Reged: 08/06/04
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Loc: Within stray mortar fire of DC
Their position is that because I have fibromyalgia, any surgery to my back will make me worse in the long run.
Problem is, right now I can't sit in a chair because this lipoma under the skin is really painful. I can't sit, so I can't work. No work means no quality of life and by the way this lipoma really hurts my back.
So who is looking at the big picture, me or my doctors? Having fibro means I'll never be out of pain (unless I take enough pills to make me completely inebriated all the time). I can have the lipoma taken out and get a few good years until it grows back.
As for the pain from the surgical scar? Well, I don't know. Having fibro means I'll have pain, but I won't feel like like there's a knife wedged in my back when I sit. It'll be nerve pain more on the skin and I can put a patch on it and it'll be like my other surgical scars. There but manageable. I hope.
OK, my back hurts from sitting. Half an hour in my chair today, and it feels like I'm being shivved.
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I can't sit, so I can't work. No work means no quality of life and by the way this lipoma really hurts my back.
Half an hour in my chair today, and it feels like I'm being shivved. 
