Thirty years ago I was told I am sorry by the rheumatologist you have DDD, degenerative disc disease...
In my lumbar area, lower back as of 2/28/24 CT results..."Discs and spinal canal: There is evidence of calcified disc herniation at L2-3 projecting into the thecal sac. The intrathecal catheter also exhibits the spine at the L2-3 level through the spinous process. All the discs are degenerated, loss of disc height, vacuum phenomenon. No critical stenosis."
What is the vacuum phenomenon? Vacuum Phenomenon in the Lumbar Spine: Pilot Study for Accuracy of Magnetic Resonance Imaging - PMC (nih.gov)
I am going this morning for the first steroid injections at the local pain clinic. Actually, I had them at the hospital with my neurosurgeon about a year and a half ago!
I have been living on ice packs, extra-strength Tylenol, my usual gabapentin 1200 mg. daily for the MS, and of course my surgically implanted baclofen pump!
According to what I read I am considered to be in stage 4 of DDD, Degenerative Disc Disease, in which there are four stages, four being the last or worst!
4 Stages of Degenerative Disc Disease - Spine MD
I will see if this helps...! It may not. (Or it could?)
In closing... and importance...
Follow the hearts and brains of the GOOD people! (Below)
Obamas endorse Harris' presidential bid (yahoo.com)
Allow me to introduce you to the crew...
I am called Aussie because my mom asked a sixteen-year-old girl looking at me in the crate I was in at the adoption site that day what she thought I should be named. Mom asked her age, but not her name... ha! And without hesitation, the teenager had said Aussie! By the way, she was just looking, so my mom did not steal me from her.
We never found out the girl's name; mom liked Aussie too. Since then, we have discovered that it is a ubiquitous name, but it is still just right for me! My parents think that I am uncommon, even say unique! I do like that.
I am an Australian Shepherd, a red Merl. And here is an interesting factoid about me: I was supposed to be a miniature Australian Shepherd, but as you might know, I AM NOT! I am a standard Australian Shepherd! Although I am now six years old, I am the baby,.I am the largest of tur babies, and due to my breed and being standard, I am just right,
I was three months old when Mommy and Daddy adopted me. I had been taken- out of a hoarder's home in the Carolinas with my litter.
Above is my PIC, taken on the birthday I share with my dad, but dad is much older than me!!! I was the first to be adopted, on February 16, 2018, on Dad's brother's birthday.
I was turned in by my previous family, stating that I was misbehaving with their elderly dog it had been said that I was driving him crazy! I was the second to be adopted, on 8/18/18 on clear out the shelters' day!
My record called me Belle, so for no known reason, Mom decided I was more of a Bella, beautiful either way!
Hey, wait! Please don't forget me! I am Chance, pictured above, a Bichon Frise! I am 12-ish years old, so they think, and the eldest, and I like getting up early with mom and Aussie. Bella sleeps late with Dad, till after seven most days, even later sometimes!
I enjoy a good tug-a-war on the ropes Dad had twisted for Aussie and me, and sometimes even Bella plays, too! I was the last to be adopted on January 23, 2020.
I had been wandering the neighborhood for days, and then I saw Aussie and Bella in their living room window, so I hung out there...
The animal control lady had been called and came out to see if I had a chip I.D. with her machine, and Dad told her that he wanted to name me Chance. His reason is that if no one claimed me, "I want to give him a second chance!" So that is how I got the name Chance!
The Animal Welfare League checked me out and kept me for sixteen
days until I was allowed to be adopted. Good evening.
Easy as Aussie, Bella, and Chance, now you got it! In order of adoption!
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