Hello everyone
Years ago I have been diagnosed with DDD
at C3-4. It was not bad, once every couple
of years I get sever pain in my neck for
about a week. This pain is really bad, you
wish you can cut your head off and it is
not relieved by sitting or laying down.
I was also diagnosed with DDD at L3-4 and
L4-5, actually nothing is left of L4-5.
The advise I was given is put up with the
pain for as long as you can, and for years
I learned to cope. I used voltaren, the
neck pain comes only every few years.
However, my lower back pain is getting
worse and I need to do something.
I have several orthos, pain management
clinic, therapists.
Actually, the ortho can not really
diagnose were the pain is coming from ?
Reading posts here I get the impression
that lower back pain sufferers, in most
cases, complain about pain or numbness in
legs,feet, thighs.
In my case I get the pain only when I
stand or walk for three minutes and the
pain is in lower back, not in legs, or
thighs or hips. The pain always relieved
when I sit down. There is continuous very
slight numbness at the upper skin surface
of my left thigh ( continuous meaning, all
the time while rested ).
MRI's, CT Scans, discograms could not
diagnose the source of pain.
By the way, the reason I had to put up
with pain, at 45 I had AVN and had to have
THR - total hip replacement. Now I need to
take care of my lower back and neck.
Questions:
1- Has any one complained from pain in
lower back only (no lower extremities
issues)
2- Would it be wise to do L3/4 L4/5 and C
3/4 in one
procedure.
3- How can laser cut stenosis or bone to
create room for nerve roots and relieve
pressure.
4- Who is best to see LSI, Bonati, Tolli (
is he Thomas C Tolli from Lakeside Ortho
in St Petersburg ? )
Thanks
Mel
Greenville, SC
