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Posted: 6/8/2012 6:05:33 PM
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Hope it works out for you, good thing you have an appetite. Funny you should mention that. I could only take 1 bite before I felt like I was gonna puke. |
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Posted: 6/8/2012 6:10:30 PM
I wish you a speedy recovery.
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Posted: 6/9/2012 6:17:38 AM
Well, this is pretty tough. I'm not a big baby when it comes to pain and I've got a high tolerance and I can tell you that this shit hurts. I can tell it's getting better though. Not long after surgery it hurt non-stop and now it only hurts when I move.
I've woken up three times since last night because I moved in my sleep and woke myself up. It's past 5:00 so I'm up for good this time. Going to head down to Dallas later with Garrett to check out a new suppressor store that's opening up and to get out of the house since I've been laid up for almost a week. I'll probably be miserable for doing it but I've got to get out. |
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Posted: 6/9/2012 9:28:07 AM
Hope you heal quick and become pain free for the most part.
I had a disecotomy in January and the do thinks he will have to do a 2 level fusion at my l4 l5 s1 in the very near future. Is is talking replacement at the l4 l5 so that would maybe be a little better. |
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Posted: 6/9/2012 12:57:35 PM
If you have pics you can just send them to me and I'll keep posting them. Sorry I haven't been following this thread real close.
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Posted: 6/9/2012 4:12:29 PM
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If you have pics you can just send them to me and I'll keep posting them. Sorry I haven't been following this thread real close. I'm home now. I can upload and post them, but thanks though. I'll have a few more up in a few min. |
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Posted: 6/9/2012 4:29:45 PM
Here's a view of the work from the back
Here it is from the side 
Here's my back. 2 incisions about 4 inches long on either side of my spine. 
Here's the incision across my lower abdomen. It's 5-6 inches across 
It all looks like it really hurts but it doesn't hurt that bad. It hurts much, much worse than it looks.  |
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Posted: 6/9/2012 4:49:35 PM
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Here's a view of the work from the back http://www.wildhoghunters.com/vbtube/photos/original/82k1xOad.jpg Here it is from the side http://www.wildhoghunters.com/vbtube/photos/original/35V8dszZ.jpg Here's my back. 2 incisions about 4 inches long on either side of my spine. http://www.wildhoghunters.com/vbtube/photos/original/70aMqAUF.jpg Here's the incision across my lower abdomen. It's 5-6 inches across http://www.wildhoghunters.com/vbtube/photos/original/77Rwh5PB.jpg It all looks like it really hurts but it doesn't hurt that bad. It hurts much, much worse than it looks. Don't John Wayne it on the pain meds. That shit will wear you out, and that means you won't heal as fast. |
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Posted: 6/9/2012 4:54:33 PM
Thanks for the thread asshole.
I plan on getting my back surgery done in late Sept., or early Oct. I was going to have it done last January, but I had a DVT shoot some ginormous blood clots into my lungs last October. Not much pain involved in that, although the Doctors were amazed I lived. 7 days in the ICU. It sucks getting old. Two herniated disks, I will probably go the arthroscopic route suggested by a Neurosurgeon, but one Ortho Surgeon suggested the front door/back door procedure similar to yours. Maybe I can start drinking very heavily and forget about this thread.  |
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Posted: 6/9/2012 4:58:43 PM
Lumbar lamindectomy, disectomy and decompression scheduled on 7/5.
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Posted: 6/9/2012 5:03:25 PM
DR keeps trying to talk me into the same type of surgery. I am holding on as long as I can but there are days I want to give in.
How long are you off work to recover? |
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Posted: 6/9/2012 5:08:21 PM
I broke my back in a fall years ago and they tried to talk me into having a fusion done. No thanks Doctor Frankenstein. Good luck to you OP.
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Posted: 6/9/2012 5:11:16 PM
Really wish I didn't see this. I'm going in next week for the same, but they are doing it all from the back.
