New Pain after fusion

ADR seeker · #1 (**permalink**) 04-27-2011, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by jsewell

thanks for the info i will look into it all.
I do , believe it or not have an excellent endocrinologist. when i was doing research on cushings a few years back and still living in georgia, i flew out to so cal to see him. I have been on testosterone for years and my vitamin D levels are at the top of the range. Over the top at one point. I do a lot of hiking in the so cal sun. pain or no pain, breathing well or now not.
As far as my discs they are all taken care of. My lumbar pain is caused by a fracture in L2 and possibly the screws. My doc plans on taking them out and cementing the fracture when he feels i have recovered enough from my broken neck. that one was my biggest fracture and i don't even know how it occured , which is why i need to strengthen my bones. I have been a runner for years and years and stopped after my hip was replaced in 2008. So i have been doing all the right things that i can , just loosing the battle.

Thanks Maria not sure what you mentioned is, but i will check it out.
Any suggestions are always appreciated
judy

There are some clinical trials where they are mixing stem cells with BMPs (bone morphogenic proteins) but it is a product being tested for fusions.

It sounds genetic and it also sounds like you have good doctors.

Stem cells will help bone repair.

jsewell · #2 (**permalink**) 04-27-2011, 06:50 PM

ADR seeker we have taken over a thread and i feel bad about that. I need to concentrate on not getting any more fractures in the future first. THe ones i have are healing and the kyphoplasty is a simple procedure.

I did read up on regenexx, sounds interesting, but new and not proven .

judy

ADR seeker · #3 (**permalink**) 04-28-2011, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by jsewell

ADR seeker we have taken over a thread and i feel bad about that. I need to concentrate on not getting any more fractures in the future first. THe ones i have are healing and the kyphoplasty is a simple procedure.

I did read up on regenexx, sounds interesting, but new and not proven .

judy

I need more proof too.

Maria · #4 (**permalink**) 04-29-2011, 05:17 PM

I like the idea of what Regenexx is proposing/doing. If it works then it sounds pretty great.

Seems like so many people are doing much better w fusions these days than what I have read on spine forums over the last 10 years or so.

I just always remember this when my last spine surgery in '92 failed so miserably and that's "better the devil you know than the devil you don't" ~ that is if one is getting along Ok and most of the time doesn't have much pain or aggravation/activity levels are acceptable and so forth. Since I no longer work that's the case w/me.

So many people are doing much better however with the help of wonderfully skilled surgeon and the right surgery for the right clinical situation however that I'm sure my logic is skewed/chickensh*t/ and so forth.

Today I'm having a weirdarse flareup of a prob that hasn't plagued me in a while. I don't expect it to last long and if it's going to be more than a day or two I'll consider getting an injection of 60mg Toradol IM to see if that alleviates the prob. Before I would have wanted an ESI which I can no longer get unless I pay for them.

So sitting is pretty much out for me today at least for now. Going to attempt my regular walk w/dog (hour) and see if that helps or ? Normally walking alleviates pain/stiffness for me though might increase muscle spasms if that's what's going on and I think that's the case.

jsewell · #5 (**permalink**) 04-29-2011, 06:06 PM

Maria
I am sorry to read of your flare up. No fun. I vacummed and washed the kitchen floor yesterday , not good. Well i wake up in pretty bad butt and hip area pain every day from my lumbar problems. The only area that is not fused!! At least all the way. L1 and L2 are fused, or fusing.
I hope you have a good doggy walk and are feeling better soon
judy

Maria · #6 (**permalink**) 04-29-2011, 07:58 PM

Hi Judy,
I don't quite get it. I was out and took my time walking and looking at 2 condos with a realtor while out .. back didn't really hurt much. On the way home my dog pulled me to check out a squirrel and that I felt. I actually had a bit of radiation of pain down my left leg all the way which I don't normally have. I'm still ignoring the pain at present and will carry on w/my day as planned. That means I can do as little or as much as I can tolerate!

Thanks for the well wishes. I have flare ups so infrequently that they seem like a big deal to me though truthfully compared to what I used to deal with I consider myself pretty fortunate to have this much relief and so few flare ups esp. of any duration!

Hopefully this too will be short lived!

jsewell · #7 (**permalink**) 04-30-2011, 06:35 PM

How are you feeling today Maria? Hope back to normal. Last summer when walking my 2 dogs, one went one way for a squirrel while one went to someone's lawn to do its duty. I fell totally backwards and hit my head on the ground first as stupid me did not put my hands down to protect myself. When i got home it was straight to the er with a huge bump sticking out of my head. I don't walk the 2 of them together anymore and because i have steroid induced muscle weakness i don't walk Henry at all.
Dogs can be dangerous!!!
judy