Welcome to "The
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Learn simple
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We just need to understand
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His plan for our
lives and live accordingly.
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And now live from studio
1A in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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Here is your Heart of
Health host, Dr. James Marcum.
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Good evening
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and welcome everyone
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We have a very
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for each one of you
out there to hear today
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introduce that in a second here.
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But I'm glad you joined us
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This evening we
have a pain specialist
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and his name is Dr. Dennis Ford
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and we are going to
be talking about pain,
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anti-aging, all
sorts of things like that.
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So if you might have question,
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give us a call 855-644-3278.
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I was driving in today and
I was listening to the radio
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and everyone was very
excited about power ball,
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and I wonder how
many of you out there
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have played power ball
within the last 24 hours.
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But as you know
there is a big jackpot
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and they were
talking today about
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the odds of you
winning on power ball.
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And the odds of you
winning are one in 175 million
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of winning the power ball thing.
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Those are very good odds
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and if you think
about odds of other things,
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the odds of you out
there being struck by lighting
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is one in 775,000,
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so if you think about that
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the chance of you
winning the power ball
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is the same as you being
struck by lighting twice,
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so you know these
aren't the best odds, okay.
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But the odds of
a person out there
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having chronic
pain is one in four,
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one in four people out
there have chronic pain, 25%.
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Those are just the
people we know about
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and you think about
all that we talk about
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on this program health program.
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We talk about hearts
and cancer and lifestyle
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but when something a
health condition affects
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one in four people,
we need to talk about it.
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So we are going to
talk about pain today.
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It can effect up
to one in four people.
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It effects up to $60
billion in loss production
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in a few years ago
the quotes were about
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2.6 billion was spent in
over the counter medications
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and 14 billion were spent
on analgesics of all type.
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An analgesic is just a
fancy name for medicine
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that helps deal with pains.
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What might be a chronic pain?
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On headaches, on
arthritis, back pain,
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all sorts of things
can cause chronic pain,
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so that's what we
are going to talk about.
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We are here
with Dr. Dennis Ford.
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You want to give us a
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The Heart of Health Live
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You are surprised.
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You've got
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on the Heart of
Health Live. Welcome back.
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I'm glad you joined us.
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If you just tuned in, we
were talking about pain tonight.
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We have a specialist
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on pain
management Dr. Dennis Ford.
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We are going to
introduce him tonight.
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Dennis, thank
you for joining us.
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Thank you for asking me.
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Now, tell us, tell
me about your journey.
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What got you
interested in pain management?
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Now it's a
specialty in medicine.
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Oh, about 1995 I woke up one day
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with a crick in my neck
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and I'm thinking,
well, this will go away.
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And about two months later
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the pain started
going down my arm.
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And I did different and I
started having severe pain
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pain score about 8
and so then I went ahead
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and had MRI, I had two
herniated cervical disc.
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So I did chiropractic treatment,
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I did
acupuncture and still having
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significant amount of pain
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and then fortunately
one of my friend said,
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there is another pain
doctor that I had been sitting,
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did two epidurals on me, it
took my pain away, so like---
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Explain what is an
epidural for everybody?
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Epidural is a steroid
injection it's where you--
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if you have a herniated disc,
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you put a steroid
under x-ray guidance
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next to that where the disc is,
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it helps to take
the inflammation away.
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Okay, okay, but
what happened after that?
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And so for the first week
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I felt like,
man, my pain is gone
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and it slowly
started coming back
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and then I had a second
one and fortunately for me
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I have been-didn't get
for about 17 years now.
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Wow, so
evidently that calming down
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the inflammation
helped your body heal. Yes.
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And then
everything is been good.
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I never repeated the MRI
but I don't really hurt anymore
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so I avoided
surgery and so far so good.
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So, that's what
got your interest.
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Now, you've gone
to medical school
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and had some training. Yes.
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Tell us about some
of the other trainings.
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So, I did family practice early,
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I got to family
practice throughout the city
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and then I decided
to do anesthesiology,
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so I went to Vanderburgh and
did anesthesiology residency.
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I did
anesthesiology for 18 years
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and towards the end I
started doing pain management
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because I had the pain.
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And I saw there was a need
there to help other people.
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Okay, so and how
long you have been
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practicing pain management now?
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For about 13, 14 years.
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Now, you have to, I know
that when I went to school,
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you know, you go and
do your internal medicine
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or whatever, you don't just do
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just specifically pain, do you?
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There is a
fellowship now where you do,
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we did anesthesiology
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or physiatry
residency in pain. Okay.
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Because I know
it's a growing field
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and you can see the
reason we are talking about it
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because one in four
people have it. Yes.
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It's sort of a big
deal and unfortunately
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we hear a lot of people that
are hooked on pain medicines
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and a lot of
people aren't getting
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the knowledge they need.
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So that where we help
and we want you to call in
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to us on our phone
number 855-644-3278.
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Dr. Ford is not
only had chronic pain
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but he is now treated
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and understands
it in great detail.
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Well our first caller is here
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and Mike you're on the
line with Dr. Dennis Ford.
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What's your question or comment?
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Mike, you're there?
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Well, Mike is tuning in
from Kentucky here. Wow.
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So that's far away.
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Yeah, go ahead Mike,
you are on with Dr. Ford.
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Okay, I was curious about.
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I've had a back like--
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everybody is saying
it's a pinched nerve.
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And I was in the wreck at 18,
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so I'm 43 and
basically I'm just--
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my guess, my question is
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could that possibly
be most of my problem?
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It could be.
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There is a pain
radiated down your leg
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or is it localized
mainly to your back.
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It varies, it does go
down on the leg and back.
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I had times where, you know,
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I felt like I
couldn't even get up,
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you know, like I
was 90 years old.
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And this is being
going on for how long?
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Ah, for a while and I mean,
I really didn't looked into,
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you know, about
go to a chiropractor,
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and some people say you might
need back surgery and all this.
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And, you know, I
kind of disagree.
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I thought, well,
I don't need to go
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through all more pain and stuff
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but basically I was
just kind I guess asking
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that it sound like
a pinch nerve to you?
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It could very well be.
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Probably what you
need to do is to start off
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I don't know what
you have done so far,
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start of with an x-ray,
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and may be probably
lead to an MRI of your back
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and then you could do
different options depending
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you could start off with
chiropractic, physical therapy.
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If you don't get any better,
you can see someone like me
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for possibly an
epidural steroid injection,
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to see if we can
get the pain go away
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and last resort would be
surgery if nothing else work.
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But I'm hopeful, lot of
times we are very successful
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in one of these options of
getting you pain to go away.
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Right, I have already
turned to lot of people who--
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my girlfriend she
had that back surgery
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and she is still
having chronic pain yet.
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I've always heard people say,
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you know, don't do
it, you know, majority.
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That's the last
resort typically.
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It's 60% success rate
up to 40% failure rate
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with back surgery.
Well, what was that?
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Around 60% success
rate up to 40% failure
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with back surgery. I
did not realize that, wow.
