Advice desperately needed!!
Hi everyone!
When I was 14 I worked at a lemonade stand over the summer where I was required to push a 100lb cart up and down the beach everyday. This caused disc bulging in my L4 L5 and L5 S1. My dad also had this exact same thing happen to him when he was 19 playing baseball, but we weren't aware that degenerative disc disease can be hereditary until my diagnosis. He had surgery at 19 and a second a few years ago.
Im now 19 years old and I have dealt with this pain everyday for 5 years. I've done PT, pilates, 5 steroid injections, back brace, cupping, massages, literally anything under the sun and nothing has worked. Ive been to 3 different doctors but none of them will help. They tell me the exact sentence everywhere I go "This is so horrible for someone so young to be dealing with but we can't do surgery because of your age."
Im in constant pain everyday and although I haven't dealt with any nerve pain i'm still struggling every day to do normal tasks (sitting or standing even for short periods of time). Somedays I wake up and I have pain in my back when I breathe. Im wondering if anyone has had any luck with doctors in the South Carolina area (or literally anywhere im desperate) or know of anything I could do to help.
Ive also had 2 MRIs but it won't let me post a photo for some reason.
Thanks!