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Success story for L4-5 ProDisc in USA
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| iSpine Discuss Success story for L4-5 ProDisc in USA in the Main forums forums; Well, tomorrow is 8 weeks! I'm tired and sore after a long pilates PT session yesterday. I'm trying ... |
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11-14-2006, 11:20 PM
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Well, tomorrow is 8 weeks! I'm tired and sore after a long pilates PT session yesterday. I'm trying again to not take the last 30 mg of Avinza (long-acting morphine). It only lasted 2 1\2 days last time I tried. With a couple extra breakthrough meds, I'm hoping to be done with the Avinza. We'll see! My goal is to have another kid by 2008, so getting off these meds are important to me! I also hope to teach my 3 (almost 4) year old son to ski soon! So, I have a lot of incentive to get moving! Work is getting easier, and I'll got up to 6-8 hour days next week, then back to 10's the week after. I found it still hurts when I have to bend down to draw a patient's blood, like it did before surgery, but hopefully that'll get better. Anyway, I'm very glad I did the surgery, and every day gets a little better!
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Herniated disc lifting at age 19 Laminectomy at L4-5 in 1998, repeat in 2001 same level 13 docs, 9 PT's, 8 Epidurals, 3 trigger point inj, 1 Facet Block, 1 Acupuncturist, 3 Chiros and 1 child later, had L4-5 ProDisc placed 9-19-06 by Dr. Janssen in Denver, CO. Facet rhizo March, 2007, November 2007, January 2009 Had healthy baby boy #2 in Dec 2008 with use of some meds during pregnancy and nursing. 
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11-15-2006, 12:55 AM
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Everyone is different and you may find no difficulties as you heal, but after 1 year post-op, leaning forward is still difficult. For instance, I find making the bed in the morning exhausting. I'm not expecting this to get much better either, but we'll see.
Dale
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3 level Prodisc adr S1-L3, Oct 12, 2005 Dr. B in Bogen, Germany Severe nerve damage in left leg, still working on it
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12-12-2006, 02:26 AM
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Today I drove through a snowstorm to Denver for my 12 week post-op follow-up. X-rays (flexion/extension/lateral bending) were all good. They even gave me a few of the films (they couldn't put them on disc) so I could show my hubby-he's never seen anything but pics of the implant. We talked about my small amount of continued pain and agreed it seems to be the facets. I remember a few years ago a trial facet block was done and I was supposed to be scheduled for a Rhizo, but ended up getting pregnant. It was such a small part of the problem then that I didn't pursue it after my son's birth. Now it seems to be the only problem!! I'm very hopeful that they can take away or greatly help this last bit of pain, but even if not I'm happy. We talked about the constrained vs unconstrained designs of discs, and I learned a lot. She (the PA) said that the ProDisc does not restore full natural range of motion, only close, which I didn't know. That's okay, I have more movement now than I did with 4 mm of disc, and a lot more than with my other option--fusion. She said that I didn't have to worry about the implant slipping apart or breaking even with a large impact like a ski crash. They can't even hardly get them apart outside of someones body with a pry bar apparently. Anyway, it's always nice to see that metal in the right spot on the films, and see how happy they are with my recovery. It's a slow proccess to me, but for them it seems great.
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Herniated disc lifting at age 19 Laminectomy at L4-5 in 1998, repeat in 2001 same level 13 docs, 9 PT's, 8 Epidurals, 3 trigger point inj, 1 Facet Block, 1 Acupuncturist, 3 Chiros and 1 child later, had L4-5 ProDisc placed 9-19-06 by Dr. Janssen in Denver, CO. Facet rhizo March, 2007, November 2007, January 2009 Had healthy baby boy #2 in Dec 2008 with use of some meds during pregnancy and nursing.
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