Hello, my intro thread
Hi, I'm Henry from Connecticut, US. I am getting very close to setting a date with Dr Zeegers for a 2 level adr L4-S1. 2 others surgeons wanted to be more aggressive (Bierstedt & Clavel wanted to do L3-S1).
Prior to my last facet injections I was unable to stand for more than 5 minutes. That had been the case for a couple of weeks. I had some ups and downs after the injections and now about 5 weeks out I am back to my normal pattern of 30 minutes or so before I go down.
Does the improvement say anything about where my pain is coming from? My disks from L4 and down are in terrible shape (black and compressed).
If my persistent pain is discogenic then why do I get moderate relief from facet joint injections.
Then again my rhizotomy was a absolute failure and I don't have pain when bending backwards. I just want to be sure before I undergo such a invasive procedure that in fact my pain is definitely from the discs.
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2001 bad fall on ice playing hockey
Apr 2001 lami/discectomy L4/L5 (large rupture)
Aug 2001 lami/discectomy L5/S1
Coccyx dislocated / same fall (Cannot sit)
Aug 2011 pull-start generator - unrelenting low back pain - can only stand for 30 min
Nov 2011 -rhizotomy - makes things worse
22 hours/day in bed
June 2012 - present receiving facet injections every 4 months, only last one helped somewhat
L3-L5 ActivL Surgery w/Dr Zeegers April 16th
Doing great!!!!!
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