Comments on: Back Surgery http://yourhealthresources.com/back-surgery/ Your Source For Health And Fitness News Fri, 20 May 2011 03:53:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: brenda http://yourhealthresources.com/back-surgery/comment-page-4/#comment-2087 brenda Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:09:36 +0000 http://yourhealthresources.com/back-surgery/#comment-2087 well in Oct of 2008 I hurt my back had my 1st surgery in March 2009 which they did a lamenectomy. that didnt help at all but take the pain in my leg away so then I had my 2nd surgery in June 2010 which there they did a Fusion again still didnt help am worse now then ever. I see a pain mang. Dr. and they give me so much meds I hate taking them. I been through every kind of injection there is and still no help.theres times where I cant move at all and every night my back locks up on me to where I cant move from the waist down. I recently just had a bone scan done and started seeing a new surgeon to see whats next. My old surgeon was talking about a 3rd surgery and am really not sure about it. I should know next week if my back is fixable or not. someone please help am to young for this am only 38 to be going through all this well in Oct of 2008 I hurt my back had my 1st surgery in March 2009 which they did a lamenectomy. that didnt help at all but take the pain in my leg away so then I had my 2nd surgery in June 2010 which there they did a Fusion again still didnt help am worse now then ever. I see a pain mang. Dr. and they give me so much meds I hate taking them. I been through every kind of injection there is and still no help.theres times where I cant move at all and every night my back locks up on me to where I cant move from the waist down. I recently just had a bone scan done and started seeing a new surgeon to see whats next. My old surgeon was talking about a 3rd surgery and am really not sure about it. I should know next week if my back is fixable or not. someone please help am to young for this am only 38 to be going through all this

]]> By: sue collister http://yourhealthresources.com/back-surgery/comment-page-4/#comment-2076 sue collister Mon, 07 Feb 2011 11:21:59 +0000 http://yourhealthresources.com/back-surgery/#comment-2076 I don't do well with the computer but I need someone who can maybe help me. I can go to bed for about 5 hrs. I'm fused from t9-s1 with an axile lift. The pain is so unreal I'm 53 now it started 3 years ago from a car accident although i had 3 back surgerys before. They never tell you the out come. There's days i just want to die and nobody seem to understand. I don’t do well with the computer but I need someone who can maybe help me. I can go to bed for about 5 hrs. I’m fused from t9-s1 with an axile lift. The pain is so unreal I’m 53 now it started 3 years ago from a car accident although i had 3 back surgerys before. They never tell you the out come. There’s days i just want to die and nobody seem to understand.

]]> By: Ron Barber http://yourhealthresources.com/back-surgery/comment-page-4/#comment-2049 Ron Barber Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:02:26 +0000 http://yourhealthresources.com/back-surgery/#comment-2049 Fusion will ruin you. Try to get an artificial pro disc l implanted. I have been fused and the results are a very stiff spine and the pain only goes away when I do nothing physical.So If you wish to sit in a rocking chair the rest of your life go for the fusion.There are only a few places in the usa that perform artificial disc and insurance is a big problem. Most will not pay for the procedure even though it is fda approved!! Good luck Fusion will ruin you. Try to get an artificial pro disc l implanted. I have been fused and the results are a very stiff spine and the pain only goes away when I do nothing physical.So If you wish to sit in a rocking chair the rest of your life go for the fusion.There are only a few places in the usa that perform artificial disc and insurance is a big problem. Most will not pay for the procedure even though it is fda approved!! Good luck

]]> By: Brian http://yourhealthresources.com/back-surgery/comment-page-4/#comment-2042 Brian Tue, 09 Nov 2010 08:19:02 +0000 http://yourhealthresources.com/back-surgery/#comment-2042 I had back surgery a couple of years ago for 2 herniated discs, and to be honest, i didn't really need the meds after the surgery. they gave me oxycodone afterwards and really didn't need them. if you don't get surgery, i would suggest neuromuscular massage. the surgery never helped me, but the massages did. when i got off the massage table, it was the 1st time i didn't have pain in my back for 8 months. I had back surgery a couple of years ago for 2 herniated discs, and to be honest, i didn’t really need the meds after the surgery. they gave me oxycodone afterwards and really didn’t need them. if you don’t get surgery, i would suggest neuromuscular massage. the surgery never helped me, but the massages did. when i got off the massage table, it was the 1st time i didn’t have pain in my back for 8 months.

