3 Years Post-Op
Wow! Has it really been 3 years? It's very exciting to me to think of all of the progress I have made, and continue to make, yay! I am very happy I had the surgery, and my life has forever been changed for the better. A lot of positive changes have happened in the last year, Sam and I are engaged and getting married next summer (WHOOHOO!), I've changed schools and grades (4th grade!), my brother has had twins, and I'm sure there's more I am forgetting. So much to smile for! This morning Sam and I celebrated my 3 year anniversary with bagels! Mmmmmm.... In the past year I have gone through a lot of testing for my joints. As I have posted in the past, I have pain in many of my joints. It is a daily battle for pain management. In the Spring I had an MRI for back pain. They found that I have a couple herniated disks in my low back, and I have dural ectasia. Dural ectasia " is a widening or ballooning of the dural sac surrounding the spinal cor