Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
10-04-2011, 06:25 AM
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Replies: 31
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Maria
Sorry about your cat. It's hard when they are hurting. I miss sleeping with my dog so much. I am upstairs and she can't make it up. I have a tiny room downstairs I am thinking of moving to just...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
09-30-2011, 04:05 AM
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Replies: 31
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Discs fused
I had L4 and L5 done. It is now about a week after the injection. I have had 75 percent improvement. I just drove six hours from the sierras home to get the last trip of the season. Before the...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
09-24-2011, 07:34 AM
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Replies: 31
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Sacroiliac injection done!
I had my SI injection done with CT scan on Tuesday, Sept 20, 2011. It is now Friday.
It was a bit more intense than I had thought. I am so sick of these injections!!! The caudal block, the facet...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
09-09-2011, 11:48 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 9,160
Maria...
or as my mom used to say, we'll jump off that bridge later! :)
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
09-09-2011, 02:13 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 9,160
More surgery.....?
Honestly, Ive been busy just getting all the info about a sacral block and doing reading on how fusions can cause this sacrum problem. I have so much more to learn before I would do another surgery....
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
09-07-2011, 09:29 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 9,160
Date set
Ok...got a date for my SI injection with ct scan on the 20th of Sept. At 8 am...what fun. I have to go to Oakland Kaiser as where I live they dont do flouroscopy. Wish me luck!
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
09-01-2011, 06:23 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 9,160
MRI results re: fusion problems
Well last Friday night I had a very long MRI. The surgeon just called me to tell me that indeed the MRI shows a fair amount of swelling in the Sacrum area. I've just started to read about this new...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
08-23-2011, 05:45 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 9,160
MRI's
Well This Friday I am set for an hour long MRI and then on the following Monday another one that's 45 minutes. Also he's having me take some blood tests. I just hope I don't spasm while I'm in the...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
08-18-2011, 01:14 AM
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Replies: 6
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Support from forums
I dont know where I would be without the support. I met my best friend in a back support group. Although we dont live closeby, we talk on the phone at least two times a week, offering support, humor...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
08-16-2011, 11:07 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 9,160
Spasms, sciatica etc after fusion
Hi, i posted awhile ago about my new problems after my fusion but the thread kinda went all over the place so thought id try reposting problem. sciatica and nerve pain have become unbearable. 60...
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Forum: iSpine
08-12-2011, 08:01 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 10,538
Nortriptyline?
Has anyone been on this for nerve pain? This is what the doc put me on and although it does help me sleep and works as an antidepressant, it seems to do little for nerve pain? I've been on it close...
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Forum: iSpine
07-15-2011, 10:31 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 10,538
Underwear....
Underwear in the fridge? What? doesn't it go there?
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Forum: iSpine
07-13-2011, 01:20 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 10,538
Thanks....another siatic question
Thanks Maria...I tried lyrica without much sucsess. I call it the chubby drug as I ate all the time. What do you know about Topomax? I just looked it up and it said some weird things that it caused?...
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Forum: iSpine
07-13-2011, 12:06 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 10,538
Question re: neurontin/nerve pain
Hi, I had my fusion 1 1/2 years ago. In the last few months, I have developed siatica (sp)? peraformis issues which are causing a lot of nerve pain and I feel like I did at the onset of my accident...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
07-08-2011, 05:53 AM
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Replies: 56
Views: 21,689
Antidepressants and spasms HELP!!! AK
My buttock muscle spasms are getting totally out of controll and I am having similar symptoms of what I had before surgery (wah.com) with tickling sensations that drive me crazy and I can't move for...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
07-05-2011, 10:06 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 21,689
Doggies pulling
I don't know how I used to do it, my corgi pulled so much. It helps when were going uphill because she pulls me up.
I few years ago, I bought a halti-harness (easy to find them online) and the...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-26-2011, 10:50 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 21,689
Prednisone
Worked...got me out of pain but what a nightmare drug with terrible side effects. Really hard to come off of. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone!
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Forum: iSpine
04-18-2011, 11:22 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,364
Annular tears
I had the fusion because my disc was what some call as chemically sensitive. It took me years to get a proper diagnosis. My range of motion isnt so much an issue, except when parking the car. The...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-18-2011, 08:05 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 21,689
Prednisone
Happy to say day three of prednisone working, but there are so many side effects. Very hard to sleep on it. Feeling phantom pain also which is weird. Im took a walk yesterday and did some light house...
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Forum: iSpine
04-16-2011, 06:56 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,364
annular tears
Docs I have spoken with have told me they do not heal due to the lack of blood supply. I finally had surgery as I had a chemically sensitive disc about 1 1/4 years ago. Although I have had two rough...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-16-2011, 06:48 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 21,689
More pain
Went to see PT, gave me exercises to do which only makes things worse. I think this is stress related. Yes, it's the piniformas muscle. I asked the doctor for something to get me through the acute...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-10-2011, 09:48 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 5,833
groceries
Safeway delivers in this neighborhood for all the heavy things. I don't know what I would do without them. It's good to find out about places who may deliver in your area. It isn't worth re-injuring...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-05-2011, 07:49 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 5,833
Range of motion
I do have some issues with range of motion but it it isn't major and I still feel the fusion was the right choice. I was in bed for most of ten years so the only direction I had to go was up. The...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-05-2011, 07:29 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 5,663
To have surgery or not
I so understand how your feeling. I used to be a dancer and a runner and it's so hard to be in pain. Do you feel you are getting adequate relief from the painkillers? Maybe you need something longer...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-05-2011, 07:16 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 15,969
Hi J, After ten years of excruciating pain and...
Hi J, After ten years of excruciating pain and exhausting all treatment options, I finally chose to move forward with surgery. As my bone density was low I didn't have the option of ADR. I had...
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