Yes I don't know where steroids came into the picture.
I should be dead .2 kids blew a stop sight at 40 miles an hour I was going straight about 40 as well but had the right away.they had an SUV I had a little Pontiac.
They hit my passenger side through my car across traffic onto the sidewalk into a metal pole,took off my front end then spinned down a
Grass field.mu airbags deployed and my neck snapped and couldn't feel my left forearm or fingers.after years if MRI ,emg,mylogram
I crushed most of my spine .i had herniated discs bulging discs severe radiculopathy(nerve damage)degenerative disc disease severe spinal stenosis.
I went to top neurosurgeons and they told me since I had so many discs involved the surgery is very risky and if I can
Live with just seeing pain management then I advise against it.well I tried everything to help the pain before trying any pain meds but nothing helped.
I finally started taking meds ANd my body was resisting to them all I know is now I'm on meds that are for cancer patients that are on there death bed. .anyway after years going by my radial nerve died in my left hand and its permanently closed.my right hand the ulnar nerve died closing my right hand
It opens slightly but closes back up immediately .2years ago I decided to see 2 more top neurosurgeons and they both said the same thing!
You have 1 year left and there's 100% chance you will be paralyzed and
Inconteninent (peeing out if a bag)or I can do surgery now and it won't help pain but stop me from progressing any worse. the surgery had a 50 percent of being paralyzed .at this point I had to do it I was falling all the time and my pain was a 10 on a lot of pain meds.anyway they went through my backusclrs and my neck and took out c3 c4 c5 c6 c7 t1 t2 cleaned out all my ligaments all my tendons then fused it.the fusion never took .my head does not straighten it looks like I'm always looking down I can't turn my head left or right and still have no use ofmy fingers and have no muscles in my hand and now I'm on ten different meds for pain to get from a ten to a seven on a scale of 1-10 1 being the least pAin.
After wanting to die for many years I said I'll make an effort to lose the weight I gained and get some of my muscle back.
I have many libations I walk with a Cain ,I can't do any freeweights.i can only do machines but everyone I'n the gym helps me .they change my seat cause my hands are to weak .they change handles for me they open my hands so when they close automatically I will be holding the bar or handle.
So IRS not easy but I figured I might as well be in the gym in pain then at home and in pain.atleast now I look good.cant do cardio since my knees buckle at will
I can keep going but you'll be amazed the amounts of meds I takes daily and still able to be coherent .if interested what I'm prescribed for pain just ask.sorry for the long speech but alot of shit happened since the accident.one more fun fact I have severe tremors