Information and opinions on health from beanie at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/743479/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/743479/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/743479/index http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/743479/125892/chronic Sat, 04 Dec 2010 16:50:34 -0500 beanie has anyone ever had a blood test for homocysteine,methylmalonic acid,and folic acid for chronic cervical (neck) pain? what would the results indicate? beanie http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/743479/125892/chronic http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/743479/113182/positive Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:43:33 -0400 beanie i am considering MBSR as an alternaitive treatment for 20 years of chronic pain from 3 cervical surgeries...currently domino affect with multiple herniations,bulges,stenosis,osteopyhtes,etc....i need something to add to my current bag of tricks to struggle through every day at a level 8 (+) level....there is a mindfullness center of n.j. near where i live.. i would love to hear from anyone who has integrated this technique into their chronic... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/743479/113182/positive http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/743479/112018/cervical Wed, 19 May 2010 14:38:17 -0400 beanie you say that low back pain from disc degeneration usually "gets better over time"...i have chronic cervical degeneration and it keeps getting worse as i get older since arthritis contributes to enlarging existing osteophytes which are impinging on nerves...disc herniations and ruptured discs (bulges) only press harder on exiting nerves and the stenosis keeps narrowing...kinda makes me wish i had lower back pain and not "a pain in the... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/743479/112018/cervical http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/743479/103809/answer-lily Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:45:57 -0500 beanie lilly.....really well written and to the point....i don't know what your chronic pain situation is but i have been in constant and debilitating (8) pain for 20 years after having three cervical fusions with my vertebrae being wired leaving me with the domino effect and serious degeneration at every cervical level...herniated discs,bulging discs,stenosis,radiculopathy,occipital neuralgia, and on we go....i do "look good" every day and try to... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/743479/103809/answer-lily http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/743479/99901/cervical Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:50:21 -0500 beanie i have been using an EMPI tens unit for chronic cervical pain for the past year and it gives me great refief!...i wear it almost all the time that i am home ......i hightly recommend it....i don't know how that study was conducted (and it was lower back) but i disagree with the findings beanie http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/743479/99901/cervical http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/743479/97686/sharing-pain Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:26:00 -0500 beanie michelle....your sharepost so touched me..it was like looking into a mirror...i wish i lived in mn....i too would love a support group...unless "you're it" you cna not possibly understand what we go through and wake up to every day...i too had a failed cervical fusion (C-5 C-6) and went on to have two additional surgeries to correct the damage that was done and am now fused and wired from C-5 thru C-7 with complete cervical degeneration from... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/743479/97686/sharing-pain http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/743479/86393/ablation Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:29:09 -0400 beanie christina...i am having the rfa procedure done at 6 levels in my cervical spine on september 25th...reading shareposts and questions related to rfa in the cervical spine i'm getting a little nervous....i am the dentist is about to complete 2 decades of chronic pain!!   http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/743479/86393/ablation http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/743479/65396/decades Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:42:02 -0400 beanie i have been in chronic pain since 1990!! i had a botched cervical fusion (C-6-C-7) followed by two additional surgeries to correct the instability in my neck a C-5-C-6 fusion (hip bone) and C-6-C-7 re-do as well as posterior wiring of my spine form C-5 thru C-7 i now have pathology at every cervical level as well as the top 2 thoracic levels my chronic pain became acute pain about 6 months ago i have gone through an intense 4 week pain... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/743479/65396/decades