Hello i'm 34 with a wife and a son and
daughter . In 2001 I had a l4/5
laminectomy, after a 17 week recovery I
was back to work as a firefighter with no
pain. In 2006 I was lifting a medical
patient and herniated l4/5 l5/s1. My
surgeon performed l4-l5,l5-s1
laminectomy,posterolateral lumbar
interbody bone graft fusion, lateral
fusion and pedicle screw instrumentation .
After the surgery there was a great
amount of pain that got worse within three
weeks I had to go to the emergency room
due to no medicine would relieve the pain
, a malogram was done and found that one
screw was not in the correct position.
The surgeon did a second surgery and
removed the screws. It has been 2 months
since the second surgery and even though
the pain is not as great as it was
between the two surgerys it still hurts as
bad even before the first surgery. I
can't seat for long periods and even lying
down hurts when i'm on one side, I can
stand longer than any thing.At this time
the doctor wants no physical therapy.
I just don't understand will the pain
ever go away, I am presently taking
medicine three times a day just to be able
to get out. Its so hard going from such a
active life to a standstill. I do like
my doctor but my wife and I are thinking
of a second doctor. Any body any
suggestions , ill take any thing right
now??
