It's been a long time since I have posted.  Truthfully, it would not let me in my account, I finally figured out how to get on here.
So much has happened I don't even know where to begin.
I have been having some back issues, but who am I kidding I have had back problems since I was a kid.  When I was 11 I was in gym class doing our activities, nothing out of the ordinary.  My back started hurting but I shrugged it off.  The next day we had to run the mile (oh I so hated that) but I couldn't even stand up straight.  I walked like I was sitting down.
I explained to my teacher that I was having back pain but she told me to run anyways.  I usually finished running it within 5-10 minutes, but this day, it took me almost 2 hours.  She didn't let me stop either.  I was even late for my next class.
When I got to my next class, I had a test to take.  I had to walk to the front of the classroom to get my copy since I was late, it was so painful.  I finally got my test, sat down and took it.  I took my time cause I didn't want to get up to turn it in.
I turned it in and my teacher asked if I was ok, I replied, "no".  She sent me to the principals office in which I called my Grandma (she wasn't biological, but I loved that woman) she came and got me.
I felt so much pain.  I was only 11 and I didn't cry, if you read my previous posts, you will know why.  I was accused of faking and lying about it to get out of school, which was not the case.  I called my dad, who made her take me in and I don't really know what was wrong with my back. I was told it was Scoliosis, but advised in my later years that there was no way ever had that as my spine is straight as can be.
As I got older, I felt your aches and pains that you get daily cause you are older.  It finally became to the point where I was unable to walk further than a few feet.  I finally went to the doctor and he suggested a MRI, I was hesitant, as those usually mean surgery.
I finally go in and have two MRI's within a few months.  I find out that I have Degenerative Disc Disease, Lumbar Stenosis, Osteoarthritis, Osteophytes (bone spurs), 7 bulging  discs and 5 herniated discs.
I was sent to a specialist who in turn did several injections in my spine and did a spinal ablation.  I cannot that was the best thing I have ever done.  Several people swore by it, but it just caused me to have some crazy muscle spasms.  I was down literally for a few months. 
I was then sent to a surgeon who stated he would not perform surgery on me as the hernia was in my Thoracic spine and he does not touch that.  He then sent me to his partner, who then told me that nothing was wrong with me and there was nothing he can do for me.  I got very upset cause I knew the pain I was feeling was real and not in my head.  I went back to the specialist and let them know what the surgeon had said.  They in turn called him and had him send over his notes.  According to his notes, my back had too much damage that even if he performed surgery on me, it would not make a difference due to all the damage.  All though that didn't give me much hope, at least I no longer felt like I was faking.
That being said, I was given a handicap placard and told there was nothing more that they can do for me and sent me on my way.
During the end of that, I was starting to have other issues.  The Osteoarthris had not only started in my spine, it had moved all throughout my spine, it had worked its way to my hands, knees, hips and was really starting to bother me in my neck.  I was suddenly having problems breathing, my muscles were weakening and causing pain with little to no movement.  I had gained a whole lot of weight, I was becoming more and more depressed.  Not to mention I was so irritable that the littlest things set me off.  My heart was constantly racing and my oxygen was dropping. My hair was falling out, I was falling apart and know one knew why.   But they blamed the weight gain, even though that was one of the symptoms.
I was put on oxygen, had to do breathing tests, heart tests, more breathing while exercising tests all to find out that I had a mild left ventricle impairment which wasn't really causing my issues, but nothing was wrong with my heart or my lungs.
I had a thyroid ultrasound and my thyroid was enlarged, but my the blood work came back normal.  I had the blood work again 6 months later and everything was normal.  So again they sent me in for another ultra sound on my thyroid.  This time, it had doubled in size from the last ultrasound. 
That being said, I was referred to another specialist, only this time I was moving out of state and had to find another doctor.