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So that's the reason
it's always last resort,
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I mean you try other things to
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and when you can't
take it any longer,
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then you consider it.
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Well, and another thing
like you were saying earlier,
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there's a lot of people get
addicted to pain building up
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and the first
time they want to do
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is throw me on all
that stuff and I said no,
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I'm not doing that
kind of, I called the staff.
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Hey, Mike, we are
going to come back with you,
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we got to go to a short break,
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but we're going to be
right back after this break
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and we will
continue this conversation,
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so stay on the line with us.
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We are going to be right back on
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"The Heart to
Health Live". Okay.
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The Heart of Health Live
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I'm Dr. James Marcum,
I'm with Dr. Dennis Ford,
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who is a
specialist in pain management,
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not only that but he
understands family medicine.
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He has worked as
an anesthesiology.
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He has actually
experienced chronic pain
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and I think all
these are very valuable
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and we've been talking with Mike
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and if you want to
join our conversation
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Mike, are you
still there? Ah yes sir.
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Well, Mike you know,
the reason I wanted to talk
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some more with you
is because you are not
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the only one that
has this type of problem.
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And if we can-- if you
can sort of let us know
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what you've been through
and what you're going through,
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this is gonna help
a lot of other people,
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so tell us what--
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where you have
been with your pain
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if you had it evaluated yet.
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Ah, I mean when I was 18
basically he sent me to the ER,
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you know, they just quickly
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kind of gave me
some pills would I say.
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I mean they did the
x-ray, they did everything
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but claimed they
didn't see anything,
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but to me
afterwards of course I was in--
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we're having destruction
most of my life so far
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and that hasn't
helped, I've had some days
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where I just want to
lay down and call it quit.
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Okay, Mike have you
seen a doctor about this?
00:15:31.96\00:15:36.85
Often I had, finally ran
into like a chiropractor,
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he give me some,
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I am trying to think
of the gel he gave me,
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you know,
occasionally that helped me
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some mornings I
had to go to work,
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you know, I had
no choice and stuff.
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I guess, you
know, I'm not trying to
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so I think if I can resolve this
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with my gel
even with depression,
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and a lot of times you
know, I felt in some stiff.
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You know, if I
can get it resolved,
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I think my life
would be lot different.
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No question, it would.
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Have you had like
an MRI of your back,
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to look and see if
there is any herniated disc
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or degenerative disc disease?
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I had been told that I had a--
what do they call it lower disc,
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there's a name I
can't think it right all
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but he told me a
bulging disc. Bulging disc.
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Yeah and yes, I feel like
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it's more may be
that pinch nerve.
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I guess my problem is
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I don't know enough information
about the pinch nerve.
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Okay, based on the
cliff, it's a bulging disc,
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there are several
things, it could be pressing
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against the nerve pinching it
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or it could be
leaking out some substance,
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the cervical disc that can
irritate and inflame the nerve.
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It could cause
back pain down your leg.
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All right, that sounds
like what you're saying,
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I'm getting, you
know, a little bit of that
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and occasionally I'm fine,
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I feel like I'm 20
and then the next day
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I probably feel my age
ain't serve, you know, so.
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How much is your weight,
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how tall are you,
how much do you weigh?
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That's another thing, I'm
5'10" currently I weigh 180.
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So you are pretty good,
it's not too bad. Right.
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But I have noticed
when I have put on weight
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that
occasionally, felt like that
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putting a lot of pressure on my,
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you know, lower part
of the body. Definitely.
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So, there are
several-- Go ahead.
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Ah, I was just
saying I have a general idea
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about what you're saying, I
guess like you're saying there
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I don't, you got
to know more about it,
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and you got to understand
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and of course like
you said first thing
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that I need to know is
may be the step to take,
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you know, what if I got,
you know, still everybody gets,
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I mean I can open a hood
underneath the car today,
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you know, it's the radiator
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but I can guess all day along
just like to do with my back.
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Okay, what would you advice
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someone like
this to do Dr. Ford.
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Okay, I would,
if you had an MRI,
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I would depend on how
recent it was, I would--
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there are several options,
one you could do chiropractic,
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see if that would help a bit,
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just to you back,
see if that will help.
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Okay, and if that didn't help,
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there's another option
you could try acupuncture
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and you need physical therapy.
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That's where I've
seen kind of recently,
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I kind off wondered about.
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That's a possibility,
these are the things
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I did when I had my neck problem
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and then another option
would be physical therapy,
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try to strengthen
those back muscles
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to protect abdomen
muscles, to protect your back
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and then another option
would be like cervical upper
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or lumbar
epidural steroid injection
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to see if it
would ease your pain
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and take the pain away.
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So, you are saying if this is,
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like you were
saying may be possibly
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if it is nerve
possibly we're guessing here
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that if that lower part of that
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bulging disc
itself put pressure,
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that could be part of,
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you know what I'm
saying my aggravation.
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Yes and another
option I'd recommend,
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I do myself as I
have an inversion table,
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I hang on it in my house
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and that's another option
you can hang upside down five,
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ten minutes a day
helps decompress your back.
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Okay, I've heard that too,
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you know I did, I read a
lot of things for myself.
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You hear the
world tell you one thing
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and of course, you
know, you try to listen
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and see what's best
for you, know everybody,
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it's not everything
fits for everybody. Exactly.
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And that what gets me
as everybody is a doctor
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and they are not a doctor.
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Mike, thanks for your
call and if you keep listening,
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we keep giving you
on some more points
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Tonight topic is been pain
00:22:27.62\00:22:30.37
and unfortunately this is
going to be a topic Dr. Ford
00:22:30.40\00:22:32.98
we gonna have to talk
about it again and again
00:22:33.01\00:22:34.91
because lot of
people having pain,
00:22:34.94\00:22:37.64
we need to get good
information out there
00:22:37.67\00:22:39.43
and I think one of
the things that you made
00:22:39.46\00:22:41.61
so clear is that there are
lot of other treatment options
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for pain besides surgeries
00:22:44.65\00:22:46.38
or narcotics and
those type of things.
00:22:46.41\00:22:48.34
Yes, try to save those for last
resort in the pain medication
00:22:48.37\00:22:51.84
I don't like
giving them a lot out
00:22:51.87\00:22:53.41
because there can
be problems with that
00:22:53.44\00:22:54.62
but there is
certain, certain people
00:22:54.65\00:22:56.49
that's the only
option they have left
00:22:56.52\00:22:58.27
and so we had to do
that as safely as we can.
00:22:58.30\00:23:01.01
And I know we
are not going to be
00:23:01.04\00:23:02.28
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00:23:02.31\00:23:03.96
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We'll have Dr.
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00:23:09.84\00:23:11.54
we are going to get
all these information,
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you need ought to use,
00:23:13.21\00:23:14.35
so you can make some
really good decisions.
00:23:14.38\00:23:17.06
Dr. Ford, I think
our last caller Mike,
00:23:17.09\00:23:19.46
one of the things you
got to have a diagnosis.
