted a incident report because I did 2 patients.

I have been going to the dr for close to 2 years (Feb 1st) Ive had a xray, which showed the spondylosis and sciatica inflammation then had the mri and thats when i was told about wearing the lumbar corset. he knows that I just got this job in home health and hospice. I mainly travel from homes to facilities. One patient she is ready to pass on but I do all of her care, which means rolling her side to side. It seems like nothing will make it better, even sitting for a hour or two.

I am tired of dealing with this pain. Its so miserable that everyday I deal with pain. Now a days the most comfort I get is when i stand in the shower. I just dont know what the future holds for me. I told my employer about my condition, I will see how they will handle it.

Thank you
Erica

Hello Vannie. i take mobic 2x day (with food) and ultram at night time. Even those I do not like to take. Im the type of person where I take something when i feel I need it. I am just trying to be patient, do my research on my condition. This is why i joined this site. Maybe I can find some insight with someone who deals with the same or somewhat same pain. Arthritis runs in the family but the members of my family seems to have RA. But the past couple of weeks, which I told my back dr, that Ive been having like muscle fatigue and soreness in my arms and neck area. I believe it has to do with the spondylosis. I just pray every night the good lord will give me a good day.

my get well wishes are sent to you Vannie, god bless