Comments for The Back Surgery Site http://thebacksurgerysite.com A Place To Learn About Back Surgery And Back Pain Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:44:27 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Back Surgery by stacy http://thebacksurgerysite.com/back-surgery/comment-page-10/#comment-1484 stacy Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:44:27 +0000 http://thebacksurgerysite.com/back-surgery/#comment-1484 bobby,i had the lower back done and had the same thing. it finally went away but took a long time. do you have a bone stimulator. i had one and the throbbing finally went away, but headaches eased but still had so 3 months out i had the stimulator took out and it all went away. but no one ever said why i had the throbbing in the first place. day after surgery when they stand u up. throbbing was soo bad, i couldnt and cried sooooo much. but it should go away. good luck bobby,i had the lower back done and had the same thing. it finally went away but took a long time. do you have a bone stimulator. i had one and the throbbing finally went away, but headaches eased but still had so 3 months out i had the stimulator took out and it all went away. but no one ever said why i had the throbbing in the first place. day after surgery when they stand u up. throbbing was soo bad, i couldnt and cried sooooo much. but it should go away. good luck

]]> Comment on Spinal Surgery by John http://thebacksurgerysite.com/spinal-surgery/comment-page-1/#comment-1483 John Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:15:34 +0000 http://thebacksurgerysite.com/spinal-surgery/#comment-1483 I was told 6 yrs ago I had degenerative Disk Disease.I had surgery and it DID NOT help,it actually made things worse.I recently had to have another surgery due to a tumor on my spine-that was pressing against nerves.And within 30 days I had to have another one. Due to he spinal fluid sack getting tore.As it did after the firs surgery 6 yrs ago. But this time I got a infection due to surgery-and I now keep a dizzy headache,and have no energy. I wished I had of just dealt with things and NOT of had surgery!!! If anyone is told they need back surgery- - Please think long and hard before u consent to it.Sometimes dealing with things is eaaier than dealing with the after effects. I was told 6 yrs ago I had degenerative Disk Disease.I had surgery and it DID NOT help,it actually made things worse.I recently had to have another surgery due to a tumor on my spine-that was pressing against nerves.And within 30 days I had to have another one. Due to he spinal fluid sack getting tore.As it did after the firs surgery 6 yrs ago.
But this time I got a infection due to surgery-and I now keep a dizzy headache,and have no energy. I wished I had of just dealt with things and NOT of had surgery!!! If anyone is told they need back surgery- – Please think long and hard before u consent to it.Sometimes dealing with things is eaaier than dealing with the after effects.

]]> Comment on Back Surgery by Bobby http://thebacksurgerysite.com/back-surgery/comment-page-10/#comment-1482 Bobby Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:39:27 +0000 http://thebacksurgerysite.com/back-surgery/#comment-1482 Hi,i just recently had 2 disc replacement done my c3 and c4 were done with cage reinforce. the numbness and pain in my arms and hands have gone but now i am getting severe headaches and a throbbing up the rear of my head. will this go away or is it a side effect of the surgery Hi,i just recently had 2 disc replacement done
my c3 and c4 were done with cage reinforce.
the numbness and pain in my arms and hands have gone but now i am getting severe headaches
and a throbbing up the rear of my head.
will this go away or is it a side effect of the surgery

]]> Comment on Back Surgery by karen http://thebacksurgerysite.com/back-surgery/comment-page-10/#comment-1481 karen Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:10:32 +0000 http://thebacksurgerysite.com/back-surgery/#comment-1481 hi erin, i no how you feel, i feel like screaming my head off to like please someone help me!!! i had 3 cervilcal fusions with out no relief from the worse kind of pain its a nightmare isnt it? its killing me now just to hold my neck down to write this, i got worse is there anyone out there that has had 3 fusions and iam wondering is there also anyone eles that lobt there voice from the surgery? i couldnt speak nothing for 6 months and i had a little kid to take care of and the worst for me is i thought i had a good husband untill this all started to happen he would be almost joking with neighbors that this is the best kind of wife to have one who cant talk back!!! yeah very funny i thought i swear i think if i could of left him for that i would of, only thing was your screw since i need him for the ins. i couldnt work anymore i was the most loving person on this earth and to have to be treated like that was awful since i still cook clean everything even in all this paid so if you have someone that treats you good while you are going through this pain you are really lucky!!!iam buying lottery tickets every day praying i can win to get a house keeper and to kick my husbands ass to the curb for not being there when i really need him!!! hi erin, i no how you feel, i feel like screaming my head off to like please someone help me!!! i had 3 cervilcal fusions with out no relief from the worse kind of pain its a nightmare isnt it? its killing me now just to hold my neck down to write this, i got worse is there anyone out there that has had 3 fusions and iam wondering is there also anyone eles that lobt there voice from the surgery? i couldnt speak nothing for 6 months and i had a little kid to take care of and the worst for me is i thought i had a good husband untill this all started to happen he would be almost joking with neighbors that this is the best kind of wife to have one who cant talk back!!! yeah very funny i thought i swear i think if i could of left him for that i would of, only thing was your screw since i need him for the ins. i couldnt work anymore i was the most loving person on this earth and to have to be treated like that was awful since i still cook clean everything even in all this paid so if you have someone that treats you good while you are going through this pain you are really lucky!!!iam buying lottery tickets every day praying i can win to get a house keeper and to kick my husbands ass to the curb for not being there when i really need him!!!

