Q: major pain after discetomy and decompression - ideas?
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jinnymc
on November 27th, 2007
New User
hi well i had my operation in april had discetomy and decompresion i had an acciedent at work and it just got worse i had never had a problem with my back and its the worsed thing ive ever had i went to my doctors and the hospital so many times i lost count in febuary this year it just got worse i called my doctor to come and see me has i couldnt walk the pain was really bad i couldnt stand it i rang my doctor nearly everyday and all she could do was send me morphine i took that many i was seeing things has the weeks went by i started to loose controll of my bladder and bowels my doctor still didnt come then one night my mum rang for a doctor by chance it wasnt the same doctor he sent me stright to hospital within 2 hours id had an m.r.i scan and was told i need a operation stright away i was in that much pain i didnt care what they wanted to do anything to get rid of the pain so had the op and 8 months down the line im still on morphine and still in pain had an appointment with the surgoen yesterday and she explained that doing another operation will do me no good all she says she can do now is send me to pain clinic im so down has its getting worse by the day im stuck in my flat all the time im only 40 and feel like 80 can anyone please tell me if theres anything else that can be done i go to hospital 3 times a week to see a physiotherapy but thats doing no good
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