Anyone?

Thanks
robin

I was hoping to get some advice. Is anyone here?

Thanks
robin

All I want is someone to maybe share their experiences with me and give me some helpful advice. If noone can, then please let me know so I will stop wasting everyone's time here...

I have never had back surgery but have have 4 knee surgery in less than 2 years. I also work in surgery myself and take care of lots of back cases.
I can tell you wether to or not to get surgery that should be only up to you. If you have nerve impingment than that can cause more problems in the future. I would consider having the surgery.

Thank you very much for your input. I do believe that the nerve thing will only get worse. I have tried the spinal injections before and they don't really offer much releif.
Robin

Hi, I am only 24, but have had 2 back surgeries already and pain for 8 years. I had a herniated disc that was going into my sciatic nerve as well. None of the epidurals or blocks helped. A year and a half ago I had a microdiscectomy. It was done outpatient and I only have about a 1 1/2 inch scar. As soon as I woke up from the surgery I felt instant relief. But 2 weeks after the surgery I coughed standing up and the disc shot out again into the nerve which made me collapse to the floor. I had the same surgery 2 months later and it worked out well again. I was doing really well until about april of this year when I was at a job standing for 8 hours and the same disc herniated again. I have ddd on the last 3 levels of my lumbar area as well, but I had that already at 16. (all from too much volleyball) now I have on and off again pain in both of my legs when it used to be just my right. My pain management doctor said that at one point my disc will probably collapse since it has had a section cut off it twice, it is degenerative, and now it is herniated again. This is my l4-5. They think at some point I will need a disc replacement, which is still on trial basis, but they are doing many of them now where I go. My surgeon didn't think any surgery was necessary when I saw him in april, but now it seems the pain has gotten worse, even though I have done 2 months of pt. I am getting a new mri at the end of this month, so we will see. Sorry to blabber on, but I just joined this today, and needed to vent about my problems which don't seem to be going away. Anyway, the reason I was writing you was to tell you that I believe that if you have a microdiscectomy, it could benefit you greatly and it is minimally invasive. The recovery time is pretty quick, it can be performed outpatient, and you get instant relief as soon as you wake up. Good luck on whatever you do, and I hope it works. I know what it is like to suffer everyday and I only wish you the best. Kaia

Ok well for one . . . . Surgeries are most likely to mess you up even more . . . . Especially if you have had 2 . . . And the first one didnt do it for you . . . . Well heres the thing . . . I work for a doctor's office . . . They do this procedure and its called vax-d . . . It basically fixes bacl pain with out drugs or surgery . . . If you are anywhere near the bay area in ca you can come see us if not just go to www.Vaxd.Com . .. . . I think that is the website . . . Or you can go to www.Advancedmedicalcenter.Net . . . And there should be a link to get a vax-d link . . . . On the vax-d site they should have a list of doctor's in your area that do this procedure . . . . There arent that many doctors that specialze in this . . . . We are an alternative medical center so naturally there isnt going to be any type of surgery and that is what you are going to want so if you arent in our area go to the websites I provided and hopefully you will be able to get the info that you needed for your back pain . . .



~elena~

I've had one surgery on l4/l5 with fusion and bak. I, for one, would never let another surgeon touch my body. Just one surgery and the post op pain was more than I could stand. my surgeon was a nerd and laughed when I returned because my abdomen had swelled to about 8 months pregnant! Needless to say, I have never gone back to him. Pain - I finally went to pain management elsewhere and ended up getting two separate nerve blocks. Worked fantastic wonders.

Now, 6 years later, and another mri later, I have two more bulging discs - one above and one below the fusion. Go figure. It's time to change jobs.

I was just referred for physical therapy. Got there and was told to pretty much stretch the "ham strings". Yeh, right. I have never been overweight and am very active. Now i'm lucky to be able to do one slow dance with my husband without pain in the lower back and both legs.

Surgery? No, not ever again. I didn't have a choice the first time. Spinal column too narrow and disc was essentially dissentegrated.

Listen to your body. If you have a gut feeling that some doc or therapist is telling you something you already know, don't be foolish and keep going to them and paying them for lip service. Just think about what hurts and what you can do to alleviate what ever you can of it. One day at a time. The hard part is sleeping. Rest. Keep walking but watch the bending and lifting.

I don't know about you but my surgery left me traumatized forever.

Please all visitors to this post. The book is called "combat conditioning" includes and exercise called 'bridging' , this involves supporting the whole bodyweight on your forehead and feet. You of course work up to this level. But this exercise alone has helped thousands of people with similar problems around the world. I come from scotland and it has helped me and my friends.

Hello,
this is my first reply to this forum. As far as going to some website that is continuously being spammed, that is your choice. I am not a doctor, nor do I play one one tv I will be having lumbar disc replacement with the charite iii disc on l5/s1 soon. I have to see the surgeon one more time next week. (10-21-04) Dr. Scott webb from florida spine institute will be the attending physician() I do not prescribe to any quackery! I will not allow some fake doctor of anything touch my body and I do not recommend you nor anyone else do so either. It is your choice, as to how you get this problem fixed. I have a pain managment doctor (robert gruber d.O.) also of f.S.I. Speak to your doctor about disk replacement. As of now I am aware of 2 disks in the us, prodisc and charite iii. Charite iii has just finished its fda study and has proven safe and effective, about 85% with good results and so there are 15% of people that have either failed and had no relief or have gotten worse. I look at is as though I have an 85% chance of getting better with the disc or 50/50 with fusion and a guaranteed second failure within 10 years from what I have read and all of the people we all know that have had more then one level of fusion. Again please don't go use some quacks methods of "self-healing".

I will be having surgery to have two discs replaced soon plus they will replace a disc in l3 which is a fractured vertebrae hoping to straighten it out since it is not healing since the accident last july. The other two discs are l4 and l5. Since I have degenerative disease the disease isn't helping the discs. I also have arthritis in my neck with a little of the disease. I have heard that the new discs are very helpful. I know a woman who had the disc replacement and she is now pain free and able to go back to work in construction. I am willing to take the chances for this surgery if I can come out of it pain free and be able to live a normal life again with my husband, who has had two open heart surgeries for a valve replacement from a bacteria.

i am having one level replace on december 17th. Good luck to you and I will be really interested to hear how you do after the surgery also!