00:23:19.49\00:23:21.69
Exactly, you got to start
have a working bases to go off
00:23:21.72\00:23:24.49
often kind of know
how to attack the problem.
00:23:24.52\00:23:27.11
Yeah and you it seemed
like what helped you out
00:23:27.14\00:23:29.26
so much is, they took
the pressure off the nerve,
00:23:29.29\00:23:32.44
the epidural so
the inflammation to go,
00:23:32.47\00:23:34.72
so it could heal on itself.
00:23:34.75\00:23:35.96
Exactly so far I
have been feeling great
00:23:35.99\00:23:38.10
I can just still run, snow
ski, water ski, play sports
00:23:38.13\00:23:42.60
and weight lifting,
feel great, I was miserable.
00:23:42.63\00:23:45.26
Yeah, but you
kept searching. Right.
00:23:45.29\00:23:47.24
You kept searching for things.
00:23:47.27\00:23:48.30
Did you ever have
to take narcotics?
00:23:48.33\00:23:50.11
No, I couldn't do
that as anesthesiologist,
00:23:50.14\00:23:52.01
I could be taking pain
medicine to put me in sleep.
00:23:52.04\00:23:54.97
So, we have another question,
00:23:55.00\00:23:56.79
it's coming from South Carolina.
00:23:56.82\00:23:58.43
Roxie you are on with Dr. Ford.
00:23:58.46\00:24:00.39
What's your question
that he can help you with?
00:24:00.42\00:24:03.23
Well, I'm not sure
if anybody can heal me.
00:24:03.26\00:24:06.23
Well, if not we can
sure pray for you Roxie,
00:24:06.26\00:24:08.18
but throw it out there,
00:24:08.21\00:24:09.67
we will see
what Dr. Ford thinks.
00:24:09.70\00:24:12.32
Well I have a it's
like the 75% fracture
00:24:12.35\00:24:17.16
in my thoracic
and I stayed in my bed
00:24:17.19\00:24:20.75
and then I have other
things that I don't understand
00:24:20.78\00:24:25.41
but doctor never tells me about
00:24:25.44\00:24:28.10
of having MRIs done year
00:24:28.13\00:24:32.09
and I haven't been told
anything except the staple,
00:24:32.12\00:24:36.05
I don't even know what
he is taking about staple.
00:24:36.08\00:24:39.40
I have 75% thoracic fracture,
00:24:39.43\00:24:45.50
which I needed
to operated in 05.
00:24:45.53\00:24:49.84
So when did you
have this fracture?
00:24:49.87\00:24:51.13
How long ago was this fracture?
00:24:51.16\00:24:52.49
It was in 05.
00:24:52.52\00:24:56.08
And the pain has
stilled stayed there?
00:24:56.11\00:24:58.04
Yes, that's taken my bed.
00:24:58.07\00:25:00.41
Did you have
surgery on it you said?
00:25:00.44\00:25:02.51
Yes, so it's from my neck,
00:25:02.54\00:25:05.35
you know, read
little parts of it
00:25:05.38\00:25:07.67
and the last MRI I've had,
00:25:07.70\00:25:10.46
they haven't even said entirely
00:25:10.49\00:25:12.69
what was wrong or anything.
00:25:12.72\00:25:14.95
Which thoracic vertebrae is it,
00:25:14.98\00:25:16.60
do you know what
number they told you?
00:25:16.63\00:25:17.78
They said about in
between my shoulder blade.
00:25:17.81\00:25:21.48
Okay, the reason I'm asking
00:25:21.51\00:25:23.31
because we sometimes we do this
procedure called Kyphoplasty
00:25:23.34\00:25:27.97
where we put in
plastic bones cemented
00:25:28.00\00:25:30.12
and a lot of times
it takes that pain away
00:25:30.15\00:25:32.23
and we use it to
from T 5 down though.
00:25:32.26\00:25:34.67
Well, they put
cement in the fracture,
00:25:34.70\00:25:38.82
but I think they put
it in the wrong fracture.
00:25:38.85\00:25:42.52
They showed me a picture
00:25:42.55\00:25:43.85
and it was
crushed like a eggshell.
00:25:43.88\00:25:47.22
And I said doctor, they've
put it in the wrong fracture
00:25:47.25\00:25:51.64
and he took it,
just took it down
00:25:51.67\00:25:55.41
and that's been a few
years ago when he took it down.
00:25:55.44\00:26:00.63
Well, Roxie, you know,
00:26:00.66\00:26:02.08
we can't actually
know all the details
00:26:02.11\00:26:04.43
but may be we can
give some suggestions
00:26:04.46\00:26:06.14
and other people that have pain
00:26:06.17\00:26:08.04
that cannot be fixed surgically.
00:26:08.07\00:26:09.52
What are the options
for those type of patients?
00:26:09.55\00:26:11.80
Okay, if the
Kyphoplasty did not help
00:26:11.83\00:26:14.22
and I guess basically
the only other option.
00:26:14.25\00:26:15.57
Well, I think they
put in the wrong fracture
00:26:15.60\00:26:18.50
is what I'm saying
because that look dead in,
00:26:18.53\00:26:21.55
I think that's where it's
crushed like a egg, eggshell,
00:26:21.58\00:26:25.51
you know, when we
step on the eggshell,
00:26:25.54\00:26:27.97
it looked like a
eggshell. Not with this,
00:26:28.00\00:26:30.23
but there's a cement up above.
00:26:30.26\00:26:33.15
Did you get another opinion?
00:26:33.18\00:26:34.86
Did you get the second opinion?
00:26:34.89\00:26:35.95
I went and got some new MRI done
00:26:35.98\00:26:40.91
and it's been almost a year
00:26:40.94\00:26:42.97
and I haven't been told
anything except its stable
00:26:43.00\00:26:47.15
and I don't even know
what he is talking about.
00:26:47.18\00:26:50.60
I said doctor you
have not gone over it,
00:26:50.63\00:26:54.12
you know, gone over it with me.
00:26:54.15\00:26:57.64
Okay, what I would do,
00:26:57.67\00:26:59.62
I would see if
they had go over with,
00:26:59.65\00:27:01.58
did the doctor
to go over with you
00:27:01.61\00:27:03.35
and see if that's a
spot that needs to be done,
00:27:03.38\00:27:05.34
or was done in the right place
00:27:05.37\00:27:07.65
for the
Kyphoplasty. Yes, almost.
00:27:07.68\00:27:11.94
Yeah, second opinion
is always a good idea.
00:27:11.97\00:27:15.70
Yeah, a second opinion on
Roxie that might help you out
00:27:15.73\00:27:20.28
and then unfortunately
if they cannot fix it,
00:27:20.31\00:27:22.89
then we might have
to take some medication
00:27:22.92\00:27:24.94
to help relieve
the pain as well.
00:27:24.97\00:27:26.72
I have been on
medications in Oxycodone.
00:27:26.75\00:27:33.43
Well, Roxie, Roxie, we
are going to pray for you
00:27:33.46\00:27:36.17
but I would focus on
a second opinion, okay.
