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Rheumatologist's current diagnosis after looking at the MRI: arthritis on the right transverse process of my L4 vertebra. Pretty clear on the images, fits very well the symptoms.
No magic solution here. Physiotherapy, physical exercises, moving a lot (my current work is 100% on a computer…), and we'll try an infiltration. She added (not her words but mine): "if you're very lucky, you go for a long time without pain, and we can make new infiltrations from time to time, and if you're not, like, less than several months pain-free, we won't go this way".
But basically, I'm a bit screwed on this; arthritis only goes forward, even if we can relieve the pain in some ways (and, of course, no possible surgery).
I first lost my rock climbing passion, which led me to years of depression. I finally found the strength to practice a new sport I absolutely love, to which I dedicated a LOT of energy, both physically and mentally, in which I've improved a lot (hey more than some of the youngsters from the club), in which I want to volunteer because everyone is amazing in the club, and I finally got another pathology that will probably make me stop practicing taekwondo.
I don't want to experience again what I experienced when I had to stop climbing. It was way too much suffering. I'm immensely sad and frustrated that it's likely to happen again.
No magic solution here. Physiotherapy, physical exercises, moving a lot (my current work is 100% on a computer…), and we'll try an infiltration. She added (not her words but mine): "if you're very lucky, you go for a long time without pain, and we can make new infiltrations from time to time, and if you're not, like, less than several months pain-free, we won't go this way".
But basically, I'm a bit screwed on this; arthritis only goes forward, even if we can relieve the pain in some ways (and, of course, no possible surgery).
I first lost my rock climbing passion, which led me to years of depression. I finally found the strength to practice a new sport I absolutely love, to which I dedicated a LOT of energy, both physically and mentally, in which I've improved a lot (hey more than some of the youngsters from the club), in which I want to volunteer because everyone is amazing in the club, and I finally got another pathology that will probably make me stop practicing taekwondo.
I don't want to experience again what I experienced when I had to stop climbing. It was way too much suffering. I'm immensely sad and frustrated that it's likely to happen again.