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No wonder I'm in pain
- Thread starter H2O MAN
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Dang!!! Look at the compression on the levels above the work you had. Tends to be the norm now. Hope you don’t start having mid back pain. More Prayers going up, I wouldn’t wish none of it on my worst enemies.
Those are 4 inch screws and two rods. Yep I can tell you about pain 5 weeks ICU and 5 weeks of Physical therapy. Almost two years ago and still in a wheel chair, Good Luck
I will include you in my prayers.
I am 5 weeks removed from L5 - S1 fusion (bottom). That level was worse than the upper levels. T12 - L1 - L2 are future plans (levels above).
Doctors felt recovery would be too strenuous to do it all at once.
Worst part is it takes nearly a year for insurance to approve the surgery.
Holy mackerel dude! Now that some damage there. How is that happen?
God Bless you My Brother!!!
That's why I never had surgery. The first time I really hurt my back I was 12 years old. I was running through the house and tried to jump up and touch my head in on of those construction paper chains we use to make at Christmas and hang from corner to corner up on the ceiling. When I jumped up I tried to get some extra height by jerking my body. BLAM!!! I fell to the floor and could not stand up straight and was in frightful pain. My mom being the know it all she though she was did not take me to the doctor. I missed a month of school and it was at Christmas time. I don't even remember what I got that year because I was in too much pain to even care.
After that initial incident I had episodes all my life. When I was body building I was on synthetic testosterone ( roids ) but I had a checkup with a very old doctor of internal medicine once a month to make sure I was ok during my on cycles. I hurt it again during a squats workout. That doctor told me in his exact words " If you can bare it with medication, don't you dare let them cut into your back! ". He said with the amount of damage and it being so low it would be a 50/50 chance it would work and I could very well end up in a wheel chair. That was all I needed to hear. I still have the MRI"s somewhere and it didn't look good. The pics I posted was before the real bad injury I sustained around 2003. I can't even stand more than 30 minutes at a time now and I have to hit the ibuprofen bottle immediately. The damage to mine is the vertebra or the disc above L5 and all the way down to the bottom of my spine. When my back hurts my balls hurt because of the nerves down at the bottom of my spine. I'm sure you guys are a lot worse but it's no picnic what I have I can only imagine what you guys are going through. And with the FDA cracking down so hard on the opioid medication the people that really needed can't get it. And that's a horrible predicament to be in.
My situation has gone from bad to worse, my right side decided to join the party yesterday morning. Pain is magnified, mobility is diminished, the opportunity for relief is still a month away.
Y'all hang in there. Mine ain't near as bad. Been dealing a long time. I have my days, but anti-inflammatories generally get me through. If that doesn't work, I just have to rest. Could be one day or several. Not just my back. I guess any joint or joints except elbows or toes can get me down. Just depends on the day. Plenty times I didn't do anything to cause the pain. Including just sitting in a chair. I'll take what I have over y'alls any day.
