Re: hello again~Tonja~

August 7, 2006

Tonja,

What surgeries have you had, as I am about to get a laminactomy and

discometony (SP??) on the 21 st! My first surgery. I had three nerve blocks,

that

did not work. And when you said, pain, not sleeping, that is how I feel, and

nothing works, and that is why my Orthopedic Surgeon, suggested, these two

surgeries, and states I will be up and out of the hospital in a day! I am

sooooooooon nervous, as I know then, is the hard work! I have no idea what I

am

going to feel an when, after the surgery, how long will it take to heal and

feel NO PAIN? Will this happen? He gave me a 90% chance it will work! I must

think positive, but so nervous...........ya know? What was your

experience's as I know I would love to know and others! Thanks in advance~

Hugs,

Dawn in Jersey

In a message dated 8/8/2006 12:17:08 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

todegaard0646@... writes:

Has your doctor talked about disabilty with you? I too have had three

surgeries including a fusion, and it's been 6 years since my last i'm now

trying

everything i can to eleviate the pain. I see my spine specialist next monday

and i'm just going to tell her plainly and to the point " I just can't take the

pain no more " I'm tired of not sleeping, hurting the minute i get up, if i

can, until the minute i go to bed. There has got to be something that can be

done in this technology age.. you would think

Tonja

August 8, 2006

Hi Dawn,

I had a triple lamectomy in September of 1998. Prior to this surgery I was

having numbing of the legs and feet as well as pain in the lower back and legs

and i had begun to lose control of my bladder. What was happening was the L4 was

slipping and severing my bladder nerve, so I was rushed into surgery. I had my

surgery and was home within a day or two. To be honest coming back from that

surgery wasn't so bad. I was back to work in about 4 weeks, with restrictions of

course. But the pain in my legs and feet and lower back continued. Not as bad as

prior to my lamectomy, but I still had pain. Physical therapy didn't really do

much for me. So in May of 1999 I had a three tier lower lumbar fusion with

fixation rods and cages of the L4 to SG1. That surgery was difficult. Not the

surgery itself, but the recovery. I had to wear a back brace for 16 weeks. And I

also had developed an infection which resulted in a PICC line in my arm for 15

weeks. I had to sit on a machine for three times a day at home an give myself

antibiotics interveniously. I couldn't go outside because the antibiotics would

react with the sun, i couldn't drive, i basically was homebound for 16 weeks.

The fusion is intact 6 years later, but I am in pain still. About three weeks

ago i had three injections into my spine, they were not cortozone but something

else and I was pain free for about a week then the pain came back. Now I don't

know what they are going to do. I have come to the conclusion that I'm going to

have to live in pain the rest of my life. I just don't get it, with modern

technology that we have to live in pain. If you have any more questions Dawn

feel free to ask, we are all here for the same reason and that is to support

each other and help each other deal with back pain. I also was diagnosed with

DDD and Spondy something or another..hehe. and arithitis. So on top of the pain

i have those ailments to tackle with..UGH!!

Tonja

Re: hello again~Tonja~

Tonja,

What surgeries have you had, as I am about to get a laminactomy and

discometony (SP??) on the 21 st! My first surgery. I had three nerve blocks,

that

did not work. And when you said, pain, not sleeping, that is how I feel, and

nothing works, and that is why my Orthopedic Surgeon, suggested, these two

surgeries, and states I will be up and out of the hospital in a day! I am

sooooooooon nervous, as I know then, is the hard work! I have no idea what I

am

going to feel an when, after the surgery, how long will it take to heal and

feel NO PAIN? Will this happen? He gave me a 90% chance it will work! I must

think positive, but so nervous...........ya know? What was your

experience's as I know I would love to know and others! Thanks in advance~

Hugs,

Dawn in Jersey

In a message dated 8/8/2006 12:17:08 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

todegaard0646@... writes:

Has your doctor talked about disabilty with you? I too have had three

surgeries including a fusion, and it's been 6 years since my last i'm now

trying

everything i can to eleviate the pain. I see my spine specialist next monday

and i'm just going to tell her plainly and to the point " I just can't take the

pain no more " I'm tired of not sleeping, hurting the minute i get up, if i

can, until the minute i go to bed. There has got to be something that can be

done in this technology age.. you would think

Tonja

September 2, 2006

tonja, i am way behind in my emails and have just read yours from auguast 8th.

but i truly identify with what you are going thru with pain. i had a

laminectomy and fusion on may 22nd, L3-L4. and the fusion is very good and the

pain in my right leg, etc. are gone. but now, out of the clear blue, my

arthritis is like 1,000 times worse. extremely painful all over my body. and i

am starting to have the pain in my left leg and electricity on the bottom of my

foot and big toe, left side. the doctor told me to lay off of swimming and

working out to see if left side clears up. i am going to see pain specialist

and arthritis specialist in two weeks. but living with pain every waking moment

(and if you are sleeping, it will wake you up). is a bitch. i staill have the

oxycontin left from the surgery and i nurture it so it will last longer. and i

cocktail it with the ultracet. i am wondering what are you taking for the pain?

thanks, marsha oh yea, and i am angry. i am 61 and i am just not in the mood

for all this stuff to be going on.