]]> By: Dan http://yourhealthresources.com/back-surgery/comment-page-4/#comment-1959 Dan Tue, 17 Aug 2010 06:52:42 +0000 http://yourhealthresources.com/back-surgery/#comment-1959 Hi Mimi, Sorry you and I and others are affected by such a painful disorder. I have had very similar surgery and now having L4-L5 disectomy and S1 stenosis of foreman opening completely compressing the nerve. On pain patch and oxy for for 2yrs, unable to work for one yr. Just telling you this to let you know yr not alone and I have sympathy for your pain. Not sure what state you live in I am in MN, I Have met with a Doctor with Abbott Hospital and having the surgery Sept.8th. I Sincerely pray that you will find the right Dr. or force to heal you so you will be pain free. I read your story and felt like I was reading my Back/pain Bio. Take Care and keep strong, I know it's very tough sometimes. I will pray for!! Dan Hi Mimi,

Sorry you and I and others are affected by such a painful disorder. I have had very similar surgery and now having L4-L5 disectomy and S1 stenosis of foreman opening completely compressing the nerve. On pain patch and oxy for for 2yrs, unable to work for one yr. Just telling you this to let you know yr not alone and I have sympathy for your pain. Not sure what state you live in I am in MN, I Have met with a Doctor with Abbott Hospital and having the surgery Sept.8th. I Sincerely pray that you will find the right Dr. or force to heal you so you will be pain free. I read your story and felt like I was reading my Back/pain Bio. Take Care and keep strong, I know it’s very tough sometimes. I will pray for!!

Dan

]]> By: Tammy http://yourhealthresources.com/back-surgery/comment-page-4/#comment-1957 Tammy Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:46:08 +0000 http://yourhealthresources.com/back-surgery/#comment-1957 I was reading a post from a few yrs back saying that u were going to have the hardware removed from ur back after fusion. I am curious if this helped. I have had several back surgeries with the last 2 being lumbar fusion (1st didn't work) and am in more pain than ever. I have asked my pain dr. about the possibility of removing the hardware helping with my pain and i can't seem to get a straight answer, hearing from someone who actually had it done is much better anyway. Hope to hear from u soon and hope u r doing much better. I was reading a post from a few yrs back saying that u were going to have the hardware removed from ur back after fusion. I am curious if this helped. I have had several back surgeries with the last 2 being lumbar fusion (1st didn’t work) and am in more pain than ever. I have asked my pain dr. about the possibility of removing the hardware helping with my pain and i can’t seem to get a straight answer, hearing from someone who actually had it done is much better anyway. Hope to hear from u soon and hope u r doing much better.

]]> By: Kelly Graves http://yourhealthresources.com/back-surgery/comment-page-4/#comment-1956 Kelly Graves Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:44:18 +0000 http://yourhealthresources.com/back-surgery/#comment-1956 I have had 2 surgeries on my back. I have had back pain since 1986, first operation was in 1999 lamenectomy, the dr said they had to scrape arthritis out of my spinal cord. went fairly well till 2004. Although I was still in pain, it was nothing as bad as before and at least I could walk and work. In 2004 I feel in a parking lot that was covered in ice. Have gone straight downhill since. I had 5 buldged disc. L-1 through L-5 In Jan of this year Drs did a fussion, although the pain was great hrs after I woke up, it was a different pain. Then I went to physical therapy, it was going well there till the 6th or 7th visit.(wrong thing to do)They had me doing an excercise there that twisted me at the hips. I told them how bad it hurt, therapist said (no pain-no gain)now I am in worse shape ever. Although I have been back to the surgeon and neurologist both they said it is scar tissue-that it will get better, getting worse every day. I go the gym and work out some, though the pain keeps me from doing a lot. I cannot hardly walk more than 100 feet, can't sleep more than 2 hrs at a time. I take 2 tylenol 3, 2 muscle relaxers, 2 doxepin(sleep aid) before going to bed, still up within 2 hrs. I am so tired! I want to rest-but most of all I just want to stop hurting. I am only 51 yrs old. Been putting up with back pain for 25 yrs now. Am thinking seriously about going to see a pain management. Although in my many years of back pain, pain medication never seems to help. I have taken Lortabs for most of them, one does nothing-2 just makes my head feel weird. I don't pain medication, but I also do not want the pain. Anyone with any ideas? email me-kellygraves@yahoo.com I have had 2 surgeries on my back. I have had back pain since 1986, first operation was in 1999 lamenectomy, the dr said they had to scrape arthritis out of my spinal cord. went fairly well till 2004. Although I was still in pain, it was nothing as bad as before and at least I could walk and work. In 2004 I feel in a parking lot that was covered in ice. Have gone straight downhill since. I had 5 buldged disc. L-1 through L-5 In Jan of this year Drs did a fussion, although the pain was great hrs after I woke up, it was a different pain. Then I went to physical therapy, it was going well there till the 6th or 7th visit.(wrong thing to do)They had me doing an excercise there that twisted me at the hips. I told them how bad it hurt, therapist said (no pain-no gain)now I am in worse shape ever. Although I have been back to the surgeon and neurologist both they said it is scar tissue-that it will get better, getting worse every day. I go the gym and work out some, though the pain keeps me from doing a lot. I cannot hardly walk more than 100 feet, can’t sleep more than 2 hrs at a time. I take 2 tylenol 3, 2 muscle relaxers, 2 doxepin(sleep aid) before going to bed, still up within 2 hrs. I am so tired! I want to rest-but most of all I just want to stop hurting. I am only 51 yrs old. Been putting up with back pain for 25 yrs now. Am thinking seriously about going to see a pain management. Although in my many years of back pain, pain medication never seems to help. I have taken Lortabs for most of them, one does nothing-2 just makes my head feel weird. I don’t pain medication, but I also do not want the pain. Anyone with any ideas? email me-kellygraves@yahoo.com

