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Hey everyone! Thanks for all the posts and updates on your recoveries. 2 weeks from today is the big day. I haven't been on the computer much because I am sinking into this depression. Being in horrible chronic pain for this long really takes a lot out of a person. I don't do anything...

Thank you so much for your response! I know the surgery will take a very long time to recover from. I do have lots and lots of help. I have so much family right here in town, and my mother does not work, so I know she would really be there for me. I have also done lots of research and have...

Hey everyone, For some crazy reason, the hydromorphone tablets I was given in the ER last weekend do nothing. They are only 2 mg tablets so I'm not sure if that is why. Vicodin, which is supposedly a lot less strong, works better. The valium I was also given makes me hallucinate so I am...

Hi Mckinney! I am also having a fusion in April, April 7th. I will also have incisions in both my back and stomach. I will have roRAB, screws, cadaver bone, and some of my own bone for the fusion. Only one level (L5-S1) will be fused. I get so confused reading everyones posts because, my...

Hi- Sorry both of your recoveries are taking so long. I know it will take a long time. My grandma had a one level fusion of L5 and S1 9 years ago and she was on pain meRAB for 8 months post op. It has been mentioned to me that my headaches could be from the vicodin. If that is the case than...

Yeah, I will talk to him about it at the pre-op visit. Everything happened so fast at my appointment with him last week that I forgot to answer my questions. After he said he wanted to do my surgery, I couldn't think straight after that because I was so full of emotion! I just don't want to...

Hi! I also have this at the L5/ S1 level, and I am also fairly young... 27, too young to be considering a major back surgery anyway! My slippage is not as severe as nscrbug's, but I am actually in a lot of pain, and do consider myself somewhat disabled. I have Grade 1 spondy, although I am...

Hi I have seen 3 different surgeons, and all had slightly different interpretations. My MRI did say that my L4-L5 disc had an annular tear, bulge, and DDD. However, it did look much more normal to me than did my L5-S1 disc, which is herniated. My discogram showed that pain was coming from...

Does your doctor know that you are having difficulty controlling your bladder? That can be a sign of a very serious problem. It would need immediate attention so you don't end up with permanent nerve damage.

I would like to have the surgery because pain management is not working well for me. The 2 injections I have tried have not helped, and I am so incredibly tired of taking pain meRAB. I am always tired and nauseas from the meRAB. I can still walk, but barely some days. I just want my life...

I agree with Back Ache! I also have an extremely difficult time sitting idle. In fact, I can't stand it! I am the type of person who can't even watch a movie because I can't sit still for that long. I am on disability from work at the moment, and will be for awhile yet. I should be taking...

I was prescribed Neurontin which I believe is an anti convulsant. I really really hated the way it made me feel so I didn't take it for long. It helped a little, but not enough to make me want to take it with the side effects..

Well I met with the surgeon, and still no surgery. I am still not strong enough, I have a lot of weakness and tightness in my legs and back. Apparently the physical therapist I was sent to did not treat me as the Dr. wanted him too. He didn't teach me any strengthening exercises. All he did...

Thanks everyone! Brenda- YEs the Dr. did say that he couldn't schedule the surgery yet because they wouldn't allow it. I bet by "they" he meant the insurance company. I have felt a little better since being home. All day my pain level hovered around a 4 or a 5, and I was so excited, so we...

I am so with you. I have not had surgery yet but I am to the point where I can barely take care of myself let alone my 17 month old. I feel like I have become such a burden on everyone. My meRAB help the pain but make me so tired and nauseas and out of it and I hate taking them. I sleep a...

I will not be traveling alone. My mother and sister will be with my daughter and I the whole time. Thanks for the tips though, that is a good idea to request an ailse seat. I would imagine my daughter will have to sit on my mom or sister's lap and not mine. I have flown with her twice...

Hi- I have Spondylolisthesis, and am currently awaiting an appointment with an ortho pedic surgeon. I also plan on getting an opinion from a nuero surgeon. I had been working with a regular orthopedic Doctor, but the conservative approaches for pain management are not working, so I am being...

I am having this test done on Dec 2nd. I was told I will be sedated, but not enough to be completely out of it because I have to let them know if it hurts. I was also told I will be given pain meRAB for any discomfort I experience.

Hi Lynn- I am not understanding either, at all. Maybe he was apprehensive from the beginning because they usually do not operate on grade 1 spondy. For some reason I am in tremendous pain. I feel like the MRI I had in october is not seeing something. The discogram I had done in Deceraber...

I would personally opt for the surgery. My problem is different that yours, I have a pars fracture which has caused one of my vertebrae to slip out of place. My pain only started 6 months ago, and I have only been on narcotics for 3 weeks, but that is not how I want to live my life. I am only...