SweetSue92
Diamond Member
Both choices are bad
I am so depressed and miserable
1) opioids
2) Lumbar Disk Replacement
Chronic pain is at least 50% a mind game, did you know that? No judgment. It's our brain taking well-worn pathways. So like, if you have had pain before, and you feel a twinge that anyone else would dismiss, your whole self seizes up. Mentally, emotionally, spiritually PHYSICALLY. Because that pain has cost you and you anticipate it, and it has well-worn pathways in your brain to make your whole system shut down.
It can be rerouted. Look this up.