Having Arachnoiditis

It is a strange name and a strange disease. Most people hear the name and say "spiders"? The less sensitive snicker and laugh. It has to do with the arachnoid layer of the spinal covering, which when healthy, looks like spider webs, but is actually nerves.  With inflamation, the "iitis",  the nerves clump and calcify.Nerves impnge on nerves.  It is incurable, and extremely painful. Some days are easier than others, but one never knows what to expect.The pain can be electric shocks one day (or one morning) and change to the sensation that the leg bones are being crushed the next (or that afternoon) or be burning and stinging , or oddly enough, partially numb while aching.  Sensations of water pouring down the back and legs or insects under the skin are common. Balance, gait,and other dysfunctions occur.  However, the overriding problem is the intractable pain.