PLEASE tell me all the pain is from the front incision
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Posted: 6/9/2012 5:17:59 PM
I hope your recovery goes well OP. My father had a similar surgery and he said it made a huge difference. Instead of going to the chiropractor several times a week, he is out on the golf course.
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Posted: 6/9/2012 5:20:29 PM
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Don't John Wayne it on the pain meds. That shit will wear you out, and that means you won't heal as fast. I've been hitting the pain killers pretty hard for 2-3 months. In the condition I'm in right now I wouldn't be able to get out of bed without them but the pain is getting better quickly. Two days ago I hurt non-stop and now I only hurt when I move. I can even tell a big improvement in the way I feel right now as opposed to this morning. I'll take what I've got to take to enable me to function but I'll be most happy that I won't have to take any anymore. I'm not a big fan of pills and I don't like the way they make me feel. I have a very good memory and it's drastically effected when I'm on pain killers and it's very irritating. |
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Posted: 6/9/2012 5:21:52 PM
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Thanks for the thread asshole. Sorry, but at least you've got someone to tell you how it goes now.
I can tell you that so far none of it has been as painful as a good kidney stone. |
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Posted: 6/9/2012 5:22:30 PM
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Originally Posted By WinstonSmith:
Originally Posted By Ponyboy:
Here's a view of the work from the back http://www.wildhoghunters.com/vbtube/photos/original/82k1xOad.jpg Here it is from the side http://www.wildhoghunters.com/vbtube/photos/original/35V8dszZ.jpg Here's my back. 2 incisions about 4 inches long on either side of my spine. http://www.wildhoghunters.com/vbtube/photos/original/70aMqAUF.jpg Here's the incision across my lower abdomen. It's 5-6 inches across http://www.wildhoghunters.com/vbtube/photos/original/77Rwh5PB.jpg It all looks like it really hurts but it doesn't hurt that bad. It hurts much, much worse than it looks. Don't John Wayne it on the pain meds. That shit will wear you out, and that means you won't heal as fast. Listen to this advice. *ETA* Just read your response. Okay, I understand that you don't dig them and that you've likely built a tolerance to the meds. Still, if there is something non narco you can take (I thought aleve worked really well personally) it's good to be able to rest for recovery. |
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Posted: 6/9/2012 5:24:23 PM
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DR keeps trying to talk me into the same type of surgery. I am holding on as long as I can but there are days I want to give in. How long are you off work to recover? I'll be restricted from lifting, bending and twisting for 3 months. So I guess it depends on what you do as to how long you'd be off work. If you just do office work then you'd probably be ok to go back in 2-3 weeks. Doc told me I could wait as long as I wanted but that eventually the pain would get to the point that I wouldn't be able to move any more. I said, "Fuck that! I got huntin season coming up!!". |
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Posted: 6/9/2012 5:25:40 PM
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I broke my back in a fall years ago and they tried to talk me into having a fusion done. No thanks Doctor Frankenstein. Good luck to you OP. It's probably different when the pain gets to a point that you can no longer function without eating a handful of pills and that's about to the point I was at. It's been hurting for 2-3 years but got significantly worse about 3 months ago and that's when I decided that enough was enough. |
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Posted: 6/9/2012 5:28:23 PM
Originally Posted By Soylent:
Listen to this advice. *ETA* Just read your response. Okay, I understand that you don't dig them and that you've likely built a tolerance to the meds. Still, if there is something non narco you can take (I thought aleve worked really well personally) it's good to be able to rest for recovery. I think I'll be to the point that I'll stop taking them next week. Until then I'll take what I need to take so that I can still somewhat function. |
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Posted: 6/9/2012 5:32:08 PM
Oh, one thing I forgot about the surgery......
