Author Topic: Help Back Surgery (Read 1881 times)

OUTKAST · « **on:** July 27, 2007, 04:51:01 PM »

Anybody with helpful hints would be appreciated . Getting MRI tues for ruptured disk or something . Numbness in both legs ,left leg worse with calf pain . General weakness in both legs ,back pain ,hip and low low back .

If any body has gone through this let me know your history. Hopefully I wont need it they say I'm to young to start monkeying around but have missed alot of work and getting frustrated . I really would like to get working on the van also . Thanks Martin

surgerypending · « **Reply #1 on:** July 27, 2007, 05:21:33 PM »

The best advice I can give you is when you do sit down with the specialist to review your MRI make sure you take notes. Write down exactly what he says is wrong, how he can help(exactly what the proceedure will be) and what the benefits will be to you. Also, make sure you have a family member present in the room when he's going over all this with you.
In my situation we talked about one type of proceedure and he did a new proceedure on me without ever even a mention of it.....I found out tru my family doctor that I had a new proceedure done. And now I have more pain than I had before the surgery....and the specialist seems to be ignoring it(me)
Anyway, if you have any specific questions feel free to contact me!
Gerry

red snapper · « **Reply #2 on:** July 27, 2007, 05:49:17 PM »

Marty, sorry dude no helpful advice just wishes for a speedy recovery. Sucks getting old doesnt it?

If I can help you in any way just ask. Later, Brian

silas · « **Reply #3 on:** July 27, 2007, 06:34:02 PM »

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Marty, sorry dude no helpful advice just wishes for a speedy recovery.....If I can help you in any way just ask.

same from me marty. good luck bro!

slammedbus · « **Reply #4 on:** July 27, 2007, 11:37:36 PM »

all the best bud

Billyisgr8 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 28, 2007, 06:48:33 AM »

Yikes....We know a few people that have had good and bad results. Scar tissue is what will happen later on. Hope it works out, and all they recomend is going to the gym 3 times a week.

Kevin

robinson · « **Reply #6 on:** July 28, 2007, 08:04:24 AM »

I hope your not claustrophobic, your like a hotdog in a bun. I'm having an mri on monday but i have to be put out.I\"m having it for C3, C4,C5,C6,C7 discs in neck. I also have the same lower back problems as you but its not as bad as my neck. I\"ve had bone scans e.m.g tests which are nerv tests c.a.t. scans they inject dye into your body. oh ya the bone scan your radioactive for a week if you want any more info on the tests give me pm thanks john

blarneyman · « **Reply #7 on:** July 28, 2007, 02:33:14 PM »

Sorry about the back!

My wife went through back surgery a few years back. Her disc at L4 blew out big time. They went in to remove what was left and only came out with a couple pieces about .5cm in diameter. They did a newer type of surgery called Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion. With here surgery, they went in from the front and installed 2 hollow plastic screws (one on either side of her spinal column). Then they filled them with synthetic bone marrow that ended up fusing the two vertabraes together. She was in and out of the hospital in 36 hours. She still has some pain, but it's more like arthritis. I think the ache that she has now is due to a steel plate they decided to put on the front of her spine for more support.

OUTKAST · « **Reply #8 on:** July 31, 2007, 06:32:45 PM »

Thanks all ,Gerry and Dwayne .Well that was like being inside a small running cement mixer

Oh well should know something thurs .They gave me the disk so I looked at it when I got home on the computer. Now I know why someone has to review the images cause I think it looks bad

can't tell which is what

slammedbus · « **Reply #9 on:** July 31, 2007, 10:21:36 PM »

the thing at the top is your head

Crank · « **Reply #10 on:** August 01, 2007, 06:04:53 PM »

My story is maybe not as severe but maybe it will help.

I decided on a second and third opinion... especially when I found out surgery was involved.

6 Months ago, or so,I started to experience major pain in my knees, hips and mid back/neck. So bad that I couldn't get up or down stairs, kneel down on the ground or walk up an incline. I had an MRI and found that I have a degeneration in my left knee as well as some other issues that came from compensating for the damage I had done over the years. So in the joints, behind my knee caps etc., the tissue was swelling so much that I thought I was not going to work on my car again let alone drive it, play with my kids or enjoy being the active person I always have been.

Everyone was talking about replacing my knee. ack! Now I'm only 39, ummm a new knee wasn't the solution I hoped for... but, a family member told me to go see this doctor about a therapy called Prolotherapy.
Well after 6 months, I am not only going up and down stairs, but running, jumping, kicking a soccer ball with my youngest, I am able to work again, etc. Maybe I am not ripping an edge at the skate park, and blazing over a hip on my mountainbike, but I am able to enjoy life again.

My therapy is not complete, but I have beat surgery for now anyways. And if I continue to improve like I am... who knows!

I hope that everything turns out for you.

OUTKAST · « **Reply #11 on:** August 02, 2007, 04:37:27 PM »

Well good news no surgery bad news 4 bulging discs ,early osteo arthritis and no answer to the numbness and weakness but of to neurosurgeon in 2 weeks Thanks again foe all the info guys.

P.S slammed somebody said that t hing at the top was my ass they called me butthead :lol: :lol:

Anyways back 6,7,8,9,then 10 hour shifts starting tues

Have a good weekend

blarneyman · « **Reply #12 on:** August 02, 2007, 05:20:54 PM »

Good news about the back (kind of

). Take care of those discs. Did they give you any excersizes? I had one almost rupture 3 times (same one each time). As the pain got less they gave me some excersizes to do. They worked great!

Author Topic: Help Back Surgery (Read 1881 times)

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