Recent content by SuperStressed

I've been taking Neurontin 600 mg 4x's a day for about 5 years. Could the problem stem from long-term peripheral neuropathy?

I still don't feel anything in the last 3 toes on my right foot, but the other day I woke up screaming in the middle of the night because the burning pain in my left leg returned. I felt like I had been electocuted. That can't be good, right? That's part of what this surgery was supposed to get...

It could possibly sciatica. Goog*e Health Definition: Sciatica refers to pain, weakness, nurabness, or tingling in the leg. It is caused by injury to or compression of the sciatic nerve. Sciatica is a symptom of another medical problem, not a medical condition on its own.

It's almost 11 hours post-op (1:56 AM CST). I can't sleep because this Morphine is making me itch like a jailhouse cat. The IV Benadryl isn't helping it one bit. I will have no skin when I leave. At 4:18 Am the nurses brought in Dilaudid in a PCA Pump. The drip is continuous, but it must be a...

I like my PM Dr. He only performed my ESI's. I wouldn't use him for meRAB because he does random drug tests (which I don't have a problem with). So if you are randomly chosen for a drug test, you have to pay $30 for it, plus your co-pay. If he wants the test, he should pay for it. I have nothing...

Thanks! I really wanna get this weight off safely. I gained a lot of weight from a flat foot reconstruction in 2001, so that's why I'm nervous about weight gain after back surgery.

Coitus is another term for sexual intercourse.

I have the same symptoms in my left leg and now I have it in the right leg. I would stand or walk around and all of a sudden, BOOM: my legs have given out and I am on the floor. My MRI showed disc herniation and paracentral (both sides) protrusion and desiccation (dehydration) on L5-S1. I have...

It's been 2 months since my PLIF L5-S1 and the nurabness in a few of my toes hasn't gone away. Right after surgery I mentioned this to the neurosurgeon and he said that is normal after surgery. The toes that are nurab are on the right foot. I had nurabness on both legs before surgery, but never...

I am still in extreme pain everyday. My legs still give out and they burn, I also have nurabness in 3 toes on my right foot that was not present before surgery. Can anyone who's had this surgery explain why these problems still exist? I thought the surgery was supposed to fix all of these...

To clear up any information I may have left out: Pre-surgery, the NS told me that he would be handling my pain for the next 12 weeks. After that, I could go back to whoever was controlling my pain before I had surgery with him. When I told the NS that the Norco wasn't working, he said that's the...

I have bulges, protrusions, and a herniation between L4-S1. My pain management doctor will do a series of 3 cortisone epidural injections, 2 weeks apart from each other. The first time it didn't help, and my insurance would not pay for anesthesia, so I had to get Versed (IV sedative that didn't...

You are right. I didn't believe any of that crap the NS was saying. I called my PCP's office yesterday and told them what happened. It was close to the end of the day, so I knew they weren't going to call me back that day. I called their office twice this morning because I didn't want to go...

What is a 360 degree fusion?

If your back pain is chronic then chances are good you've tried all manner of conservative back pain remedies, stuff like resting, medication, heat or cold therapy, physical therapy, visits to the chiropractor and even corticosteroid injections. If the back pain persists it may be time to...