00:27:36.20\00:27:39.33
We are going to be
right back after this break
00:27:39.36\00:27:41.05
and we have Linda
calling, Linda hang on,
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we will be right back on
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Welcome back to
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We are talking about pain,
I'm talking with Dennis Ford,
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who is a
specialist in pain management
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who has a very balanced
and logical approach to pain.
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He is not going to
throw everyone on narcotic
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and I think I'm sure
Roxie is still listening.
00:30:47.83\00:30:51.72
And, you know, she
had problems with her back
00:30:51.75\00:30:54.44
and for years she had pain.
00:30:54.47\00:30:56.48
And sometimes it is possible,
00:30:56.51\00:30:57.92
isn't it to may be
not get the Kyphoplasty
00:30:57.95\00:31:00.77
that medicine in the right spot.
00:31:00.80\00:31:01.99
There is a
possibility from I guess
00:31:02.02\00:31:04.07
especially from
what she is saying.
00:31:04.10\00:31:06.74
So I'd recommend her,
we said second opinion
00:31:06.77\00:31:09.48
and also she may
be already doing this
00:31:09.51\00:31:11.34
I would recommend a tinge in it.
00:31:11.37\00:31:12.64
Now what's that do for pain?
00:31:12.67\00:31:13.81
It's electrical therapy
basically to help override pain,
00:31:13.84\00:31:18.11
just to help override pain,
00:31:18.14\00:31:19.27
Electrotherapy is
safe, no inducting.
00:31:19.30\00:31:23.91
Those two things
I would recommend
00:31:23.94\00:31:26.62
and then I can say
mainly the second opinion.
00:31:26.65\00:31:28.41
Right, you know,
there is many different ways
00:31:28.44\00:31:30.82
to approach things
and you know in pain,
00:31:30.85\00:31:33.31
you know, you want
to make a good diagnosis
00:31:33.34\00:31:35.10
if you can fix the
underlying problem,
00:31:35.13\00:31:36.57
that's great. Exactly.
00:31:36.60\00:31:38.07
And if you can't,
there are some other ways
00:31:38.10\00:31:39.58
we can help the body
heal itself. Exactly.
00:31:39.61\00:31:42.02
And that's what some
people don't understand as,
00:31:42.05\00:31:43.92
you know, modern medicine
00:31:43.95\00:31:45.13
sometimes just lets
the body heal itself,
00:31:45.16\00:31:47.15
and that sounds like
what happened to you.
00:31:47.18\00:31:48.72
Exactly, and the other thing
00:31:48.75\00:31:50.11
I'm thinking about her also
00:31:50.14\00:31:51.76
is she may have
osteoporosis. Okay.
00:31:51.79\00:31:53.74
And she needs to be--
00:31:53.77\00:31:55.01
I would check
her vitamin D3 levels
00:31:55.04\00:31:57.08
because most of my patients,
00:31:57.11\00:31:58.96
most everybody in United States,
00:31:58.99\00:32:00.35
everybody in the world
basically is low in Vitamin D3.
00:32:00.38\00:32:03.82
And I have-- most of my patients
00:32:03.85\00:32:05.42
are on 5 to 10,000
units a day of Vitamin D3
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to build the
bones up, build muscle
00:32:08.15\00:32:10.97
and it helps your immune system.
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It decreases 16
kinds of cancers,
00:32:12.82\00:32:15.85
decreases the risk.
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Breast cancer, a long way,
00:32:17.89\00:32:18.92
if you get your
level up to 70 to 80.
00:32:18.95\00:32:21.35
It decrease your breast
cancer risk by up to 85%
00:32:21.38\00:32:24.99
and it's cheap and
you will hear about it
00:32:25.02\00:32:27.37
because a drug can
make-- can make a lot of money.
00:32:27.40\00:32:30.93
And you can get it, if
you get out on the sunshine.
00:32:30.96\00:32:32.73
And you get it
from the sunshine,
00:32:32.76\00:32:33.90
as we get older we don't get,
00:32:33.93\00:32:35.65
our skin doesn't work as well,
00:32:35.68\00:32:37.13
winter time we don't get enough
00:32:37.16\00:32:38.74
and there's another
reason people get cold
00:32:38.77\00:32:40.41
and flu and things like that,
00:32:40.44\00:32:41.78
boost your immune system.
00:32:41.81\00:32:44.77
But certainly she
may have osteoporosis
00:32:44.80\00:32:47.00
and if she does,
I'll do the vitamin D3
00:32:47.03\00:32:49.39
and I would also
have her DEXA bone scan
00:32:49.42\00:32:51.89
and probably have
her start on a FORTEO
00:32:51.92\00:32:54.41
and natural way or
bioidentical way to build bone.
00:32:54.44\00:32:57.75
I don't like all
these other stuff,
00:32:57.78\00:32:59.10
I want to build osteoblasts
and osteoclasts to build
00:32:59.13\00:33:02.12
and remodel bone the safe way.
00:33:02.15\00:33:04.30
So the bone doesn't collapse
on itself and it can cause pain.
00:33:04.33\00:33:07.69
Or you don't get
osteonecrosis of the jaw,
00:33:07.72\00:33:09.71
I take care of some
patients how have had jaw pain
00:33:09.74\00:33:12.75
from the other things
that I don't like as well.
00:33:12.78\00:33:14.47
That make perfect
sense. Linda, you are next.
00:33:14.50\00:33:16.94
You are talking
to Dr. Dennis Ford.
00:33:16.97\00:33:18.60
What's your question
or comment here today?
00:33:18.63\00:33:21.43
I'm going to take you
in a different direction
00:33:21.46\00:33:23.12
Dr. Ford. Okay.
00:33:23.15\00:33:24.32
Interested in your take on DHEA
00:33:24.35\00:33:27.11
as a supplement
for 60 plus people
00:33:27.14\00:33:30.44
or even in the
50s for men and woman
00:33:30.47\00:33:34.09
and also your take on Melatonin
00:33:34.12\00:33:36.85
as an anti-aging
agent or supplement to take.
00:33:36.88\00:33:41.12
I love Melatonin,
00:33:41.15\00:33:42.40
I've been taking
it for about 10 years.
00:33:42.43\00:33:44.52
I met this doctor from Italy,
00:33:44.55\00:33:46.14
he has written
book, several books on it
00:33:46.17\00:33:48.16
and it's a tremendous
anti-aging hormones wonder.
00:33:48.19\00:33:51.06
It's a tremendous antioxidant.
00:33:51.09\00:33:53.11
It helps protect the brain,
00:33:53.14\00:33:54.80
as we get older we
don't make enough of it
00:33:54.83\00:33:56.41
as we did as a
baby or a young kid,
00:33:56.44\00:33:58.29
that's why they sleep so well.
00:33:58.32\00:33:59.90
As we get older--I take it
every night for sleep agent.
00:33:59.93\00:34:04.25
It's a tremendous
antioxidant, it helps protect.
00:34:04.28\00:34:05.91
I want to know, what time
you take before you go to sleep?