There was another doctor there that was just there to measure nerve responses during the surgery. To do this the stabbed me with electrode needles in my feet, legs, arms and head and measured the muscle responses during the surgery to make sure they didn't damage any nerves. I woke up with blood on my feet, legs, palms of my hands, blood all in my hair and I realized I had a bunch of dried blood in my right ear the next day. I guess it all worked though cause I can still feel everything. |
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Posted: 6/9/2012 5:36:31 PM
I been dealing with this shit for 10 years. After blowing out my back again in December and being in constant pain since
I finally said fuck it ang pulled the trigger. Did the PT and injections and none of that helped. How long you out of work? 12 weeks? |
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Posted: 6/9/2012 5:41:34 PM
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Really wish I didn't see this. I'm going in next week for the same, but they are doing it all from the back. PLEASE tell me all the pain is from the front incision
Not gonna lie, I'm skeered I'm not gonna bull shit you, you'd think that a big incision across your stomach would hurt because my last one did, but that is truly the last of my worries. If I just had the front incision then it wouldn't be that big of a deal. This shit is painful but if it stops the pain I had before or even lessens it so it's not as bad then it will be worth it. |
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Posted: 6/9/2012 5:42:18 PM
In, looking at the same surgery in my near future.
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Posted: 6/9/2012 5:49:40 PM
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Back surgery fucking sucks. I felt like I had gotten ran over my a mack truck.
 ETA- Make sure to take stool softners. With the narcotics you take every 4 hrs, you WILL get bound up, and that sucks real bad too. Don't wanna blow your O-ring |
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Posted: 6/9/2012 6:14:52 PM
Has any arfcommer had a replacement?
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Posted: 6/9/2012 6:31:46 PM
You're going to hurt for a few months. Try and lose some of your belly and start moving as much as you possibly can. I had an infection post op that almOst killed me. I am strong as a horse but I still couldn't drive for a couple months.
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Posted: 6/9/2012 7:32:49 PM
Originally Posted By Ponyboy: Originally Posted By jjrockbush: Thanks for the thread asshole. Sorry, but at least you've got someone to tell you how it goes now. I can tell you that so far none of it has been as painful as a good kidney stone. Well sheeeeeeet.....you should of said so! I had a KS for 3 days, but that was 25 years ago. I was not near as wore down. You are right, a good kidney stone and I could eat, sleep, read a book, watch TV, nothin'. I still am not looking forward to it, but I have been eating Tramadol and Nucynta like candy for 3 years, and fighting the back pain for 20+. If I can go through a few weeks of pain and feel better after. Keep us informed to the day to day progress.  |
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Posted: 6/9/2012 7:40:14 PM
Originally Posted By Tactical_Jew:
You're going to hurt for a few months. Try and lose some of your belly and start moving as much as you possibly can. I had an infection post op that almOst killed me. I am strong as a horse but I still couldn't drive for a couple months. I was working on losing some weight when it got to the point that I couldn't move much any more. Had to stop the gym about 9 months ago because of my back. I'm looking forward to not hurting as much so I can get back to doing more stuff. There's no need to worry about me not moving, I'm more worried about over doing it. I've got too much stuff to do to sit around all day. I'm gonna hold off on driving until Monday. |
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Posted: 6/9/2012 7:42:13 PM
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Originally Posted By Ponyboy:
Originally Posted By jjrockbush:
Thanks for the thread asshole. Sorry, but at least you've got someone to tell you how it goes now.
I can tell you that so far none of it has been as painful as a good kidney stone. Well sheeeeeeet.....you should of said so! I had a KS for 3 days, but that was 25 years ago. I was not near as wore down. You are right, a good kidney stone and I could eat, sleep, read a book, watch TV, nothin'. I still am not looking forward to it, but I have been eating Tramadol and Nucynta like candy for 3 years, and fighting the back pain for 20+. If I can go through a few weeks of pain and feel better after. Keep us informed to the day to day progress.
They gave me Tramadol and I couldn't stand it. Didn't do much to even touch the pain and made me sicker than hell. Hydrocodone does ok but it's not that great either. People who pay the street value for this stuff are idiots. It's barely worth the $3 I have to pay for a whole bottle. |
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Posted: 6/12/2012 6:10:17 PM
Ponyboy.....how ya feelin'??