]]> By: Iraldo Ruiz http://yourhealthresources.com/back-surgery/comment-page-4/#comment-1933 Iraldo Ruiz Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:29:32 +0000 http://yourhealthresources.com/back-surgery/#comment-1933 I have a couple of collapsed discs and the other discs are not doing well either. Very painfull. I was taking lots of medication, using back patches, ointments etc... to control my pain. I'll have surgery as a last resort since it's not guaranteed to make you feel better. More often than not, I'm hearing that you're worse after surgery. I did not want to get addicted to drugs. I even went to therapy that helped but only for a short time. I heard about a little machine called the TENS Unit. I started using it and it has helped me alot in controlling my pain with minimal to no medications. Sometimes I could not even get out of bed in the mornings. Using the TENS unit and a Heating Pad helps me alot. TENS stands for Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation. This little machine that's very affordable delivers electrical pulses through the skin to the surface and deep nerves to control pain. It does not have any systematic side effects. You can learn more about it by going to the website at www.empi.com. If you decide to use it, I hope it helps you as it's helping me. God Bless. I have a couple of collapsed discs and the other discs are not doing well either. Very painfull. I was taking lots of medication, using back patches, ointments etc… to control my pain. I’ll have surgery as a last resort since it’s not guaranteed to make you feel better. More often than not, I’m hearing that you’re worse after surgery. I did not want to get addicted to drugs. I even went to therapy that helped but only for a short time. I heard about a little machine called the TENS Unit. I started using it and it has helped me alot in controlling my pain with minimal to no medications. Sometimes I could not even get out of bed in the mornings. Using the TENS unit and a Heating Pad helps me alot. TENS stands for Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation. This little machine that’s very affordable delivers electrical pulses through the skin to the surface and deep nerves to control pain. It does not have any systematic side effects. You can learn more about it by going to the website at http://www.empi.com. If you decide to use it, I hope it helps you as it’s helping me. God Bless.