]]> Comment on Back Surgery by karen http://thebacksurgerysite.com/back-surgery/comment-page-10/#comment-1480 karen Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:30:54 +0000 http://thebacksurgerysite.com/back-surgery/#comment-1480 hi my name is karen i have had 3 cervical fusions i still after 8 years have the worst pain i also on the 2nd surgery lost my voice for 6 months!! it was a nightmare i thought i was going to feel better not worse!!! now i went to get an mri i find out everything wrong in my neck is now in my lower back i cant belive my luck i to take percocet only 1 per day belive me i need them around the clock but i am afraid of them since i no they can become addicting now i am going to get steriod shots to see if that will help the pain, i had them before and i am sure it didnt help me at all so now i dont even want to think of going through another surgery since i got worse not better, i have not had 1 day with out bad pain not one day iam now 52 it all started when i was about 42 or so i had a kid and i held him all the time thats how i guess i got the herniate disc, anyway i feel so sorry for anyone going through this its awful it ruins your life beacause iam a wife and a mother and i keep doing things beacause i have to no matter how much iam in pain all i can say is there anyone eles going through this pain? after having a few cervical fusions? please let me no thanks for reading this and the best of luck to all who suffers pain everyday of your like!!! hi my name is karen i have had 3 cervical fusions i still after 8 years have the worst pain i also on the 2nd surgery lost my voice for 6 months!! it was a nightmare i thought i was going to feel better not worse!!! now i went to get an mri i find out everything wrong in my neck is now in my lower back i cant belive my luck i to take percocet only 1 per day belive me i need them around the clock but i am afraid of them since i no they can become addicting now i am going to get steriod shots to see if that will help the pain, i had them before and i am sure it didnt help me at all so now i dont even want to think of going through another surgery since i got worse not better, i have not had 1 day with out bad pain not one day iam now 52 it all started when i was about 42 or so i had a kid and i held him all the time thats how i guess i got the herniate disc, anyway i feel so sorry for anyone going through this its awful it ruins your life beacause iam a wife and a mother and i keep doing things beacause i have to no matter how much iam in pain all i can say is there anyone eles going through this pain? after having a few cervical fusions? please let me no thanks for reading this and the best of luck to all who suffers pain everyday of your like!!!

]]> Comment on Back Surgery by stacy http://thebacksurgerysite.com/back-surgery/comment-page-10/#comment-1479 stacy Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:03:29 +0000 http://thebacksurgerysite.com/back-surgery/#comment-1479 Tammy good luck, i too had 3 heart ablations and then 3 fused discs last year. im 46 lost my job of 10 years, knee replacements, etc. but the back still disables me and has alot of pain in it all the time. live on percocett and now morphine. hate it. i wish you all the best with your back and it will take awhile. a long while. don't get too frustrated. does anyone know about an implantable like tens unit? how it works? Tammy good luck, i too had 3 heart ablations and then 3 fused discs last year. im 46 lost my job of 10 years, knee replacements, etc. but the back still disables me and has alot of pain in it all the time. live on percocett and now morphine. hate it. i wish you all the best with your back and it will take awhile. a long while. don’t get too frustrated. does anyone know about an implantable like tens unit? how it works?

]]> Comment on Back Surgery by stacy http://thebacksurgerysite.com/back-surgery/comment-page-10/#comment-1478 stacy Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:52:59 +0000 http://thebacksurgerysite.com/back-surgery/#comment-1478 charlie, just went to dr. the other day and still having alot of pain and asked dr. about takin out something, cause it feels like something is poking out through my back, and he said it probably would help to take out some of the hardware, but he couldn't do it.and wouldn't. so just to let you know i dont think after you get them in you can get them out. i did have a bone stimulator put in when i had the surgery and he later took it out, that helped a bit. charlie, just went to dr. the other day and still having alot of pain and asked dr. about takin out something, cause it feels like something is poking out through my back, and he said it probably would help to take out some of the hardware, but he couldn’t do it.and wouldn’t. so just to let you know i dont think after you get them in you can get them out. i did have a bone stimulator put in when i had the surgery and he later took it out, that helped a bit.

]]> Comment on Tempur Pedic Mattresses by Sarah http://thebacksurgerysite.com/tempur-pedic-mattresses/comment-page-1/#comment-1477 Sarah Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:51:04 +0000 http://thebacksurgerysite.com/tempur-pedic-mattresses/#comment-1477 He who knows others is learned; he who knows himself is wise. He who knows others is learned; he who knows himself is wise.

