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tomorrow mornin for the trial of spinal cord stimulator - have to be there are 7:45am and they should start around 8:45am - they told me the procedure takes about 45minutes to an hour and then an hour in recovery - will try to post tomorrow night to let ya know how i do - take care - talk to you later - Joy -- 2/2008 Anterior Lumbar Fusion L5-S1 surgery was sucess. L4-5 has posterior ...

Replying to: not sure if I should have surgery Hi Tony, I hate to hear you might need another surgery. That's never what we want to hear a Dr tell us. But....if the bulge is pressing on nerves and causing your feet to be numb, you definately need something done. Are you saying the Dr said you might be in a wheelchair if you DIDN'T have the surgery? If other methods won't help then you...

Replying to: back pain Hello child, I am Jan, nice to meet you. What kind of work do you do? Are you standing, reaching etc. Sometimes sitting at a desk can really rile up my muscles. I try to stand and stretch at least every hour or so. If you can take a short walk to the bathroom you can then do a bend over stretch or stretch your arms. You may also want to consider some thing a bit...

Replying to: lasers and back pain Hi Christy, Sorry I can't help you but still wanted to welcome you here. I'm not very familiar with the laser treatments. What do they do? Hope it works out well for you and you can get some pain relief. Keep us posted......Dot

Replying to: Tuesday Moanin Morning Deach and All.....Cold is the word, we are way below normal for this time of year. Long day yesterday, after PT I had to take my aunt to the ortho doctor, he give her an injection in her back and I hope this gives her some relief. 2 different ortho places in 1 day is way too much. A big thank you to Dot for welcoming the new people. I should do ...

well yesterday was the day from hell!!!! they told me that the procedure would be less painful than a discogram - NOT - it hurt so bad - so this is what happened - once they got the implants in I was in recovery where the guy adjusted the remote of the SCS - i could feel it in my right leg (upper part down to behind my knee where the nerve pain damage is) BUT the nerve running down my shin ...

hi, myhusband has lower back pain and i am wondering if any form of massage helps to relieve some of the pain?

Replying to: Help please with all the surgeries you have had they should be giving you frequent flyer miles.......sorry to hear aobut he pain...........seems like you would be on something different for pain ...at least something in addition to what you are on...............were it me I would considering no more surgery and taking something like oxycontin for pain...............sorry I ...

Replying to: New Meds and discogram scheduled tonya,Like Dot said, you seem to have everything under control. I feel bad that you are having surgery just before Thanksgiving though. Oh I noticed where you said your Dr. was etc.My daughter must live right near you as she lives in Royse City,TX and I hear her talk of Rockwall & Plano quite a bit. Good luck with the discography & ...

G.-morning Deach,I read your post from yesterday (Sat.) & you talked about your knee hurting. Have you had knee replacement? I don't know how much longer I can hold out with mine,a year or two ago I went to a ortho. surgeon & we had an MRI done. It showed just about bone on bone,did 3 set's of cortisone & it helped a lot. The 3rd. shot made my blood sugars go thru the roof & I felt real BAD....

Replying to: OT-Today's Question! Christmas Shopping, I do that all year long. LOL and i shop on the 26 for more bargins. Glad to have you back Sharorooni, Have a good one, not feeling my cheerful self, hope i'm better by mornin, DEach~

Morning backie oldsters and newbies, Down to freezing here in S.East Pa. Not ready for the cold weather. Slept okay, watching football last night was a good way to drift off. Very busy at work, selling more cough and cold products again. Didn't get my flu shot as yet. Need to see my new PCP as soon as he gets my records. Not bad pain wise today, same old. sinuses flaring a little, could be...

Ahhhh, monday again, 38 and not warming up much today. Now we get below normal temps. after above normal. Guess we have to make up for the warm days. Good sleeping last night, when i do sleep good i wake up early. Oh well. Slight cervical pain and good old sciatic is there. Hey Arthur where are you? Ooops there you are. Where is everyone? I should have taken the weekend off,, no one ...

Morning everyone, on this humid and foggy day. rain coming this evening again. Yeah, my day off. I have a bunch of things to do today. Like visit my car insurer for my tire slashing incident. Then pick up my PCP records and take them to my new doc. May get to the farmers market if i plan it right. Achey this morning, of course. Sinuses are better than yest. which was a rough day at work. One ...

Replying to: Ye Old HP Moanin Evening Sharon, Hope your doctor is a good one, if you need surgery again. Hey, how can a cat warm a bed unless its a tiger. They are just furballs. The morning was not good for me but the afternoon got better, I managed. With all the people coming in with viruses its not hard picking something up. Have a good night, ~Deach~

Replying to: OT-Today's Question??? Good morning Shar46, I am very new here. I signed up about a week ago. I enjoy reading all the posts and appreciate having this site to communicate with others. I I am not sure what a board moderator does but I do appreciate all they do. I have communicated by replying and posting messages. I am not sure if there are chat rooms here or how to go to...

Oh yea, Thursday Morn. rain coming in from the west, heavy in looks. Just another weather change. Oh yeah Oh yeah, Deach is sore. Unloading truck with a cold has its drawbacks. At least i can breathe okay today, so far that is. Didn't get the best sleep with the old T&T. Back to work today but before that my good friend is bringing fire wood down from his farm. He has to do it at his ...

Morning everyone, Rainy day Saturday. warm though. Another good germy weatherday. What happened yest. I couldn't get into WEB MD, It was all kafudled Don't think it was my computer, because i could go everywhere else. So anyway hope we are back ta normal Pains and tingling in hands/arms caused me to take celebrex again last evening. It does help with inflamatory problems. I've ...

Morning everyone, Okay who sent all this wind East?? Whooowe windy, roaring out there and 43 and not going up much today. I slept pretty good even though i forgot my antihistamine,maybe i'll try to do without. Dreams which seemed long and with all kinds of characters from my past. I remember my 64 Chevy Impala was in a dream and i was worried about where i parked it. Nice to see it again, i ...

Good Morning All,Well I had my discogram(FUN NOT) on Wes. they called me yesterday to set up a time for the procedure. A fusion on Dec. 19th I have already met my deductible so I wanted it done before the new year. An TliF at L4-5 he is not taking the whole disk out,it is narrowed in the back & trapping nerves back there so he will pack bone back there with hard-ware. He said it woul be about...