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Suggest Treatment For Persistent Back Pain

My name is mark and have had back pain now for 20 years. Got hurt on the job and the co. never took responsibility for it. Take some parifon forty and naperson then go back to work. Every body thought I was faking, because I kept working. Any way fast foreward till now, forced into retirement 2012 oct. Have found a doc. that got rid of the pain,methadone, been on it since late 1997. Will be on it for the rest of my life. Now I have a hernia in my scrodem, had it for over a year. My dr. told me to take care of it He diagnosed it a over a year ago. Last april or may went to the hospital ST. Mary's in reno,Nv. and told dr. I have a hernia to please fix it. He came back to tell me I have a hernia and that I have to get it fixed. I'm afraid to go to hospital again with no ins. just to be told what I have and another bill telling me something I already know. But I didn't know was you want a credit card just to tell me I have a hernia and back pain thanks
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Hernia will have to be reduced by surgery and closure of opening that isletting bowel or its sac to protrude through. Since you have waited one year you may wait for finances and get it done as early as possible to avoid complications like strangulation and pain.
For backpain wear a spinal brace during daytime and do back strengthening exercises under physiotherapist.Switch over to excedrin twice a day or sos.
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Suggest Treatment For Persistent Back Pain

Hernia will have to be reduced by surgery and closure of opening that isletting bowel or its sac to protrude through. Since you have waited one year you may wait for finances and get it done as early as possible to avoid complications like strangulation and pain. For backpain wear a spinal brace during daytime and do back strengthening exercises under physiotherapist.Switch over to excedrin twice a day or sos.