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Posted: 6/12/2012 6:15:11 PM
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Originally Posted By jjrockbush:
Ponyboy.....how ya feelin'?? My back is still pretty sore. Today is exactly 1 week after the surgery. Getting up and down is the hardest part. Once I'm laying down and in a comfortable position I'm ok or once I'm standing up I'm ok but the transition sucks. Also, riding in a vehicle is really uncomfortable. I probably have about 25% of the pain that I had the day after surgery. It's getting to be bearable and I think I'll be in pretty good shape by this weekend. Still no bending, twisting or lifting for three months though. It's pretty weird when I feel on my back. I can feel the lumps and hard parts of the hardware in there. All in all though I'm doing ok. ETA: Also, when I'm laying on my back, the right side of my spine hurts worse than the left so I'm favoring my left side a little to keep the pressure off of it. It's also much more comfortable to lay on my left side than on my right. So much so that I won't lay on my right side at all. |
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Posted: 6/13/2012 1:10:03 PM
KampusKop iM me about this and now reading through seeing some other posts on what I did or what happened.. So heres what I sent back to him and ill repost here.
My younger years (36 now) I played hard and fought hard and drank hard. Breaking in Horses, working on the farm and getting plowed by a 1200lb angus (he took me down with the 16ft gate). Falling from trees., snowmobile wrecks, dirtbikes, mountain bikes. fights- would rather get plowed by the bull again. Got to the point just lifting a 5 gal bucket and my back would go out. The cartlige in my vertebra in a couple spots was pushing out. They took 1 of my left ribs out and basicly tosses it into a blender with glue to put it back into my spine. 16 screws and 2 rods later.. taaadaa. I was in the hospital for 2 weeks and they was ready to kick me out. I remember clearly wking up right after surgey as they was carting me to my room. I rememer every bump getting in and out of the elevator while in the cart and howling all the way to my room saying do over. I took my 1st steps 3 days later. 2 weeks after on trip from Omaha Neb back to Desmoines I could not believe how many bridges there were because I felt every bump before and after the bridge. I stayed with my parents for about a month till I moved back to my home and that whole week I could not lie in a bed so I played musical chairs through out the night. I quit off them dam oxycottons about 4 weeks after surgery. Thinking back on this I think the worst part of everything was when I was recovering at my parents. The meds they had me on really mess's with your digestive track. I was unable to crap for about 3 days and I was getting worried (beside the stiff, full belly). Had to get 1 of them pills put up the rectum... could not do this myself so father to the rescue. That night I was praying... due to the stomach pains and ran for the toilet. I held on to the toilet for dear life and had nothing but continouse firehouse strength discharges for 10 minutes straight. At the time of surgery the put a lung tub in and had its own incision. That stitch broke and while on the can I also had extra lung fluid or something else leaking out from the left side of my chest. I soaked a hand towel from the amount of stuff leaking out. I think that was probably the scariest even I went through. Dont think I 2nd guessed when I was put down before surgery. Best of luck OP. |
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Posted: 6/13/2012 10:13:01 PM
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KampusKop iM me about this and now reading through seeing some other posts on what I did or what happened.. So heres what I sent back to him and ill repost here. My younger years (36 now) I played hard and fought hard and drank hard. Breaking in Horses, working on the farm and getting plowed by a 1200lb angus (he took me down with the 16ft gate). Falling from trees., snowmobile wrecks, dirtbikes, mountain bikes. fights- would rather get plowed by the bull again. Got to the point just lifting a 5 gal bucket and my back would go out. The cartlige in my vertebra in a couple spots was pushing out. They took 1 of my left ribs out and basicly tosses it into a blender with glue to put it back into my spine. 16 screws and 2 rods later.. taaadaa. I was in the hospital for 2 weeks and they was ready to kick me out. I remember clearly wking up right after surgey as they was carting me to my room. I rememer every bump getting in and out of the elevator while in the cart and howling all the way to my room saying do over. I took my 1st steps 3 days later. 2 weeks after on trip from Omaha Neb back to Desmoines I could not believe how many bridges there were because I felt every bump before and after the bridge. I stayed with my parents for about a month till I moved back to my home and that whole week I could not lie in a bed so I played musical chairs through out the night. I quit off them dam oxycottons about 4 weeks after surgery. Thinking back on this I think the worst part of everything was when I was recovering at my parents. The meds they had me on really mess's with your digestive track. I was unable to crap for about 3 days and I was getting worried (beside the stiff, full belly). Had to get 1 of them pills put up the rectum... could not do this myself so father to the rescue. That night I was praying... due to the stomach pains and ran for the toilet. I held on to the toilet for dear life and had nothing but continouse firehouse strength discharges for 10 minutes straight. At the time of surgery the put a lung tub in and had its own incision. That stitch broke and while on the can I also had extra lung fluid or something else leaking out from the left side of my chest. I soaked a hand towel from the amount of stuff leaking out. I think that was probably the scariest even I went through. Dont think I 2nd guessed when I was put down before surgery. Best of luck OP. WTF!!!!! Poor bastard! |
