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Saturday, October 10, 2009
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I guess my degenerative disc disease should be talked about because I believe everything else actually stems from the degenerative disc disease. My latest MRI report stated that I have the spine of a "much older person". Long story short, there are herniatiations, bulges, impingements, pr...

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Nan from the Dunes
Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 10:23 PM

Cris

Welcome

I to just recently found this site (2 months) and have just dived in. It is so nice to find others who suffer as we do. I hope you find comfort, solutions, ideas, resolutions and whatever else you seek here. All is possible. Read alot of the posts, they are so informative. Good luck, God Bless

notd

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Cris L.
Sunday, October 11, 2009 at 04:34 PM

Hi Nan,

Thanks so much for your message. It is very heart warming to receive your hopes and blessings, and I extend the same to you, as well.

Cris

P.S. How do you add folks to your favorites, or something like that?

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Nan from the Dunes
Sunday, October 11, 2009 at 10:08 PM

you can go to your home profile and mark email on message reply, other wise I am not sure, haven't really investigated it that much, just read when I am hear.

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Nan from the Dunes
Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 10:38 PM

Cris"

forgot to add, look at forums, lots of topics, lots of comments, lots of people, lots to read. Go to connect, chronic pain forums, then you will see the lot.

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teero09
Monday, October 12, 2009 at 02:43 AM

i have done water therapy and found it to be the best exercise there is for any kind of chronic pain or anxiety. its not hard on the joints either. just be sure that they have the water warm enough. ive been in some pools where the water was so cold that it did more harm than good

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Cris L.
Monday, October 12, 2009 at 09:31 AM

Yes! I do water therapy as well. I do 20 minutes in deep water, then about 1/2 to 40 minutes in shallow water. I can feel an improvement in mobility, if I am able to do this consistently. A lot of times, I can't even do the water therapy because I am in too much pain to even suffer in the pool. But, like I said, consistency with the water therapy does improve my overall mobility.

Cris :)