Spasms, sciatica etc after fusion

dridobits · #1 (**permalink**) 09-30-2011, 04:05 AM

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 injection I wouldnt have dared do the trip. Dr. Has asked for an update so when I hear I will report. Thank goodness even for short relief. I live to be up in the mountains so it was great to go. On another bizarre note, my dog ruptured a disc and is now partially paralyzed in her rear legs. I live on a hill with stairs so I have to now rely on neighbors for help. If its not one thing its another, huh?

jsewell · #2 (**permalink**) 09-30-2011, 04:45 AM

I am glad you had some good pain relief . A trip to the Sierra's is what i am looking forward to when i get that 75% pain relief. My life is the same, if it is not one thing, it is the other, then the other and so on!!!
judy

dshobbies · #3 (**permalink**) 09-30-2011, 04:59 PM

D,

Anytime we get to feel normal is a great moment. Glad you were able to do something you loved.

A friend's dog also ruptured a disc - a mini doxie. She discovered this is a common problem with this breed and other long type dogs. Acupunture was able to restore some movement again but he just kind of dragged his hind legs. They no longer allow their new doxie to jump on anything.

For us dog lovers, their injuries impact our lives almost as much as our own.

I hope this improvement sticks around for awhile!

Dale

Maria · #4 (**permalink**) 10-01-2011, 07:41 PM

One of my Persians has severe disc degeneration and has lost partial use of hind legs. He walks very oddly.. like one leg seems to go forward and the other one is kicking around trying to go somewhere so is gait is off and weaves. He can no longer jump up on things that are much higher than a foot off the ground and he won't go up and down stairs anymore.

dridobits · #5 (**permalink**) 10-04-2011, 06:25 AM

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 because I miss her so much at night.

Maria · #6 (**permalink**) 10-04-2011, 09:11 AM

When I move I'm going to get a new bedframe that is lower to the ground and skip the box springs. That way Winston will still be able to jump on the bed as it will be low enough. Either that or I'll sleep on the floor as I'm going to put laminate floors in if not already in. Where I'm renting now there is brown carpet and I don't want to sleep on the floor here tho I was doing that at my husband's house so Winston could sleep w/me ( actually both my persian cats). I don't let Lola sleep w/me (mini schnauzer) because one of my cats isn't crazy about her tho she's sleeping right next to the bed where I step down).

Actually once I got used to sleeping on the floor it was amazingly good for my low back. Just had to have enough cushion of sorts for the rest of my bod.

Yeah we get used to these guys.. the downstairs room sounds good to me so your dog can sleep w/you.

dshobbies · #7 (**permalink**) 10-04-2011, 04:11 PM

People simply don't understand what our pets mean to us. We consider them our children. They are so important in our lives and worth whatever sacrifices we must make.

My own mother complains that I am not free to go and do whatever I like, whenever I want to and I explain that Lucy or whatever dog we happen to have at the time gives us daily love and pleasure 50 weeks out of the year. Surely she is worth a 2 week sacrifice if she prevents us from picking up and going somewhere.

I'm never alone with a dog in the house.