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Posted: 6/13/2012 11:49:37 PM
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Originally Posted By jjrockbush:
Ponyboy.....how ya feelin'?? My back is still pretty sore. Today is exactly 1 week after the surgery. Getting up and down is the hardest part. Once I'm laying down and in a comfortable position I'm ok or once I'm standing up I'm ok but the transition sucks. Also, riding in a vehicle is really uncomfortable. I probably have about 25% of the pain that I had the day after surgery. It's getting to be bearable and I think I'll be in pretty good shape by this weekend. Still no bending, twisting or lifting for three months though. It's pretty weird when I feel on my back. I can feel the lumps and hard parts of the hardware in there. All in all though I'm doing ok. ETA: Also, when I'm laying on my back, the right side of my spine hurts worse than the left so I'm favoring my left side a little to keep the pressure off of it. It's also much more comfortable to lay on my left side than on my right. So much so that I won't lay on my right side at all. Does take some time to get used to feeling the hardware. Hope it works out for you, I always seem to be the exception on the disclaimers. |
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Posted: 6/14/2012 11:40:20 PM
Ha! Here's a pic of me higher than a kite in the hospital
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Posted: 6/15/2012 8:41:13 AM
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Ha! Here's a pic of me higher than a kite in the hospital
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/553625_416055108439083_1048815720_n.jpg Man... I don't know how to tell you this gently so I'll just come right out and say it. Those fuckers not only bleached your nipples, they moved 'em six inches up. If I were you, I'd head down to the local law firm and find the guy with the band aid on his forehead. He's the ambulance chaser. Ambulances stop short sometimes. |
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Posted: 6/16/2012 11:47:21 PM
Well, the back is doing much better than I expected and the back pain when getting up/down is probably a 3 out of 10. The bad news is, both of my legs started hurting about 4 days ago and it seemed to be getting worse until this afternoon and it's a little better since then.
It's a very strange pain and I don't really know how to explain it. It's kind of an achy, nervy pain. It radiates a little out of the back of my thighs, behind my knees and into the sides of my calves. The right side is worse than the left. Really weird and I hope it goes away. Pain killers take the edge off and if it wasn't for my legs bugging the hell out of me I'd stop eating them since my back pain is tolerable at this point. Go back to the doc Monday so I'll see what he says then. |
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Posted: 6/16/2012 11:54:34 PM
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Well, the back is doing much better than I expected and the back pain when getting up/down is probably a 3 out of 10. The bad news is, both of my legs started hurting about 4 days ago and it seemed to be getting worse until this afternoon and it's a little better since then. It's a very strange pain and I don't really know how to explain it. It's kind of an achy, nervy pain. It radiates a little out of the back of my thighs, behind my knees and into the sides of my calves. The right side is worse than the left. Really weird and I hope it goes away. Pain killers take the edge off and if it wasn't for my legs bugging the hell out of me I'd stop eating them since my back pain is tolerable at this point. Go back to the doc Monday so I'll see what he says then. Good luck, man. Hope you continue doing well. |
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Posted: 6/17/2012 9:10:00 AM
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Originally Posted By wokeup912:
Really wish I didn't see this. I'm going in next week for the same, but they are doing it all from the back. PLEASE tell me all the pain is from the front incision
Not gonna lie, I'm skeered I'm not gonna bull shit you, you'd think that a big incision across your stomach would hurt because my last one did, but that is truly the last of my worries. If I just had the front incision then it wouldn't be that big of a deal. This shit is painful but if it stops the pain I had before or even lessens it so it's not as bad then it will be worth it. I had a herniated disc that was pinching the sciatic nerve down my left leg. Leg was pretty much useless, had to use a cane for a while. Neurosurgeon from The South Texas Brain and Spine Clinic in Corpus had me in the OR at 8:30 am, at 12:30 I was up the street at Blackbeards eating a plate of shrimp! My back is fine, but the rest of me is still going to shit.....
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Posted: 6/17/2012 10:25:30 AM
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Wish you the best OP and speedy recovery!
––––––––––––––––––––––––- Originally Posted By Khemist:
Most neck and back surgeries don't seem to work. My dad has done anesthesia for literally thousands of them over a 35 year span. He has a disabling neck injury. He refuses surgery. He says you guys are just suckers who are being conned into a lifetime of narcotic scripts and repeat ineffective surgeries. He has loved taking your money however. Fusion is a bitch. Dirty little secret. Once Medicare changed the reimbursement policy and major insurers followed suit, Fusion surgeries went through the roof, we do more of them than any country on earth. You see they pay less for the microdisectomy (just a few thousand) and more for a fusion (ten thousand +). However, there is no proof that the fusion is better for the patient, it is all based on reimbursement rates. Usually within five years the disc above/below the fusion site will also fail from the massively altered biomechanics. “The reality of it is, we all cave in to market and economic forces,” said Dr. Edward C. Benzel, a spine surgeon who is chairman of the Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute. Dr. Benzel estimated that fewer than half of the spinal fusions done today were probably appropriate. He described the current system of paying doctors as “totally perverted.”
Top Spine Surgeons Reap Royalties, Medicare Bounty The Journal consulted several experts to determine which back conditions are commonly thought to require a fusion and which are subject to the most debate. The most hotly debated use of spinal fusion surgery centers on patients who merely suffer from aging disks, a condition known as degenerative disk disease.
One health insurer, the nonprofit Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, announced in September that it would stop paying for spine fusions performed on such patients beginning on Jan. 1. The insurer said that the procedures are "considered not medically necessary." Some recent studies have suggested poor outcomes for spinal fusion. A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, or JAMA, in April found that Medicare patients with a condition called spinal stenosis who had more than two vertebrae fused, a procedure known as a complex fusion, were nearly three times more likely to have life-threatening complications than patients who had a less invasive procedure known as a decompression.
Another study of workers' compensation cases published this year in the online edition of the journal Spine showed that patients who had a spinal fusion were much less likely to return to work within two years after their surgery than a group of patients with similar conditions who didn't have surgery, and that 27% of them had to be re-operated on. Their rate of permanent disability was more than five times as high as the patients whose spines weren't fused, and their daily intake of powerful narcotic painkillers increased by 41% after surgery. 
The study's lead authors, Trang Nguyen and David Randolph of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, said magnetic resonance imaging scans of the spines of eight of the 725 patients who had a fusion "were perfectly normal," suggesting their surgeries were unnecessary.
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Posted: 6/17/2012 11:34:04 AM
Originally Posted By Ponyboy:
Well, the back is doing much better than I expected and the back pain when getting up/down is probably a 3 out of 10. The bad news is, both of my legs started hurting about 4 days ago and it seemed to be getting worse until this afternoon and it's a little better since then. It's a very strange pain and I don't really know how to explain it. It's kind of an achy, nervy pain. It radiates a little out of the back of my thighs, behind my knees and into the sides of my calves. The right side is worse than the left. Really weird and I hope it goes away. Pain killers take the edge off and if it wasn't for my legs bugging the hell out of me I'd stop eating them since my back pain is tolerable at this point. Go back to the doc Monday so I'll see what he says then. My wife had the same issues, more on the right side than the left. It went away for the most part, but not completely. She is 6 weeks out from the ALIF and getting around much better. Getting up and down is her biggest issue, but she is moving around well. Good luck man! |
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Posted: 6/18/2012 4:08:30 PM
Well, had my 2-week post op today and they said everything looks good but they were worried about the pain in my leg and were afraid that it could be a blood clot. So.....I'm back in the hospital for more tests.
