Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-05-2009, 08:43 AM
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12-10-2008
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I will be getting facet injections and SI joint injections. I am scheduled for the 15th which is a miracle. My...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-05-2009, 08:42 AM
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Replies: 278
Views: 49,834
12-10-2008
Hi Terry,
I think first I have to find out where the sciatic nerve is being compressed because in my mind there is no question that it is being compressed.
I think a CT spinal mylegram would...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-05-2009, 08:40 AM
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Replies: 278
Views: 49,834
12-10-2008
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I can't remember if I asked if you had tried Lyrica. Lyrica is a little more site specific instead of acting globally...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-05-2009, 08:37 AM
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Replies: 278
Views: 49,834
12-9-2008
Update on the radiculopathy-
Still have sciatica, but numbness is variable. Sometimes I have it, other times it is not as noticable. Somedays bottom legs are numb, today had weird numbness in my...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-05-2009, 08:34 AM
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Replies: 278
Views: 49,834
11-25-2008
Thanks Justin.
I know when the radiculopathy started, I was at one week short of my six month anniversary, post-op.
I felt really good up to that point and had gone through the usual ups and...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-05-2009, 08:33 AM
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Replies: 278
Views: 49,834
11-25-2008
Runner,
I just wanted to drop you a line. Hopefully, the nerve issues will calm down as your recovery advances--I was still seeing improvement 1.5 years after surgery and was subsequently pain-free...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-05-2009, 08:31 AM
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Replies: 278
Views: 49,834
11-25-2008
sounds good
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Adrienne,
I have got to love the stuff I read about Degenerative Disc Disease. Often I wonder if I...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-05-2009, 08:29 AM
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Replies: 278
Views: 49,834
11-25-2008
Hmmmm....same with me. My MRI's show almost nothing but the S1 dermatome is numb, particularly when I walk.
I wonder if we should collaborate? In fact I think that about this entire board. Here...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-05-2009, 08:28 AM
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Replies: 278
Views: 49,834
11-25-2008
Sounds similar
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Adrienne and LBP,
Some of these things sound familiar.
My left leg fell asleep when I was...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-05-2009, 08:26 AM
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Replies: 278
Views: 49,834
11-23-2008
LBP
numbness issues
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Well beore surgery I had numbness in my heels. And some pain behind my ankles which...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-05-2009, 08:25 AM
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Replies: 278
Views: 49,834
11-23-2008
Oh wow, Runner. That's exactly what I have, the numbness down the back of legs to the feet, particularly exacerbated when I walk.
All they can find are nothing little bulges and an annular tear at...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-05-2009, 08:24 AM
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Replies: 278
Views: 49,834
11-23-2008
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ERvet,
Since my doc thinks everything is hunky dory, no haven't explored L5/S1 but my MRI is kind of fine at that...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-05-2009, 08:22 AM
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Replies: 278
Views: 49,834
11-22-2008
Chasswen,
I had distraction pains after surgery and they lasted a while. Sometime after surgery, I had some minimal numbness in my feet and not much back pain. Then something seemed to happen and...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-05-2009, 08:21 AM
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Replies: 278
Views: 49,834
11-22-2008
Have they considered that perhaps L5-S1 disc is going bad? I haven't read back far enough to know if they have done discogram recently to try and explain the sciatic pain. That is what I have, and...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-05-2009, 08:19 AM
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Replies: 278
Views: 49,834
11-22-2008
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Anybody else, able to throw their hat into the ring and help me figure out what is wrong?
Suggestions?
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-05-2009, 08:18 AM
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Replies: 278
Views: 49,834
11-20-2008
Thanks Phylly,
I hope so too, but it has been 10 weeks.
This morning with the walk I again had my left foot falling asleep.
I'm tired of this stuff.
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-05-2009, 08:16 AM
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Replies: 278
Views: 49,834
11-20-2008
facets
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Runner,
What does your doctor think about the L5-S1 facets? Could they be causing some issues although...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-05-2009, 08:15 AM
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Replies: 278
Views: 49,834
11-20-2008
No answers
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Well, folks, I got back my MRI and back x-rays and they don't show much about why I have...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-05-2009, 08:13 AM
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Replies: 278
Views: 49,834
11-12-2008
taken me a while to answer you
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Phylly,
I feel for you. It is tough going to the docs and firing questions at...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-05-2009, 08:11 AM
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Replies: 278
Views: 49,834
11-5-2008
So glad your doc is nice
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Runner,
I saw my Dr. on Mon. to go over all my weird MRI's. He was not so...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-05-2009, 08:09 AM
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Replies: 278
Views: 49,834
11-5-2008
Myelogram contrast
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Just a quick hopefully helpful correction. The contrast injected for myelography cannot affect...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-05-2009, 08:08 AM
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Replies: 278
Views: 49,834
11-4-2008
Rainy day
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Phylly,
I found out some more stuff about the myleogram that I didn't know about. I have been surfing...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-05-2009, 08:04 AM
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Replies: 278
Views: 49,834
11-2-2008
Positively Glowing
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Had MRI on Halloween.
It was different than my last MRI over a year ago. Yesterday, it must...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-05-2009, 08:03 AM
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Replies: 278
Views: 49,834
10-31-2008
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As I sit here today, reading from my fellow spineys, I am thinking about how nice it will be to start our country in...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
04-05-2009, 08:02 AM
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Replies: 278
Views: 49,834
10-31-2008
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Thanks Rhatzy (Mark),
Going to get my MRI today. I hope it doesn't show anything bad. But if it does, I will deal with...
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