00:34:05.94\00:34:09.87
What time you take it
before you go to sleep. Yeah.
00:34:09.90\00:34:12.91
I take it about
depending on how you take it,
00:34:12.94\00:34:15.31
you can take it
sublingual under your tongue
00:34:15.34\00:34:17.26
or you take it by as a pill.
00:34:17.29\00:34:19.56
About 30 minutes
before I want to go sleep,
00:34:19.59\00:34:21.48
it help me relaxed.
00:34:21.51\00:34:22.89
And most of the time I
get a decent sleep with it.
00:34:22.92\00:34:25.26
And the dosing ranges anywhere
00:34:25.29\00:34:27.69
from 1 milligrams up
to actually 20 milligrams.
00:34:27.72\00:34:31.59
And it also, the other
thing about Melatonin in Europe,
00:34:31.62\00:34:34.45
they use it to
treat best cancer.
00:34:34.48\00:34:36.19
It's tremendous
boost to your immune system
00:34:36.22\00:34:38.97
to fight breast cancer.
00:34:39.00\00:34:40.13
Yeah, now she
mentioned DHEA. I love DHEA.
00:34:40.16\00:34:44.47
There are several ways
to take it. What is it?
00:34:44.50\00:34:46.47
Okay, it's a
intermediate hormones,
00:34:46.50\00:34:51.02
the basic
hormone is cholesterol,
00:34:51.05\00:34:53.25
that's a mother
hormone, it goes to breaks down
00:34:53.28\00:34:55.67
half way down to DHEA
00:34:55.70\00:34:57.32
and down to
testosterone and estrogen, okay.
00:34:57.35\00:34:59.90
In woman it helps to
built little more testosterone
00:34:59.93\00:35:02.51
and in men actually it helps
to build the more estrogens
00:35:02.54\00:35:04.61
which we don't
want too high in men.
00:35:04.64\00:35:06.56
And so but I like both of them,
00:35:06.59\00:35:07.95
they are both
anti-aging thing. Okay.
00:35:07.98\00:35:10.52
All right, and what do
you think about testosterone.
00:35:10.55\00:35:14.51
I know, I've taken it before,
00:35:14.54\00:35:16.76
but I get acne
when I take too much.
00:35:16.79\00:35:20.39
Yeah, too much is not good,
00:35:20.42\00:35:21.71
you don't want
get acne or grub hair.
00:35:21.74\00:35:24.25
There is--it is always you
keep your levels you need it.
00:35:24.28\00:35:26.16
Woman needs some for
initiative, it help you think,
00:35:26.19\00:35:29.04
help your
motivation and help sex drive.
00:35:29.07\00:35:31.99
So you need a little bit
that keep you young built,
00:35:32.02\00:35:34.27
modern built muscle
00:35:34.30\00:35:35.36
but you need it
in the right levels.
00:35:35.39\00:35:39.93
Okay, Well Linda thank
you for calling in today
00:35:39.96\00:35:42.69
I think those were
great, great questions.
00:35:42.72\00:35:44.68
And unfortunately
we have to go to break.
00:35:44.71\00:35:47.38
But after the break, we
will talk a little bit about
00:35:47.41\00:35:49.38
as we age, different
chemicals go down that
00:35:49.41\00:35:51.91
we might not even think about
00:35:51.94\00:35:53.60
and we need to
start thinking about them
00:35:53.63\00:35:54.78
to slow down the aging process.
00:35:54.81\00:35:56.28
We will be right
back after this break
00:35:56.31\00:35:57.74
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on the Heart of
Health Live. Welcome back.
00:38:41.52\00:38:45.28
I'm Dr. James Marcum,
we're talking with Dennis Ford
00:38:45.31\00:38:47.81
on chronic pain which
one in four Americans have.
00:38:47.84\00:38:51.68
It's a big topic and
we are going to continue
00:38:51.71\00:38:53.56
to talk about this
on future programs.
00:38:53.59\00:38:55.84
And I know some of
you, the lines are so packed
00:38:55.87\00:38:57.96
you are not getting through.
00:38:57.99\00:38:59.36
So if you are not
getting through, options are
00:38:59.39\00:39:01.33
don't worry we are going
to have Dr. Ford on again.
00:39:01.36\00:39:03.72
You can
certainly go to our website
00:39:03.75\00:39:05.58
healthwiseministries.org
or call us back again.
00:39:05.61\00:39:09.49
We talked last
segment about hormones
00:39:09.52\00:39:11.98
and how, you know, we
think about things like thyroid,
00:39:12.01\00:39:14.54
hormone going down as we age.
00:39:14.57\00:39:16.18
But also when
we go age different
00:39:16.21\00:39:18.86
male and female
hormones go down,
00:39:18.89\00:39:20.86
different chemicals
in the brain go down
00:39:20.89\00:39:22.78
and we haven't been
as tune as we should
00:39:22.81\00:39:24.82
as treating these things.
00:39:24.85\00:39:26.30
It's probably besides
nutrition is number one.
00:39:26.33\00:39:29.79
The father of
medicine Hippocrates said
00:39:29.82\00:39:31.88
"Let food be your medicine,
and medicine be your food."
00:39:31.91\00:39:34.04
And how smart he was,
that was 2400 years ago.
00:39:34.07\00:39:37.18
And so the neck,
but pass the nutrition
00:39:37.21\00:39:39.08
and exercise
taking care of yourself,
00:39:39.11\00:39:40.67
not smoking, doing
all the right things.
00:39:40.70\00:39:42.82
And then once
you get it all done,
00:39:42.85\00:39:43.92
the next thing would be
to be sure as we go age,
00:39:43.95\00:39:46.35
our hormones drop. Right.
00:39:46.38\00:39:49.22
And the ideal way is
to keep your hormones
00:39:49.25\00:39:51.75
at youthful level of 20-30
00:39:51.78\00:39:54.71
where you help
protect your heart
00:39:54.74\00:39:56.44
and you are cardiologist.
00:39:56.47\00:39:58.05
I didn't know this but the most,
00:39:58.08\00:39:59.54
we until learn this,
00:39:59.57\00:40:00.60
that the most
testosterone receptors
00:40:00.63\00:40:02.43
in the body are in the heart.
00:40:02.46\00:40:04.07
You pretty know, it
help protect heart disease,
00:40:04.10\00:40:06.81
against heart
disease inflammation,
00:40:06.84\00:40:08.45
decreases inflammation.
00:40:08.48\00:40:09.91
Also protects your brain
00:40:09.94\00:40:11.24
of course build
muscle, builds bone.
00:40:11.27\00:40:14.49
Everything we want to keep
00:40:14.52\00:40:15.82
on top of our game
mentally and physically.
00:40:15.85\00:40:18.62
We want to as aging we
don't want to go down like this,
00:40:18.65\00:40:21.49
we want to delay
aging and go like this.