Hopefully they won't have to cut my leg off. |
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Posted: 6/18/2012 9:32:22 PM
I had my L5-S1 fusion last tuesday. Still sucks pretty hard. Haven't gotten a full night sleep in over a week.
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Posted: 6/18/2012 9:43:09 PM
Originally Posted By Ponyboy:
Well, had my 2-week post op today and they said everything looks good but they were worried about the pain in my leg and were afraid that it could be a blood clot. So.....I'm back in the hospital for more tests. Hopefully they won't have to cut my leg off. Man i went through so many sensations in my legs for months after the surgery. It felt like the top of my feet were sunburnt. Lots of different and oddbAll pain. It does eventually go away as long as you don't rush it. |
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Posted: 6/18/2012 10:15:40 PM
Originally Posted By Tactical_Jew:
Originally Posted By Ponyboy:
Well, had my 2-week post op today and they said everything looks good but they were worried about the pain in my leg and were afraid that it could be a blood clot. So.....I'm back in the hospital for more tests. Hopefully they won't have to cut my leg off. Man i went through so many sensations in my legs for months after the surgery. It felt like the top of my feet were sunburnt. Lots of different and oddbAll pain. It does eventually go away as long as you don't rush it. This is true. Docs told the wife that swelling was causing the nerves to react and send 'panic' signals of pain. Remember, you just had back surgery! Take it easy a little bit. I know you have to move around to keep from getting stiff, but let your body heal. Best of luck bro! |
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Posted: 6/19/2012 8:51:26 AM
Originally Posted By wokeup912:
I had my L5-S1 fusion last tuesday. Still sucks pretty hard. Haven't gotten a full night sleep in over a week. You'll start feeling a lot better this week. I stayed pretty much the same the first week and then the middle of the second week I started getting better every day. |
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Posted: 6/19/2012 8:54:41 AM
Originally Posted By USMCBuckWild:
Originally Posted By Tactical_Jew:
Originally Posted By Ponyboy:
Well, had my 2-week post op today and they said everything looks good but they were worried about the pain in my leg and were afraid that it could be a blood clot. So.....I'm back in the hospital for more tests. Hopefully they won't have to cut my leg off. Man i went through so many sensations in my legs for months after the surgery. It felt like the top of my feet were sunburnt. Lots of different and oddbAll pain. It does eventually go away as long as you don't rush it. This is true. Docs told the wife that swelling was causing the nerves to react and send 'panic' signals of pain. Remember, you just had back surgery! Take it easy a little bit. I know you have to move around to keep from getting stiff, but let your body heal. Best of luck bro! Yeah, I know. That's why I wasn't really worried about it and didn't go back to the doc early when it started hurting last week and just waited until my scheduled 2 week post-op appointment. Anyway, after 3 hours at the hospital they said that they didn't find any clots and that I was ok to go home. It's an hour drive to the dr office/hospital though and my back has been hurting like hell ever since I got home yesterday evening so I've just been eating more pain killers. 
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Posted: 6/19/2012 5:31:09 PM
Nerve Damage-nerve pain sucks.
When mine is bad I walk in a way that my friends call the 'Fred Sanford Shuffle' Or as I walk leg\and\or legs 'give out', people think I'm drunk. |
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Posted: 6/20/2012 7:44:49 AM
Kinda off topic, bu I feel for you guys. I had a pinched nerve in my back and it got sonbad that if I turned the wrong way when I sat down I would piss myself and not even know it. I wouldn't wish that pain on my worst enemy
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