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lower back pain

captdave77 said:
I'm not reading the ten pages but I have been through this with my wife. Her back problems started in her mid 30s. It was depressing and crippling. She could not ride on the boat, walk around the boat show, go to sporting events, or even sit in the car for long hours. If we went away, the first issue to address was the bed we would be sleeping in. Her back pain was the number one issue in our life.

She went through shots, therapy, and finally a lower lumbar fusion. The surgeons went in through the front and gutted her like a fish, putting her intestines on a table next to her to get to the vertebrae.

The recovery was awful. She was on a walker at thirtysomething for 6 months and full recovery took almost a year. This is not a recovery for anyone who lives by himself.

Ultimately the surgery was a positive thing. We never could have done the traveling we do without it and she is certainly more mobile.

She is having pain again and again we are going through injections. Some injections are magic and some don't work at all. It is something she will have to manage for the rest of her life.

Luckily she does not have an addictive personality but back pain makes opioid dependence a very real possibility. The doctors write scripts for oxy like it is aspirin.
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thats awful

mine isnt nearly as debilitating
 
chucklenut said:
thats awful

mine isnt nearly as debilitating
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Keep managing it. Remember that you are in charge of your care, not the insurance company nor the doctors.

Get multiple opinions before deciding on a course of care. Remember that when you are a hammer, the entire world looks like a nail. Surgeons want to cut, pain management clinics want to medicate, therapists want to rehab, and chiropractors want to crack.
 
captdave77 said:
Keep managing it. Remember that you are in charge of your care, not the insurance company nor the doctors.

Get multiple opinions before deciding on a course of care. Remember that when you are a hammer, the entire world looks like a nail. Surgeons want to cut, pain management clinics want to medicate, therapists want to rehab, and chiropractors want to crack.
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truth

im going to stop the chiro visits and just work on stretching, core strength, and good diet
 
I'm sorry to hear about your wife. A very wise doctor once told me that there isn't a back problem in the world that surgery can't make worse. Opiates of any kind are poison. I was never into drugs but I had some wild times in college and I have seen close friends use every illegal drug imaginable and several that you have probably never even heard of. All of them were fine with zero addiction issues or long term effects. The only drugs that I have personally seen ruin lives and turn people into junkies were prescription pain meds. One friend of mine went from a devout husband and father to a full blown addict less than 2 months after he took his first pill. His wife wisely chose to take the kid and leave and he overdosed several weeks later.

Oxycodone is synthetic heroin. The molecular structure is virtually identical and the effects on the brain are the same. It doesn't matter if you have an addictive personality or not. It doesn't matter if you have strong willpower or not. If you take prescription pain meds for longer than a week or two, you brain will rewire itself to accept the drug and you WILL become physically addicted to it. 100% of the time, every time.

I know that this isn't exactly correct advice and it may get me in hot water for suggesting it on this forum but...if you absolutely have to have some kind of pain relief I would look into "medical" marijuana. I know several people with serious chronic pain issues that tried it and are now prescription free with ZERO side effects. Of course I have to also tell you not to break the law and to move to Colorado to take my advice.:rolleyes:
 
I've been dealing with chronic lower back pain for the last 40 years. For me, proper posture sitting at work, correct seating positions in my vehicles, Chiro appts every week, spinal traction in the past. I also have several deteriorated discs in my neck...C5 thru C7. Between the neck and lower back...I can be out of commission for a week at a time. It's a lifestyle change...take carre of ur back and ur back will take care of you.
 
had bulging disc L 3/4/5 causing pinched nerve from "taint" to my toes. had the spinal block. it worked but only masked pain. lost 20 lbs. started hiking, stiff leg deadlifts, light weight. worked on core exercises. can plank for 3x3 minutes. IMHO if you can help it, stay away from drs. they only want to react and treat symptoms not work on preventative medicine. get off the lazy chair. I fixed my self not the self serving medical field. btw im meeting up with an osteopath and getting rid of my corporate dr. who once was a small town family dr. good luck and keep us posted. 8
 
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