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Living with upper neck pain
by: PD on Tue, Sep 01 2009

First, I’m not complaining; I’m thankful to be alive and ambulatory at age 80. In the early 50’s I was shot up in a mock ejection seat at Williams AFB, Ariz. It was a program to familiarize USAF pilots with the device. I was warned not to look down when squeezing the trigger, but did because it seemed to be taking too long before the seat fired. As I glanced down, kept head rigid, the seat went off. My chin hit my chest and I was looking down from 60 feet up. In 2000 I had surgery for a herniated disc (C4-5 & C5-6). For several years now I’ve been experiencing moderate to rather severe neck pain. I’m now taking Epidural shots about every two months. Some relief, not total.

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September 2009

Living with upper neck pain - by PD - (Tue, Sep 01 2009)
First, I’m not complaining; I’m thankful to be alive and ambulatory at age 80. In the early 50’s I was shot up in a mock ejection seat at Williams AFB, Ariz. [more..]

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