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03-04-2009, 10:22 PM
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Kathy,
We were talking about this on another post, but have you tried Neilmed sinus rinse or a netipot for your allergies. It flushes out all that crap that is in the air. Can they hide some of the equipment you need with your insurance? Maybe the walker? They may catch on to what you are doing though. Just a little illegal thought! 
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03-05-2009, 12:15 AM
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KBear
Hi Kathy
I am busy at this time.  Go and get ready. I will chime in soon Be Strong and keep moving forward  talk soon Gil 
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03-05-2009, 02:06 AM
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Ok, so get this, I weaned off the morphine twice a day; only took a week. Well, I call my pain dr. (here in TX) and ask them to call in my new Rx for Vicodin 6 times a day. I tell the nurse that the dr told me to go up to 6 a day from 4 a day as I weaned off the morphine, then to work on getting that down. Well, those jerks tell me that I am having surgery on the 17th (Holy Sh*t, Are they joking? I had no idea that I was having surgery!) and that I should be on no more than 4 a day. Pieces of crap, they are not even the one doing the surgery. That dr said I should cut down as much as possible, which is pretty subjective. I can not wait to be better and be done with jerks of pain dr's. Oh, and I hope they have really bad back pain someday and their pain dr treats them just like they treat others. (yeah, I know hateful, or as I like to call it karma)
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34 years old- 1/06- In wreck with 18 wheeler Numerous MRI's, PT, chiropractic, accupuncture, TENS therapy, massage therapy, facet injections, epidural injections, Nerve study, Discogram, confirms pain in L4/5, IDET, decompression, Bi-lateral neurotomy L3/4/5, denied by insurance twice, in Active L clinical trial, had surgery March 17, 2009 in Miami, FL- received Active L disc Had Baby #3 after ADR!
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03-05-2009, 03:08 AM
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Kathy, I totally get where you are coming from. "Until someone walks in our shoes............" I have been cut back to 1 percocet a day before surgery, which is just a joke. I am on the oxycontin, but honestly, I have never noticed any improvement in my pain when I went on it. I'm on a very low dose, but still. I am hanging on by a thread till surgery Monday. Today was incredible with our grandbaby being born, but after being out of the house all day, without any pain meds, no ice, I dragged my sorry ass home, threw the ice pack on my back and collapsed. Now I'm going to flop into bed. Hang in there. Soon you will be on the other side! We will have post op stories to tell, for sure!
 Cindylou
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bicycle accident 6/01: 2 compression fractures @ T12-L1; vertibroplasty; 4/06: right hip labral tear & arthroscopic repair; 4/07: lumbar prodiscs @ 3 levels, L3-6 by Dr. Bertagnoli; 7/02/08: ALIF L6-S1; 7/30/08: reopened to remove bone cement, leaked onto S1 nerve root; 8/08: pulmonary embolism, double pneumonia, collapsed left lung, pleurisy, pleural effusion; ALIF fusion complete; 3/10/09: SI Joint Fusion by Dr. Stark; Jury still out.
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03-05-2009, 01:31 PM
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I am so excited for you to be having surgery on Monday! What do they think your recovery will be like? Weeks or Months? CONGRATULATIONS on the grandbaby! How exciting! I have the baby fever soo bad. I can't wait until I am better and can have another. My 'baby' is 3 now and gets mad when I call her a baby. Was it a boy or a girl? I pray you will soon be out of pain and can spend your time holding the baby and not hurting.
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34 years old- 1/06- In wreck with 18 wheeler Numerous MRI's, PT, chiropractic, accupuncture, TENS therapy, massage therapy, facet injections, epidural injections, Nerve study, Discogram, confirms pain in L4/5, IDET, decompression, Bi-lateral neurotomy L3/4/5, denied by insurance twice, in Active L clinical trial, had surgery March 17, 2009 in Miami, FL- received Active L disc Had Baby #3 after ADR!
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03-05-2009, 05:35 PM
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Cindylou,
What a rollercoaster ride you've been on. A great big congratulations on that new baby. What a great distraction at this time. They bring such a joy into our lives. You'll be on the other side before you know it. I wish you every good luck. Dale
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03-05-2009, 07:57 PM
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Kathy and Cindy Lou,
I wish you both the best with your upcoming surgeries. I hope you both heal well and it resolves your pain issues. Pain sucks the life right out of us. CL congratulations on the new baby. Kathy, I pray that you will soon be able to play with your "baby" again. Bless you both, Roblin
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03-06-2009, 02:47 AM
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Kathy, it is supposed to be 3-5 days in the hospital, and 6 weeks on crutches. I certainly don't mean to minimize it at all, but after the other very invasive surgeries I have had, this sounds much more realistic for me to tackle. If that makes any sense. Surgery is still surgery, any way you cut the pie, but I have great hopes for this surgery. I'll remark more about it on a new thread, so as not to hijack your thread.
Best wishes to you too! Cindylou
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bicycle accident 6/01: 2 compression fractures @ T12-L1; vertibroplasty; 4/06: right hip labral tear & arthroscopic repair; 4/07: lumbar prodiscs @ 3 levels, L3-6 by Dr. Bertagnoli; 7/02/08: ALIF L6-S1; 7/30/08: reopened to remove bone cement, leaked onto S1 nerve root; 8/08: pulmonary embolism, double pneumonia, collapsed left lung, pleurisy, pleural effusion; ALIF fusion complete; 3/10/09: SI Joint Fusion by Dr. Stark; Jury still out.
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