]]> Comment on Degenerative Disc Disease by Adam http://thebacksurgerysite.com/degenerative-disc-disease/comment-page-5/#comment-1476 Adam Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:16:04 +0000 http://thebacksurgerysite.com/degenerative-disc-disease/#comment-1476 I was referred to my NHS consultant because I had night time back pain and further pain throughout the morning to various degrees depending on the night before. I had an MRI and was diagnised with a degenerated disk in the L5 S1 if that makes sense, low down in the back, with a protrusion. (no leg pains -yet!) I am 38 and had phyiso which helps a bit but no cure - swiss ball and core strength exercise etc. My consultant was very matter of fact, very uninformative and dismissed any real treatment as it had a low success rate. Can anyone shed any light on what the treatments are to reverse this, if any, or any helpful treatments? I was referred to my NHS consultant because I had night time back pain and further pain throughout the morning to various degrees depending on the night before. I had an MRI and was diagnised with a degenerated disk in the L5 S1 if that makes sense, low down in the back, with a protrusion. (no leg pains -yet!) I am 38 and had phyiso which helps a bit but no cure – swiss ball and core strength exercise etc. My consultant was very matter of fact, very uninformative and dismissed any real treatment as it had a low success rate. Can anyone shed any light on what the treatments are to reverse this, if any, or any helpful treatments?

]]> Comment on Back Surgery by Courtenay http://thebacksurgerysite.com/back-surgery/comment-page-10/#comment-1475 Courtenay Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:23:00 +0000 http://thebacksurgerysite.com/back-surgery/#comment-1475 Tom, Thanks so much. Each day I wake up and try to remain positive. I went to surgeons office yesterday and they provided me with a souvinir....The rods and screws that were going through my bone and into scar tissue. They had them cleaned and provided them to me to show how much pain these rods can inflect on someone. I am not having to use the walker a lot which is amazing to me. I am just praying that after the recoop stages that I can turn my neurotranscmitter on in my back agaon and obtain some sort of relief in back. Ryanne, After my first fusion, my left leg was dragging so bad that I wasn't able to really walk well at all. I did the temporary neurotransmitter and have the permanent one implaced now. I can tell you that 80% of my pain down my leg is reduced. I can tell you that it has not helped my back pain but if you have reviewed any of the above postings from me, you would know that my rods and screws were going through my bone and into scar tissue. On Nov 5th I had a fusion with these rods taken out. I was provided a souvinir from my surgeon yesterday which was the rods/screws that were providing so much pain. OMG, it is amazing....I will keep those for life and know that if I could go through that much pain, I can go through anything in life. Guys, I have found that posts like this is good for recovering. It is very easy to speak to people that are dealing with the same situation that you are dealing with. I can sit here and explain to my husband ALL day long what my pain entails but you all really know. Keep positive. Pray and make sure to NEVER go with the first doctors opinion. Get many. I am saying this because I have been through alot as a 32 year old and am in a field that we investigate doctors that open people up for no reason. We are trying to get their doctor's license taken away for good. Unfortunately, with the economy being the way that it is, their are a lot of doctors out there that will open you up and you really could have had conservative treatment and been in a better place. Thanks to all for listening and if any have questions, please feel free to email me at my personal address or on here. Smalprsn2@aol.com Tom, Thanks so much. Each day I wake up and try to remain positive. I went to surgeons office yesterday and they provided me with a souvinir….The rods and screws that were going through my bone and into scar tissue. They had them cleaned and provided them to me to show how much pain these rods can inflect on someone. I am not having to use the walker a lot which is amazing to me. I am just praying that after the recoop stages that I can turn my neurotranscmitter on in my back agaon and obtain some sort of relief in back.

Ryanne,

After my first fusion, my left leg was dragging so bad that I wasn’t able to really walk well at all. I did the temporary neurotransmitter and have the permanent one implaced now. I can tell you that 80% of my pain down my leg is reduced. I can tell you that it has not helped my back pain but if you have reviewed any of the above postings from me, you would know that my rods and screws were going through my bone and into scar tissue. On Nov 5th I had a fusion with these rods taken out. I was provided a souvinir from my surgeon yesterday which was the rods/screws that were providing so much pain. OMG, it is amazing….I will keep those for life and know that if I could go through that much pain, I can go through anything in life.

Guys, I have found that posts like this is good for recovering. It is very easy to speak to people that are dealing with the same situation that you are dealing with. I can sit here and explain to my husband ALL day long what my pain entails but you all really know.

Keep positive. Pray and make sure to NEVER go with the first doctors opinion. Get many. I am saying this because I have been through alot as a 32 year old and am in a field that we investigate doctors that open people up for no reason. We are trying to get their doctor’s license taken away for good. Unfortunately, with the economy being the way that it is, their are a lot of doctors out there that will open you up and you really could have had conservative treatment and been in a better place.

Thanks to all for listening and if any have questions, please feel free to email me at my personal address or on here. Smalprsn2@aol.com

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