Blurbal Perspective

Before I begin, I injured my back three and a half years ago. Everyday since the pain began, I've been in moderate to severe pain. Two years ago, I underwent a spinal fusion. Unfortunately, because of my autoimmune diseases, my discs never fused (it's a condition called Pseudoarthrosis, or failed bone growth). I also started gaining weight during this time due to emotional eating (depression), and inactivity. Today, I had a follow-up with my neurosurgeon and the dreaded 'S' word came up: surgery (Revision Spine Surgery, to be exact). While surgery is just a possibility, it is something that I need to prepare for now. In order for the neurosurgeon to feel comfortable doing the surgery on me, I need to be in "optimal health." That basically means that I need to be as healthy as possible. I do need to lose weight, and in order for me to do that, my diet needs to be ON POINT (no snacking, no crap, none of that). We are talking about only shopping the outer pe...

Good afternoon everyone! It's been an interesting couple of weeks, but unfortunately, my day job was short-lived. Last week, I went to the doctor for my 1 year post-surgery check up, and the news was not good. My fusion showed very little bone growth, and the bone above my surgery site is sliding. I told my neurosurgeon that I had begun working a part-time job and I had noticed an increase in my pain levels. I told him the pain was especially difficult to deal with after my 8 hour Saturday shifts. He agreed that I should cut that day out. We also discussed me taking it easy for a while. If my back situation does not get better in a few months, we will probably be looking at another surgery. He diagnosed me with Pseuarthrosis . It's basically a bone fracture that has no chance in getting better without intervention. It's a rare complication for someone my age. It is also known as a "false joint" issue. In most cases, in order to fix it, the surgeon would have...