00:40:21.52\00:40:23.95
And then when you
drop, you want to go
00:40:23.98\00:40:25.50
or if you are Christian,
or whatever faith your are,
00:40:25.53\00:40:28.99
you want to go to
heaven and you know,
00:40:29.02\00:40:31.18
so that's our goal
be on top of the game
00:40:31.21\00:40:33.10
physically and
mentally until we have to go
00:40:33.13\00:40:35.23
where we end up going, right?
00:40:35.26\00:40:36.46
Right, we've got
some more questions.
00:40:36.49\00:40:38.38
Mark you are on with Dr. Ford.
Mark is calling from Kentucky.
00:40:38.41\00:40:41.18
Go ahead Mark, you
are on with Dr. Ford.
00:40:41.21\00:40:43.60
Yes, I'm a first time caller
00:40:43.63\00:40:45.62
and actually first
time viewer of your program.
00:40:45.65\00:40:48.42
Okay. Thank you.
00:40:48.45\00:40:49.75
And I'm very interested
00:40:49.78\00:40:52.59
because I've been a
chronic pain sufferer
00:40:52.62\00:40:55.63
for many, many years now.
00:40:55.66\00:40:58.24
What I'm suffering
from is diabetic neuropathy
00:40:58.27\00:41:03.79
and diabetic neuropathy
00:41:03.82\00:41:06.22
when I've had all
these different pills,
00:41:06.25\00:41:08.79
they said that actually that
00:41:08.82\00:41:10.47
there is four
different kinds of neuropathy
00:41:10.50\00:41:14.08
and I was one of
the luckiest gentlemen
00:41:14.11\00:41:15.94
to be able to be
blessed with all four
00:41:15.97\00:41:19.87
and they said it's
actually the worst case
00:41:19.90\00:41:24.16
that they have actually
seen in 27 years of practice.
00:41:24.19\00:41:29.41
My problem is I'm
seeing a pain management doctor
00:41:29.44\00:41:34.70
and they've got me on
the duragesic pain patch,
00:41:34.73\00:41:40.39
and then they
got me on the Lodine,
00:41:40.42\00:41:42.46
they got me on hydrocodone,
they got me on Cymbalta,
00:41:42.49\00:41:46.28
all these differing things
and it's not getting any better,
00:41:46.31\00:41:49.89
it's just getting
worse and they are telling me
00:41:49.92\00:41:51.75
that there is actually
no cure for neuropathy.
00:41:51.78\00:41:56.24
I don't have the
quality of life that I'm having,
00:41:56.27\00:41:59.62
I mean I have no
quality of life or though.
00:41:59.65\00:42:02.05
Okay, Mark, we're going to let
00:42:02.08\00:42:03.11
Dr. Ford give
you some suggestion
00:42:03.14\00:42:04.84
and how he handles this
type of situation. Sure.
00:42:04.87\00:42:08.42
There is one natural
thing you may consider
00:42:08.45\00:42:10.10
adding to that
would be R-lipoic acid,
00:42:10.13\00:42:13.82
Lipoic acid has been proven,
00:42:13.85\00:42:15.45
it's a natural
substance that is been proven.
00:42:15.48\00:42:18.37
You can take up to
300 milligrams twice a day
00:42:18.40\00:42:20.44
to see if that will help to
decrease the neuropathy pains.
00:42:20.47\00:42:23.19
It sound like you
are on some Cymbalta
00:42:23.22\00:42:25.17
and the other one I'm sure
you are probably on Lyrica,
00:42:25.20\00:42:27.85
those are two for
diabetic neuropathy.
00:42:27.88\00:42:30.57
They put me on the Lyrica
and it didn't work for me,
00:42:30.60\00:42:33.58
so they got me on started
600 mg on the Lodine now.
00:42:33.61\00:42:38.18
Okay, how is your hemoglobin A1c
00:42:38.21\00:42:40.46
and how well are your
blood sugars controlled.
00:42:40.49\00:42:43.60
Blood sugars are doing well,
00:42:43.63\00:42:46.27
the last I went to
see that I had was a 6.3.
00:42:46.30\00:42:50.53
Well, it sounds like you
are doing pretty good there.
00:42:50.56\00:42:54.16
The only thing I
would suggest would keep,
00:42:54.19\00:42:56.73
keep that as best
control as you can
00:42:56.76\00:42:59.19
and there is one that I can say
00:42:59.22\00:43:01.80
the Alpha-lipoic
or R-lipoic acid,
00:43:01.83\00:43:05.04
lipoics it's a natural thing
00:43:05.07\00:43:07.91
you get in health
food store or in internet,
00:43:07.94\00:43:10.46
it's been shown to help
decrease neuropathy pains.
00:43:10.49\00:43:13.86
It's called R-lipoic. Lipoic.
00:43:13.89\00:43:19.07
Okay. Lipoic
acid and you get it-
00:43:19.10\00:43:21.60
you go to health food store,
they know what I'm talking
00:43:21.63\00:43:23.39
or what you are talking
about when you tell them that.
00:43:23.42\00:43:28.64
I really appreciate that,
thank you, need to be strong.
00:43:28.67\00:43:32.99
It's a tough problem, Mark,
00:43:33.02\00:43:34.92
is having a diabetic neuropathy,
00:43:34.95\00:43:36.56
so we'll, we will
keep you in our prayers
00:43:36.59\00:43:39.05
and we are about
read to go to break
00:43:39.08\00:43:40.82
and so we are going to have
00:43:40.85\00:43:42.46
some more
questions after the break.
00:43:42.49\00:43:44.00
You still have time to
give us a call, 855-644-3278.
00:43:44.03\00:43:48.85
We are talking
with Dr. Dennis Ford.
00:43:48.88\00:43:51.37
Peripheral
neuropathy is very tough
00:43:51.40\00:43:53.06
and we are going talk
little bit more about it
00:43:53.09\00:43:54.79
after we come back from break.
00:43:54.82\00:43:56.18
And if you can't get
through on our lines,
00:43:56.21\00:43:58.43
don't worry, we're going
to have Dr. Ford back again
00:43:58.46\00:44:00.31
or you can go to website
00:44:00.34\00:44:01.37
that's heartwiseministries.org.
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00:46:51.09\00:46:54.91
Welcome back everyone.
00:46:54.94\00:46:55.97
We are talking
with Dr. Dennis Ford
00:46:56.00\00:46:57.75
who is a
specialist in pain management.
00:46:57.78\00:46:59.67
By looking at our
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00:46:59.70\00:47:02.17
We know this a big problem.
00:47:02.20\00:47:03.75
The statistics that I
quoted earlier proves it
00:47:03.78\00:47:06.64
and if you are out there
suffering from chronic pain
00:47:06.67\00:47:09.24
and the first
thing we want you to know
00:47:09.27\00:47:10.58
is our prayers are with you
00:47:10.61\00:47:12.52
and even if something
can't be done permanently,
00:47:12.55\00:47:14.70
there is a God
that's going to heal us.
00:47:14.73\00:47:16.25
We want to encourage you
to get into a relationship
00:47:16.28\00:47:18.71
with that healing God
00:47:18.74\00:47:19.93
that can make
things right in His time.
