sunNsand88

I need some advice. This past Oct I was diagnosed with herniated disc's (c5/c6 & c6/c7). I am just now starting the nursing school at Immaculata University. All my class so far have the "old school" desk and connected wooden chairs that for you to sit straight up. These types of desk cause extreme neck/back pain along with shooting pains & numbness down my right arm. Over the past 3 days my symptoms became a 100x worse and I ended up getting an emergency appoint with an orthopedic surgeon. He gave me a cortisone shot, pain killers, and steroids (prednisone pack). I am supposed to see him in 2 weeks for a follow up. He said if this doesn't work then we are going to have the talk about getting a fusion. He also advised me to talk to my teachers and see if they can get a desk without an attached chair for me since it seems to be a trigger for pain (you can add walking, sitting and even laying down the that list). Do any of you have any ideas on how I can make sitting in class any easier? side note: It's the day after (tues)getting the cortisone shot and my pain right now is at an 8 our of 10 (compared to a 12+ when in the doc office). I don't have class till Thursday. Thankfully I have a few days off.

Yea the deadline is in March but I was under the impression is was rolling admissions.... I did apply, back in Nov! How about you?

Are you referring to the Villanova Alternate Sequence Program for Fall 2013 or the BSN Express Program?

Has anyone been accepted into the VU Alternate Sequence Nursing Pragram for Fall 2013?