You were or even worse – are- suffering back pain. This debilitating ever present pain is accompanying your every day for a long time. You are loosing hope for recovery, your life is limited, changed and all that seems to be very very unfair.

One of you-sufferers-wants to know what is difference between herniated, ruptured or bulged disk. No difference , at least not to you. Let  Surgeon be concerned by this Q in the case, that you eligible and good candidate for surgery. Otherwise all what matters are your symptoms therefore pain in back, shooting pain traveling down to your knee, calves, toes. It will subdue in time, but remember it is a condition, not illness. Much more can be said to this topic by you, by me, by others. Lets have a good talk about pain which is taking our lives apart, which is limiting as from activities which we all use to take as granted; deprivation of sleep, loses of income, friends, broken dream, families. But we can still live our lives fully, just different ways. Lets talk about all this back pain related loses and hopes.