00:47:19.96\00:47:22.12
But until that
comes, we want to give you
00:47:22.15\00:47:23.63
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00:47:23.66\00:47:25.14
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00:47:25.17\00:47:27.80
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00:47:27.83\00:47:29.75
Also let you know that
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00:47:29.78\00:47:31.99
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00:47:32.02\00:47:34.40
pain and
suffering in this world.
00:47:34.43\00:47:36.14
Our next call is from
Wanda in Birchwood, Tennessee.
00:47:36.17\00:47:38.93
Wanda, what's your
question tonight for Dr. Ford?
00:47:38.96\00:47:42.76
Yes, sir, first of
all I would like to say
00:47:42.79\00:47:44.95
that I did believe in
the power of prayer. Good.
00:47:44.98\00:47:48.12
And I was 41-years old
00:47:48.15\00:47:50.23
when I had to have
spinal fusion in L4 L5
00:47:50.26\00:47:55.36
and S1 in lower spinal.
00:47:55.39\00:47:58.45
And couple of years later,
00:47:58.48\00:48:01.38
I had problems and
I had to go in there
00:48:01.41\00:48:03.49
and take some of
it out that hardware
00:48:03.52\00:48:07.12
and then I had a tangent
00:48:07.15\00:48:08.64
a couple years later after that.
00:48:08.67\00:48:11.22
And I'm in chronic
pain everyday in my life.
00:48:11.25\00:48:13.76
I'm under pain management.
00:48:13.79\00:48:15.83
I've had shots,
I've had epidurals
00:48:15.86\00:48:18.62
and I just live in
chronic pain everyday
00:48:18.65\00:48:21.47
in my life without medication.
00:48:21.50\00:48:23.54
I know they tell me,
they tried everything
00:48:23.57\00:48:25.30
they could to heal me.
00:48:25.33\00:48:27.72
It's just something I know
I'm gonna have to live with,
00:48:27.75\00:48:30.59
you know, that
I don't understand
00:48:30.62\00:48:33.67
why all these
surgeries didn't help me.
00:48:33.70\00:48:37.47
I could say--
00:48:37.50\00:48:39.90
up to about 60%
of back surgeries
00:48:39.93\00:48:41.94
are successful enough,
00:48:41.97\00:48:43.20
potentially up to
40% are not successful.
00:48:43.23\00:48:45.84
Back is one place
that God made on our body
00:48:45.87\00:48:48.04
that man hasn't really
gotten great at fixing,
00:48:48.07\00:48:50.78
by taking your gallbladder out
00:48:50.81\00:48:52.06
or doing appendix
surgery or your tonsils.
00:48:52.09\00:48:56.65
So have you tried
spinal stimulator?
00:48:56.68\00:48:59.70
Yes, I had the tangent,
00:48:59.73\00:49:02.73
and some nerve stimulator thing,
00:49:02.76\00:49:07.50
where I'm actually
full button, but what it is.
00:49:07.53\00:49:09.92
No, I'm talking, has your
pain doctor talked to you about
00:49:09.95\00:49:12.94
trying the
spinal stimulator trial.
00:49:12.97\00:49:14.93
It's where you-- we put it
00:49:14.96\00:49:17.04
spinal stimulator
in the epidural space.
00:49:17.07\00:49:19.50
It helps, it's like a tangent,
00:49:19.53\00:49:21.26
on about 1000 times
better patients tell me.
00:49:21.29\00:49:23.98
It helps pain from
your back down your legs,
00:49:24.01\00:49:26.03
all the way down your
legs, it overrides the pain.
00:49:26.06\00:49:29.54
I had to take it out
after couple of months,
00:49:29.57\00:49:32.89
it just wasn't working.
00:49:32.92\00:49:34.21
It didn't help you? Okay.
00:49:34.24\00:49:35.99
That was one option that
00:49:36.02\00:49:38.00
Jerry Lewis comedian
has got that he loves,
00:49:38.03\00:49:40.12
says but everybody is different,
00:49:40.15\00:49:41.34
sometimes it helps,
sometimes it doesn't.
00:49:41.37\00:49:43.72
One other option
might be for you would be
00:49:43.75\00:49:45.60
like a spinal
pump, may be if your--
00:49:45.63\00:49:49.30
if the pain
medicine doesn't control,
00:49:49.33\00:49:50.84
that's like a
last resort top option.
00:49:50.87\00:49:54.49
Yeah, that I know,
really, really cheerful
00:49:54.52\00:49:57.80
where he is looking
at, not really know.
00:49:57.83\00:50:01.53
But I like I said I've been
on pain medicines now for years
00:50:01.56\00:50:05.21
and I really don't, you
know, I was a young woman,
00:50:05.24\00:50:09.08
41 years old to me was
young to have all that done.
00:50:09.11\00:50:13.26
And still I suffer.
00:50:13.29\00:50:16.16
Yes, I think probably
in every once a while,
00:50:16.19\00:50:19.40
every few years
or so you sometimes
00:50:19.43\00:50:22.93
we change from one
pain medicine to another,
00:50:22.96\00:50:24.73
sometimes yours body
becomes tolerant to it,
00:50:24.76\00:50:27.14
and you have to
change it to different one
00:50:27.17\00:50:28.95
to get a better pain relief, so.
00:50:28.98\00:50:31.11
Yeah, he changed so many times.
00:50:31.14\00:50:33.29
It sound like you've
got a good pain doctor,
00:50:33.32\00:50:36.88
in the pain in chronic pain,
00:50:36.91\00:50:39.36
I hate to say this, but
if you get your pain scores
00:50:39.39\00:50:41.37
decrease from say ten
or five to seven range,
00:50:41.40\00:50:45.09
we consider that success
00:50:45.12\00:50:46.43
because chronic pain
is so difficult to treat
00:50:46.46\00:50:48.40
especially if you had
several back surgeries.
00:50:48.43\00:50:50.95
I can lay on my side
00:50:50.98\00:50:52.69
and my way it feels like
somebody is ripping them out.
00:50:52.72\00:50:56.04
Well, I can lay on my back
00:50:56.07\00:50:57.85
and it feels like somebody
is trying to tear my spinal,
00:50:57.88\00:51:00.63
now that's the only way I
know how to explain the pain.
00:51:00.66\00:51:05.77
I can't sleep for
long, I can't stand for long,
00:51:05.80\00:51:08.92
and I know they are doing
all they can to control it
00:51:08.95\00:51:11.16
but I didn't know,
00:51:11.19\00:51:12.65
you know, if they will
ever get it under control.
00:51:12.68\00:51:16.66
Wanda, you know sometimes
no mater what medicine does,
00:51:16.69\00:51:20.22
it can't fix the problems.
00:51:20.25\00:51:21.76
You know sometimes there's
nerves that can't be fixed,
00:51:21.79\00:51:24.19
even though we do
the lifestyle changes
00:51:24.22\00:51:26.09
and everything
modern medicine out there,
00:51:26.12\00:51:28.16
this isn't a perfect world.
