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Date Posted: 14:23:24 05/12/06 Fri
Hello, May 12th 2006
My name is Genevieve I live in Surrey B.C.
On August 14, 2004, I had a slip and fall, I was diagnosed with a fractured coccyx and bruising over the sacrum, but it was later determined by MRI that I had in fact sustained an L5/S1 herniated disc, the chronic pain that is associated with this debilitating and on going degenerative condition is indescribable. (I believe it gets worse not better as time goes on... & until someone can prove to me otherwise this is my opinion, I believe "we", over time simply "get used to it" "or learn to "block it out" but I digress.)
I have done everything that is within my power to bring back some measure of normalcy to my life, as I was a Home Support Care Aid for the disabled, I know how important it is to get motivated and moving and to continue forward in my day to day activities. After some extensive injury management and rehabilitation, I took a course to become a Veterinarian Assistant, I passed my written with an 86% average, however when it came time to complete my practicum it became increasingly apparent that the strains of the job/working full time in a consecutive pattern was going to be next to impossible without being in debilitating pain. This has been a devastating realization, as it was my hope that I could reenter the work force and continue to contribute to society and to our house hold income. (WCB is no longer in the picture, although I am trying...)
I am a mother of three children, ages 13, 10 and 7, this should be a time of my life where I should be enjoying and actively involved in my children’s lives, and planning for my future, instead I find myself increasingly disheartened and disabled, and unable to keep up with the simplest of day to day activities, the light at the end of the tunnel that kept me motivated and able to push past my chronic pain, has been extinguished with the realization that I will never be the way I was before my slip and fall. Because of my constant pain I am on (daily) Demerol and Amitriptyline the medication makes me groggy, dizzy and unable to perform tasks in which I need my fine motor controls and full alertness I am limited to the essential day to day tasks, without my medication, I am in too much pain to enjoy or complete day to day tasks, not to mention that if I do go off my pain relievers so that I might take part in my child’s day at school or for a family function I end up incapacitated for at least three days afterwards recuperating from the pain that my body was exposed to. It is both mentally and physically taxing, and while I have full intentions of finding a happy medium that will bring back balance into my and my families life, at this moment I/we are finding it very stressful and increasingly difficult. (I say it this way because "my" pain doesn't just affect "me")
I don’t want to get into the extent of how my injury has affected my relationship with my husband and myself, but I would like to say it has been “trying” at the very least, I am fortunate to have a very loving and caring husband who has been there for me, that being said he has done everything and more to continue supporting this family, but I?we need help, it is my hope in posting here that I can find a support group to go to or participate in, perhaps something to put it all into perspective again?? A place to vent and know I'm "understood" find out what other resources are "out there", I'm not looking for a quick fix (although if there is one please feel free to let me in on it...) running short of options...
anyone, anyone...
Genevieve Dawson.
"If it wasn't for my sense of humor, I'd have no sense at all!"
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