Hope all goes well for you.I too have back issues,4 herniated discs,4 pinched nerves.My discs are disinigrating causing pain daily,if it weren,t for meds I don,t think I,d working any longer.I,m too young to be getting surgery already(48)too scared if it doesnt work.Good luck and keep us updated.
That's a lot levels, are they in a row or all over the map? The discectomy part of my operation did work, that was my initial problem, pain down the left leg, had that for 15 years or so off and on, and it's good now. My right leg became the problem a few years ago and that didn't get better with the previou surgery. Pain meds do nothing for me, it's good that they help you but it's no way to live. You may have to bite the bullet one day and go for surgery.
Thanks, appreciated!
Good luck, keep us posted. When/if I lose some more weight I to will be a canidate for back surgery. I have spinal stenosis
http://www.spinalstenosis.org/ that probably started out with a herniated disc. I also have degenerative disc disease. The ageing process is not much fun......
I have a couple friends with spinal stenosis, one of them has done very well living weights to strengthen the supporting muscles. I don't know how much weight you're carrying but no doubt less is better on the back. Hope you can get in and get fixed too. Yeah aging sucks doesn't it.
My mom had similiar surgery a couple of years ago. She had a great doctor and came out better than she expected. Had three discs fused/bolted together and some bone removed for nerve clearance also. She is short, heavy, and diabetic. They were expecting complications healing with her being diabetic, but fortunately she came through without any complications and healed well.
Good luck and hope everything goes the way it is supposed to for you.
Something broke in the OR??? Sounds a little concerning... I hope they get it all fixed up and working good before you go in.
I hope your doctor is as good as hers was.
Once agian, good luck and I hope this one works out well for you this time.
Thanks, always nice to hear good stories about the surgery. For an old broken guy I'm not in bad shape, dropped 10 - 12 lbs recently and weigh about the same as I did in highschool 35 years ago, so that's in my favour I hope.
I have a great Doctor, very well regarded so I have total faith in him. Not too crazy about the broken OR thing, how crazy is that.
Prayers sent. Hope all is well soon and that this one works
Hello nice to meet you
My name is Bruce
I feel you pain
I had a Anterior lumbar fusion for my lower L4 L5 S1 as well as a inguinal hernia and a umbilical hernia all at once.
I was good for a few years then I had a car accident and now have a fracture that cannot heal and I need another fusion
but that's life and we go on ,I wish you the best in your recovery and my advice take it slow and keep healthy and exercise as much as you can before surgery and after recovery,
over time you will feel the rest of your spine feeling the load and the healthy routine fights that tenancy,
Ask for help often ..no pride here call in iou's and rely on family and friends and watch bending and turning.(let your body heal on this one!
you can use a crutch for a broken leg, a sling for an arm, a brace for your neck but your back???
My mending could have been better if I listened but.. my kid was little and i bent over twisted played as best I could I slowed and compromised the healing it did go solid but not 100% and I had a bone fusion with no cage, screws or anything used bone grafted from my hip, still did well until an auto accident.
Now as I wear pain patches get pain blocks and wait for my next surgery
at 47 I feel 67
I wish you the best and hope you feel better knowing there are others in your same boat!
think positive!
Hi Bruce, that sounds like quite the surgery you had, I'm happy to hear it went well and worked. Sorry to hear a car accident screwed it all up again :banghead:
They're not doing the bone graft type for me, it's called "Lumbar Spinal decompression plus pedicle screw fixation and fusion". I was a bit of an idiot after my last surgery, it seemed to work so well, I pushed my luck and was right back where I started. Not sure if it was my fault but probably. This time I'm going to be a saint and there's a back brace I have to wear for 3 months which should help. They're going to take out quite a bit of bone apparently so that should give the nerves the room they need.
I hope you get in soon for the next surgery and they get you fixed up. I know from posting about my last one that there's many here in the same boat, or worse, misery loves company :thumbup:
