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Posted: 1/27/2021 9:03:14 PM EDT

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Maybe surgery was today and he slept wrongly through it

Posted: 1/27/2021 9:13:05 PM EDT

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So I guess the surgery went bad?

Posted: 1/27/2021 9:17:57 PM EDT

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OP sucks!

Posted: 1/27/2021 9:38:45 PM EDT

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So, it was a sprained neck?

Posted: 1/27/2021 9:45:14 PM EDT

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AMA threads require answers. This thread sucks

Posted: 1/27/2021 9:50:47 PM EDT

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What is the average annual rainfall in the Amazon basin?

Posted: 1/27/2021 9:51:21 PM EDT

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Has the OP been put under already?

Posted: 1/27/2021 9:51:38 PM EDT

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In fairness, the OP said we could ask him anything..

He never said that he’d answer anything.

Posted: 1/27/2021 10:05:18 PM EDT

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OP OP

Posted: 1/27/2021 10:45:02 PM EDT

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This

Posted: 1/27/2021 10:53:09 PM EDT

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Did OP fent?

Posted: 1/27/2021 11:00:41 PM EDT

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I need a discectomy on my L5 S1 due to severe herniation, I have put it off, why are you saying don't do it? Serious question because mine is not improving..

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All GD bullhockey aside -
I put mine off for a decade. 10 flipping years of suffering and pain. Had surgery 2 months ago. I almost wanna shoot myself for waiting so long. It has been a god send - microlaminectomy is what i had done. L5/l4 and healed like i got a new back installed.

Posted: 1/27/2021 11:01:13 PM EDT

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I found one basin on Amazon that holds 8 qts. I never considered leaving it out in the rain.

Posted: 1/27/2021 11:02:12 PM EDT

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just that surgery almost never fix the problem.

If you have a back surgery you are basically guaranteed to be on opioids the rest of your life.

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My dad had a back surgery back in the early 90's in the 'dark ages' when things were much worse, and he had to have two surgeries to get everything right, but hasn't had any back pain requiring opioids in 20+ years. As for me, I took a handful of opioids after surgery, but I was off them 100% in a week or less. I did have a great uncle who had a terrible failed surgery and was hooked on painkillers the rest of his life, and I have a college buddy who is in a similar situation. My mom, however, and my college roomate, both had a microdiscectomy, very similar to my own, with zero long term issues.

I 100% get that back problems suck and surgery often fails. Before I had surgery I joined a FB group for back surgery 'survivors' and the failure rate was so high that I had to leave because the few people with good outcomes always got drowned out in discussion. but I don't think the overall failure rate is as high as you make it out to be. Are you sampling surgery patients randomly or are you looking for a subset with failures?

Posted: 1/27/2021 11:05:22 PM EDT

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Are you trying to infer your poor sleep caused you to need surgery? Or that you need surgery, which caused you to sleep poorly and be sore.

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He implies. You infer.

Posted: 1/27/2021 11:07:09 PM EDT

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Damn Op. Hopefully turns out for you.

Posted: 1/27/2021 11:12:34 PM EDT

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His name was vengarr

Posted: 1/27/2021 11:12:55 PM EDT

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Is OP ded?

Posted: 1/27/2021 11:13:56 PM EDT

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Evidently OP can't type now.

Day 1.

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He took a nap, woke up, and is now paralyzed from the head down.

Posted: 1/27/2021 11:18:12 PM EDT

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Give him a break. Those vicodin and molly Percocet binges post surgery can be brutal. He probably just laid up with some nurses getting a sponge bath.

Posted: 1/27/2021 11:22:44 PM EDT

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What he said.

An orthopedic always finds a billable procedure on someone.

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If it's back surgery... DON'T DO IT!!!!!

What he said.

An orthopedic always finds a billable procedure on someone.

If the OP is describing cauda equina syndrome, and he may be, then the above 2 statements are pants on head retarded.

One of the few legitimate emergencies in orthopaedic surgery, outside of compartment syndrome, that need to be treated right fucking now and have no non-surgical treatment.

Edit - to be fair, OP is saying surgery the next day which doesn't compute with cauda equina so maybe I'm being overly harsh and the OP really is an attention whore.

Posted: 1/27/2021 11:34:19 PM EDT

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Good luck OP

Posted: 1/27/2021 11:37:00 PM EDT

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Jesus Christ dude!

Prayers and etc, but man....

what do you mean "I slept wrong Friday"

like

in the middle of a freeway or something?

Posted: 1/27/2021 11:58:49 PM EDT

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I literally slept wrong.

Posted: 1/28/2021 12:00:06 AM EDT

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WELL STOP FUCKING DOING THAT

Posted: 1/28/2021 12:15:45 AM EDT

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Did op wake up in a bathtub full of ice and missing a vital organ?

Posted: 1/28/2021 12:26:10 AM EDT

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Man that's a bad deal dude. I hope it turns out ok for you. I guess you never know when life will bite you in butt.

Posted: 1/28/2021 12:27:09 AM EDT

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Like with your eyes open, or on top of the covers instead of under them?

In all seriousness, OP, I hope everything goes well for you.

Posted: 1/28/2021 12:34:16 AM EDT

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WE GOT THAT PART!!!!
What kind of surgery and why!!!

Posted: 1/28/2021 12:39:09 AM EDT

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Again with the details!

Posted: 1/28/2021 12:41:53 AM EDT

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Did you have sciatic pain before that?

I dealt with it for years until one day, like you, I woke up with a stiff back. About 3 days later I woke again and this time I couldn't stand up straight and my sciatic pain was through the roof. Standing for any amount of time or walking any real distance was excruciating.

Posted: 1/28/2021 12:42:40 AM EDT

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feel better OP

Posted: 1/28/2021 12:44:45 AM EDT

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Posted: 1/28/2021 12:45:16 AM EDT

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WELL STOP FUCKING DOING THAT

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This is good advice op.

Posted: 1/28/2021 12:51:26 AM EDT

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I need a discectomy on my L5 S1 due to severe herniation, I have put it off, why are you saying don’t do it? Serious question because mine is not improving..

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Find the best neuro-surgeon available. The relief is amazing. And you'll only need meds til the site heals.

Posted: 1/28/2021 12:52:48 AM EDT

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Best of luck OP, that is some messed up shit.

Posted: 1/28/2021 12:53:26 AM EDT

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All GD bullhockey aside -
I put mine off for a decade. 10 flipping years of suffering and pain. Had surgery 2 months ago. I almost wanna shoot myself for waiting so long. It has been a god send - microlaminectomy is what i had done. L5/l4 and healed like i got a new back installed.

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I need a discectomy on my L5 S1 due to severe herniation, I have put it off, why are you saying don't do it? Serious question because mine is not improving..

All GD bullhockey aside -
I put mine off for a decade. 10 flipping years of suffering and pain. Had surgery 2 months ago. I almost wanna shoot myself for waiting so long. It has been a god send - microlaminectomy is what i had done. L5/l4 and healed like i got a new back installed.

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Posted: 1/28/2021 12:59:37 AM EDT

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Do you use a My Pillow?

Posted: 1/28/2021 1:00:35 AM EDT

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Out of about 100 patients I've interviewed, only ONE has had a positive outcome.

I'm not saying they would have been better off without the surgery, just that surgery almost never fix the problem.

If you have a back surgery you are basically guaranteed to be on opioids the rest of your life.

And, since opioids are physically addictive, they don't actually relieve the pain for more than a few days, if that.

And then the war on drugs won't let your doctor keep prescribing higher doses, so you end up addicted to pills that don't actually do anything.

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My back surgery went extremely well - 55 weeks ago as of this past Monday. I realize that many of them go poorly, and I'd never suggest surgery as a first option, but sometimes they do go very well. I'm thankful that mine was so smooth.

Out of about 100 patients I've interviewed, only ONE has had a positive outcome.

I'm not saying they would have been better off without the surgery, just that surgery almost never fix the problem.

If you have a back surgery you are basically guaranteed to be on opioids the rest of your life.

And, since opioids are physically addictive, they don't actually relieve the pain for more than a few days, if that.

And then the war on drugs won't let your doctor keep prescribing higher doses, so you end up addicted to pills that don't actually do anything.

Wrong

Posted: 1/28/2021 1:00:55 AM EDT

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Have you tried sleeping right?

That might fix it.

Posted: 1/28/2021 1:02:17 AM EDT

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Jesus Christ dude. Praying for you

Posted: 1/28/2021 1:14:37 AM EDT

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Maybe he dislocated the finger he types with too?

Posted: 1/28/2021 1:20:49 AM EDT

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this is now a safe thread.

day 1

Posted: 1/28/2021 1:21:58 AM EDT

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All GD bullhockey aside -
I put mine off for a decade. 10 flipping years of suffering and pain. Had surgery 2 months ago. I almost wanna shoot myself for waiting so long. It has been a god send - microlaminectomy is what i had done. L5/l4 and healed like i got a new back installed.

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After my surgery I felt great and thought I was going to actually be able to work again. Three months later everything plus some extra came back with a vengeance.