New Pain after fusion

[dridobits]

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 phase of this...I didn't ask for anything specific so she wants me to take prednisone. I know this will most likely knock it out but prednisone makes me crazy and gives me insommnia but I have to do it. It's amazing how stress can mess up my back.

[mmglobal]

The prednisone is a high level anti inflammatory and may help a great deal.... good luck!

Mark

[dshobbies]

Hey D - just read a post by a new member who recommended relaxation with exercise as recommended in a book The Journey by Brandon Bays. Since stress and tension are part of your problem (mine too), perhaps this is something you could try.

Regardless, I would also try meditating (as a means of deep relaxation) a couple of times a day. I think most people think of mediatation as a 60's or 70's thing with chanting a mantra but it's actually a deep relaxation with controlled breathing and destressing and, in your mind, going to your happy place.

With or without meds, I hope you feel better very soon.

Dale

[dridobits]

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 work. House work is my biggest issue but I hope in a week to be better?

[ADR seeker]

Fusions are rarely a good thing. The should have been done away with 50 years ago. Sadly medicine is a for profit thing and ADRs simply work too well although they are not perfect.

Ask yourself what disease has medical science cure in the past 50 years.

A great solution is the Neo Disk. It came out in 2004 but it is still awaiting FDA approval in spite of the fact that it and the M6 ADR have been used with great success in the civilized world.

Congress controls what the FDA does and corporations like medical corporations control congress. You can blame your suffering on some bought and sold pack of thieves in DC.

Our bodies do not belong to the government and the corporations that own it. We should be allowed to have medical treatment that in our judgement we think is best based on the advice or our doctors.

Sorry for the rant but this is the truth.

EAT THE RICH!

[jsewell]

I"m glad you said rare for fusions as i am one who has been extremely helped by lots of them . I am basically fused or in the process of from c4 thru L2. I am having lumbar pain know, but do to different issues. My thoracic spine was a mess and a few discs were horribly painful . the horrible pain is gone, unfortunately i had a surgeon who accidentally damaged my phrenic nerve so i had to trade in pain for low lung function.,
But i have not been a candidate for ADR do to low bone density.
judy

[dridobits]

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!

[ADR seeker]

Some people get temporary help from fusion others end up far worse. The fact that there is not a safe and effective medication for low bone density is just another indication of how bad our health care system is. Things like vitamin D, boron, calcium, testosterone, and exercise can't be patented but dangerous chemicals can receive a patent.

I bet your MD has you on some poison like Boniva.

Here is the 411 on Boniva and other poisons like it.

Boniva is part of the drug classification known as “bisphosphonates”. The source(hold onto your hats!) is derived from a waste product produced by the phosphate and metal factories.

When they clean the smoke stacks, a “liquor” of deadly fluorides, uranium,heavy toxic metals are obtained. This substance is biohazardous class “A” industrial waste. It dos not get magically converted or cleaned into a safe formulary either people. It REMAINS TOXIC to the very end of production where it reaches the duped consumer.

The same substance is also used for Rodenticide, Herbicide, Industrial Cleaners, and the deadly nerve gas SARIN is made from those ingredients!!

As to cortico steroid; You'd think by now medical "science" would have come up with something better since 1950. They haven't. They do have NSAIDS that kill 1 in 12000

Long-term use of NSAIDs can cause gastric erosions, which can become stomach ulcers and in extreme cases can cause severe haemorrhage resulting in death. The risk of death as a result of use of NSAIDs is 1 in 12,000 for young adults aged 16-45. The risk increases almost twenty-fold for those over 75. Other dangers of NSAIDs are exacerbating asthma and causing kidney damage.[1] Over use of acetaminophen (paracetamol) causes liver damage and is the most common cause of liver failure in the United States, according to a 2009 report from the federal Food and Drug Administration.

LINK

[jsewell]

i am not on any bisphosphonates. I know they are poison, but all we have . do you have any better ideas?
I am also on corticosteroids for adrenal insufficiency . It is a life or death situation as my body just is not making any cortisol.We do need it to live so please put yourself in some of the situations others are facing and see what you would do.
I am very open to suggestions.
Judy

[cherylstewart67]

Originally Posted by dridobits

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 work. House work is my biggest issue but I hope in a week to be better?

my nurse told me not to take it past 6 pm...i have not started mine. i was given pred. two days ago. the relief will only be a temp solution anyway, so why should i bother? as for the Zipsor they gave me to try, it makes me dizzy...there was a time when i could at least lay down and get some relief but now it even hurts when i am lying down.

[dshobbies]

Hi Anthony and welcome to the forum.

Great that you already had your surgery. The pain you are still feeling is nerve pain which takes a long time to subside. 5 weeks is still pretty early and your fusion may take a little longer to heal than the ADR which takes awhile itself. The surgical pain is expected to subside at around 6 weeks but 6 months isn't unusual for your double procedure. Some, like me, take even longer.

You might want to see a pain management specialist to control this pain and please start a new post to tell us about yourself and your circumstances.

Dale