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Hi everyone, Im new on here but would just like to chat about my problems and hopfully meet a few new friends. Im jamie, im 28 and im disabled ( only on a stick thou, keeping my mobility as long as possible!!) in 07 i was a healthy young man working as a mechanical enginer after qualifiying the old fashioned way, through an apprentership. But in march 07 i had an accident while lifting and prolapsed my L3/L4, and L4/L5 i had a problem there at 12yrs old through rugby but recovered fine and had always working in heavy industry in very physical roles. After this accident i lost my job as medically retired and so i started down the slippery sloop of dispair. I did get a lot worse in the next 6 months, but i didnt receive any medical intervention or physio just LOTS of PILSS ( sound familiar?) in 08 me and my partner and step son moved to north west wales and finally got some help and after 4 yrs here im at a deadend. Ive been told that due to my accident doing a lot of damage in my Lumber area and due to being left for adds without help was diagnosed with chronic pain syndrome. and I have been told from MRA scans that i have the spine of a 60 yr old miner at 24!! and tat there is ostification in the L3-L5 joints ?? But this has not been acted on really but had some blood tests last week for a med's review and it seems that i have a high sedemtaion rate test score (srt) of 23. Im not sure if that is good or bad but ive got to get some more bloods done next monday for further investigation. Im just a bit concerned as im on some hefty med's for my back any way with little relief, Im on 220mg morphine salts and tamazapam for when i cannot move due to stumbles etc, and im left to manage myself. Ive had a nerve root injection and 12 facet injections ( 6 each time L3-L5) and a chordal epidural as weel with very little improvement. Ive also been in gabapentine and pregabaline in the past but the releif i got from them was not great so was chaged to fentinal patches and then due to inconsitancies in dosagae delivery onto 110mg Zoromorph 2 x daily. I have had to change alot of my hobbies as i used to playfor a chapionship brass band a a tiuba player and play darts at super eague level and match fised for ££ but have had to stop these as well as losing my career. I have started to struby a Bsc in biology and chemistry to get a job in the pharmacutcal industry as i have seen the lack of effective and non damaging drugs for effective pain relife and hope to study this area. thats right ifi have to do it the long way im gonna!! I was just wondering if anyone on here coud shed some light on what to expect next. There is a long history of osteoarthritis in the family for past 5 generations and my mum (56) has jsut been diagnosed as arthitic in her hands, My pain is bad in the morning but worse with cold wet weather ( i know wales in a bit wet) and gets worse when i exert myself a bit to much and i have limited mobility due too pain and in very stiff in my spine in general. If anyone can shed some light for me i would be very interested in your comments. Thanks for reading Jaime :-)