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Sat, 11/21/2009 - 23:27
Still the same after nine months of fusion surgery
Hi everybody
I had my second fusion surgery of l5 l4 s1 on january 09
I am still in a lot pain and I think on every day that goes by is increasing
my pain is in my lower back ,left leg ,and the worse pain is on my right leg. my hole leg hurts so much from my hip all the way to my foot,I am having a very hard time .I would like to hear from people who had this kind of surgerys to see how you doing ,does any body have any ideas what could be causing my pain, what should I do,I am still taking lots of medications norco soma and neoronting.please help me , the insurance does't want to approve any more therapys and all what I got was six sessions
Payo I am so sorry to hear of your on going pain
Have you spoke with a Dr. about this? if so what are they saying?
I have not had any spine surgeries, so I can't be of help to you with my own experiences - sorry....
Ms. Humpty Dumpty Took a great fall and all the Drs and surgeons could not put her back together again.
After my fall I started to fall apart. L1-L2-L3-L4 - S1 & S2 gone. ( full herniation )Spinal stenosis, spinal arthritis, degenerative disk, scoliosis.
The spacers in your back are gone/going, spinal nerve damage.
Spinal spurs. Both knee caps & both hips have degenerative bone disease, arthritis and bone spurs.
No surgeries as Drs. don't think it will help and may make things worse.
Age 47 - Here to find & offer support.
that you are having such a hard time with recovery. It can take a long time to heal from such a major surgery but I am not sure that your pain should be getting worse.
You should see your surgeon about this and maybe he will be able to give you some insight. Good luck to you and please keep us posted.
I am in no way associated with the medical field. Anything that I post comes from personal experience only.
DDD, Facet Arthropathy, DJD,Collapsed Disc, Sleep Apnea
PT, Epidurals, Facet Blocks,Medial Branch Block, Rhizotomy,Discogram,Annular Tare L3/L4 Endoscopic MicroD and PLDD,
Methadone, Percocet, Baclofen, Welbutrin
It is never easy sitting and waiting expectantly for some perceived improvement, and the second time around even less. I was told 12-18 months to see the final outcome for improvement, how long was it the last time before they decided it had not be as effective, perhaps that would give you some guide. The increase of medication is one alternative option of trying a mixture of others in consultation with your medical team or doctor. Only you know the amount of pain you are in and what is reasonable for you, maybe keep a record of what makes it worse or better if anything and use this as evidence to increase your medication or type.
When is the pain worse and does doing anything specific make it worse or better, how is your pacing and does you daily responsibility increase any of these symptoms. I know you are looking for some conclusion, what if anything could you do to help manage it more effectively. Rest relaxation exercise, sit stand lay down, have a chat with your doctor and find out what to expect and when and tell them of the pain you endure and how it effects your daily life.
This is never an easy time and you are doing well with getting better, it can be slow and is frustrating, try to find out if your rate of improvement is the norm for you..
Take care.
John
DDD.1990 Laminectomy, Failed spine fusion, hartshill rectangle RLS. 3 stents
Pain is inevitable, misery is optional. Sternbach et al
Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than even death itself.
Albert Schweitzer 1953.
“It’s not things that trouble us but the views we take of them” Epitectus
Hi everybody
Thank you for your support. I have a doctors appoinment on december 9th
and i seriously need to talk to my doctor about all the pain that i am in .for some reason I dont know why but the pain seems to be increasing and I havent done nothing wrong that i remember for the pain to increase.last time I saw the doctor I asked for an MRI but he told me that it was to soon for that , he said he ll do one on january