]]> By: Denee http://yourhealthresources.com/back-surgery/comment-page-4/#comment-1930 Denee Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:02:13 +0000 http://yourhealthresources.com/back-surgery/#comment-1930 Hello to you that have gone through back surgeries, I live near Atlanta and I understand so much what I have read about everyone ! At 14 I found out I had scoliosis and had to have a spinal fusion to try and straighten my lower lumber from a 45C curve as much as possible. After having a harrington rod connected it was straightened to a 31 degrees. At 15 the rod broke unfortunately and I had to have another fusion and repair work plus another body cast a long with a rod. At age 20 I was in college as my back pain got awful. I needed another fusion in order to give my back support once again. This one worked for 18 yrs. w/o any complications. During these yrs. my husband and I had our three son's. A few yrs.later my back got really awful once again but this time I ended up in chronic pain after this laminectomy/disectomy. This surgeon had used invasive screws and attachments that gave me lots of nerve damage plus burning pain 24/7. Even so I know things were not right enough for me to even live any kind of life so I went to Emory Spinal Clinic in Atlanta for surgery to give my spine support. The head surgeon came in after looking at my spine pics and told me that I had "NO FUSION" (from T10 and below to L2-3 to L5-S1) and a metal plate had come out from the front of my spine and was embedded into my abdominal aeorta. That was the next surgery to remove the metal plate w/o killing me ! God took care of me ! I was in body casts after these surgeries. YET I WAS ALIVE ! Anyway, a long story short I ended up with chronic pain getting adhesive arachnoiditis ( this is when scar tissue intertwines w nerves and causes compression on the spinal cord, fibromyalgia, and complex regional pain after getting a second pain pump that sent meds to my back for 8 yrs. The next two surgeries ( I will be 53 now ) that really messed me up cause my blood pressure to spike up after I have been asleep for an hour or so and then it produces the "fight or flight" response ,fear , pounding headaches,sweating, and stomach upset w trembling in the stomach. Has this happened to anyone else ? I have spinal cord compression plus many more problems w spinal cord damage. Have you ever read about autonomic hyperreflexia ? I wonder if this is what makes my blood pressure go up to an extreme amount off & on since 1995. I have read that it can cause a person to have a stroke ! I will be mentioning these symtoms to my neurologist& my pain physician. Please keep me in your thoughts. Does anyone know what this can be ? May you all have a better day w your pain and do better all in all ! God Bless You, Denee all Hello to you that have gone through back surgeries,

I live near Atlanta and I understand so much what I have read about everyone ! At 14 I found out I had scoliosis and had to have a spinal fusion to try and straighten my lower lumber from a 45C curve as much as possible. After having a harrington rod connected it was straightened to a 31 degrees. At 15 the rod broke unfortunately and I had to have another fusion and repair work plus another body cast a long with a rod. At age 20 I was in college as my back pain got awful. I needed another fusion in order to give my back support once again. This one worked for 18 yrs. w/o any complications. During these yrs. my husband and I had our three son’s. A few yrs.later my back got really awful once again but this time I ended up in chronic pain after this laminectomy/disectomy. This surgeon had used invasive screws and attachments that gave me lots of nerve damage plus burning pain 24/7. Even so I know things were not right enough for me to even live any kind of life so I went to Emory Spinal Clinic in Atlanta for surgery to give my spine support. The head surgeon came in after looking at my spine pics and told me that I had “NO FUSION” (from T10 and below to L2-3 to L5-S1) and a metal plate had come out from the front of my spine and was embedded into my abdominal aeorta. That was the next surgery to remove the metal plate w/o killing me ! God took care of me ! I was in body casts after these surgeries. YET I WAS ALIVE !

Anyway, a long story short I ended up with chronic pain getting adhesive arachnoiditis ( this is when scar tissue intertwines w nerves and causes compression on the spinal cord, fibromyalgia, and complex regional pain after getting a second pain pump that sent meds to my back for 8 yrs. The next two surgeries ( I will be 53 now ) that really messed me up cause my blood pressure to spike up after I have been asleep for an hour or so and then it produces the “fight or flight” response ,fear , pounding headaches,sweating, and stomach upset w trembling in the stomach. Has this happened to anyone else ? I have spinal cord compression plus many more problems w spinal cord damage. Have you ever read about autonomic hyperreflexia ? I wonder if this is what makes my blood pressure go up to an extreme amount off & on since 1995. I have read that it can cause a person to have a stroke ! I will be mentioning these symtoms to my neurologist& my pain physician. Please keep me in your thoughts. Does anyone know what this can be ?

May you all have a better day w your pain and do better all in all !
God Bless You,
Denee all

]]> By: Libby http://yourhealthresources.com/back-surgery/comment-page-4/#comment-1925 Libby Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:31:32 +0000 http://yourhealthresources.com/back-surgery/#comment-1925 My daughter had scoliosis surgery when she was 16 years old. She is now 42. She recovered very well. She was in a body cast for a few weeks, then a brace for a few months. She was not in pain and the surgery corrected the curvature. I know it's difficult being 16 and having this surgery but after she healed, she was able to do everything. Good Luck My daughter had scoliosis surgery when she was 16 years old. She is now 42. She recovered very well. She was in a body cast for a few weeks, then a brace for a few months. She was not in pain and the surgery corrected the curvature. I know it’s difficult being 16 and having this surgery but after she healed, she was able to do everything. Good Luck

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