00:51:28.19\00:51:30.08
And that's why
especially in your situation,
00:51:30.11\00:51:32.54
we want to encourage you,
00:51:32.57\00:51:33.73
you know, to keep your faith up,
00:51:33.76\00:51:35.67
realize that there is a
relationship with the God
00:51:35.70\00:51:38.03
that can make
things perfect in His time.
00:51:38.06\00:51:40.33
Things like laughter
and music and serving others
00:51:40.36\00:51:44.06
and being happy
might make some endorphins
00:51:44.09\00:51:46.32
that might help a little bit,
00:51:46.35\00:51:47.88
so we will keep
you in our prayers
00:51:47.91\00:51:50.28
as time moves
forward here, okay.
00:51:50.31\00:51:52.82
Okay, thank you so much.
Thank you for calling us.
00:51:52.85\00:51:55.81
And you know that brings
up a great point Dr. Ford.
00:51:55.84\00:51:58.97
Sometimes medicine just can't--
00:51:59.00\00:52:00.57
we don't fix things,
we just help the symptoms
00:52:00.60\00:52:03.35
Sometimes that's
true unfortunately.
00:52:03.38\00:52:05.32
Yeah, sometimes we can't,
00:52:05.35\00:52:06.38
so you know we know that
this is a big problem out there
00:52:06.41\00:52:08.46
and it's a problem that we have
to handle correctly as well.
00:52:08.49\00:52:12.21
We are going to go
to break right now.
00:52:12.24\00:52:14.67
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00:52:14.70\00:52:15.73
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00:52:15.76\00:52:17.64
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00:52:17.67\00:52:20.32
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00:52:28.57\00:52:29.60
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on the Heart of
Health Live. Welcome back.
00:55:20.77\00:55:24.99
We've been talking
this evening with Dr. Ford.
00:55:25.02\00:55:27.05
Dr. Ford, first of
all we want to thank you
00:55:27.08\00:55:28.90
so much for sharing with you.
00:55:28.93\00:55:30.35
I know you have a busy
practicing a lot of stuff,
00:55:30.38\00:55:32.40
but thank you for
sharing your knowledge with us.
00:55:32.43\00:55:34.37
Thanks for asking me.
00:55:34.40\00:55:35.94
And we are going
to have you back again
00:55:35.97\00:55:37.48
and I understand you are
going to learn some about aging.
00:55:37.51\00:55:40.54
I'm heading to
Las Vegas in two weeks
00:55:40.57\00:55:42.17
to get at the World
Conference on anti-aging,
00:55:42.20\00:55:44.16
and learn from
all the top doctors
00:55:44.19\00:55:45.64
in the world from
different specialties.
00:55:45.67\00:55:47.39
So, next time we have you back,
00:55:47.42\00:55:49.03
let just we are
going to focus on aging
00:55:49.06\00:55:50.91
but we're definitely
going to talk about pains
00:55:50.94\00:55:53.29
since it's so prevalent as well.
00:55:53.32\00:55:55.87
Now, we have a
few minutes or so.
00:55:55.90\00:55:58.07
What would you like to
share with the whole world
00:55:58.10\00:56:00.13
if you can just
look into that camera
00:56:00.16\00:56:01.56
and just share
something with them,
00:56:01.59\00:56:02.68
some take home points
00:56:02.71\00:56:04.24
of what you want to
leave with people this evening.
00:56:04.27\00:56:06.37
Okay, I think
first of all you know,
00:56:06.40\00:56:08.98
your health is your wealth.
00:56:09.01\00:56:10.65
If you loose it and I
don't care how much money,
00:56:10.68\00:56:12.31
if you're
richest guy in the world,
00:56:12.34\00:56:13.38
Bill Gates or whoever,
00:56:13.41\00:56:14.60
if you don't
feel good, who cares?
00:56:14.63\00:56:16.36
So number one you got
to take care of yourself.
00:56:16.39\00:56:19.43
You learn about your nutrition.
00:56:19.46\00:56:21.29
Get your rest at nights,
00:56:21.32\00:56:22.35
at least six to
eight hours of sleep,
00:56:22.38\00:56:24.47
drink like you
said, drink lots of water,
00:56:24.50\00:56:26.48
you know to where
your urine is pretty clear
00:56:26.51\00:56:30.23
and if I could
only take one vitamin,
00:56:30.26\00:56:32.71
I'm big into vitamins, if I
am able to take one vitamin,
00:56:32.74\00:56:34.70
it would be vitamin D3.
00:56:34.73\00:56:37.27
Most or everybody is deficient,
00:56:37.30\00:56:38.42
have your doctor
check your levels,
00:56:38.45\00:56:40.65
it's in pain, it will
help decrease pain actually
00:56:40.68\00:56:43.84
if you get your levels up,
help build your immune system,
00:56:43.87\00:56:47.35
helps decrease risk of flu,
00:56:47.38\00:56:48.94
colds, cancers up
to 16 types of cancers,
00:56:48.97\00:56:52.95
so basically just
taking care of yourself,
00:56:52.98\00:56:56.45
keep your
weight down exercising,
00:56:56.48\00:56:58.25
you know, your
health is your wealth.
00:56:58.28\00:56:59.91
And this is the
very important topic
00:56:59.94\00:57:01.64
that we need to talk about
in the future is chronic pain.
00:57:01.67\00:57:04.89
First I think
we want to identify
00:57:04.92\00:57:06.30
what's causing it, so may
be we can alleviate pressure.
00:57:06.33\00:57:09.39
We've talked about all the ways
00:57:09.42\00:57:10.91
that the body
can help heal itself
00:57:10.94\00:57:12.60
but sometimes you
need some medicine
00:57:12.63\00:57:13.90
to decrease
inflammation like an epidural.
00:57:13.93\00:57:16.37
Sometimes you
might need manipulation
00:57:16.40\00:57:18.05
to get the nerve
in a happy position,
00:57:18.08\00:57:19.62
to let the body heal.
00:57:19.65\00:57:21.05
Some people do need
medicines and nutrition,
00:57:21.08\00:57:23.02
so it's a multifactorial.
00:57:23.05\00:57:24.58
Yes, some people
do need medicines.
00:57:24.61\00:57:26.72
But we're hoping
that would be minimal.
00:57:26.75\00:57:29.06
We are glad you joined us,
00:57:29.09\00:57:30.12
we are going to be
on with Dr. Ford again
00:57:30.15\00:57:31.67
and you can watch us every week.
00:57:31.70\00:57:33.76
Give us a call, 855-644-3278.
00:57:33.79\00:57:37.27
And I want to leave
you with Dr. Ford's number.
00:57:37.30\00:57:39.24
He practices here in
Chattanooga, Cleveland area.
00:57:39.27\00:57:41.77
His phone number at his
practice is 423-614-0535.
00:57:41.80\00:57:46.27
We're going to
be back next week.
00:57:46.30\00:57:47.37
Thanks for joining us.
00:57:47.40\00:57:49.05