My Life With Stenosis

Living With Spinal Stenosis

  • Move In Day

    We’ve had Stop, Drop, and Roll move in and now Greensboro is my official home. I haven’t met any roommates yet, but I do know one of them did Stop, Drop, and Roll. No one did Early Arrival like I did, so I’ve had the apartment to myself and will until Wednesday. Wednesday is orientation Read more

  • False Alarm on Stenosis Pain and Move In

    I am absolutely happy that I can say it was just arthritis pain and not stenosis pain. We have just now hit a dry patch with no rain in sight. Which is good for me but horrible for temps and humidity; which is also bad for me. Humidity is a nightmare for migraines and my Read more

  • Arthritis Pain or Stenosis Pain

    Well, what can I say, the pain that had been gone for quite some time has came back with avengence. I truly can’t tell if it’s the arthritis pain (yep, that’s in my spine too) or stenosis pain. I’m leaning more towards the arthritis pain since it’s not radiating down my legs. I just hurt Read more

  • A Quick Taste of What I Was Missing

    Well gang, this week I wish I could say was another without pain. But it wasn’t. I had pain most of the week and it can be summed up in one word. Rain. It rained quite a bit last week and it brought the pain on. It was better when it wasn’t raining but when Read more

  • Summer Break: Take 2

    I’m finished with the summer term and starting my second summer break. I am so happy that I am finished officially with my community college career and moving onto the next step in my journey to be a teacher. Since officially changing my major to History Secondary Education, I am incredibly excited with this adventure Read more

  • Seeing the Neurosurgeon

    Hey gang! Today I saw the neurosurgeon. It was a rather interesting appointment. I got a better understanding on what the stenosis is and that I have two bulging discs in my lumbar spine and one of those is actually cracked. I also learned just how serious the cracked disc is. While I have to Read more

  • School Is Back In Session

    Well, another week and another week of no pain. I can’t honestly say what is going on, but I’m not going to complain. I will say this, I am so glad that I’m not having any pain. I now have a backpack to contend with since I’m taking a summer class. Even though there’s not Read more

  • It’s Been An Emotional Three Weeks

    First off, let me say sorry I haven’t posted in three weeks. Yes, I had to go back and actually count the weeks. I am still upright and mobile but more on that later. My freshman year of college, it’s strange for me to say that at almost 40, is over. I passed all my Read more

  • Well, That Didn’t Go According to Plan

    Things were going great this week until yesterday. I thought I would give my hand a try at yard work. I started out taking a pain pill because of some other issues but as far as my back was concerned, I was great. We were halfway finished with our first yard when the pain started. Read more

  • Open House

    Ever since I made the decision to go back to school, I knew eventually the time would come to look at universities. Today, that day came. I didn’t realize just how big the campus was until I got there. Very rarely do I go to Greensboro but today, I took the first major step to Read more