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I will be having a one level spinal fusion of L5-S1 on April 7th. It will be a 360, so I will have incisions in the back and abdomen. I am a meraber of this massage program, where I get a massage once a month and they automatically deduct the money from my checking account. I cannot cancel...

Hey! A few days after I finished the Naproxen, my pain came back and with a vengence! My whole leg feels sore (area around my knee included) on top of the groin and lower back pain. I am really upset about this. When I lay in bed at night, the area where my leg meets my hip throbs. I have...

5 months ago it started, and it was only in my groin area. Then it moved to my lower back, then on to my buttocks and down my leg, and now it is spreading up my back as high as my shoulder. I have also been having headaches for the last couple of days (not sure if that could be related). At...

Hi everyone. I had my MRI today. I will not know the results until my ortho appointment on Wednesday, but I have been studying the pictures (I got to take a disc home with me), and I have compared them to pictures on the internet. I also decided to take a look at my x-ray pictures from when I...

Lately I have been asked if I have trouble starting to go pee, and to be honest, I do sometimes. I can always go, but sometimes it takes a lot of concentration. Is that something I should be concerned about?

I finally got a copy of my MRI repots today when I went into have my discogram done, and I have a question. For Findings, it says: T11-12 through L3-4 disc spaces are normal At L4-5, there is disc desiccation and mild posterior disc bulge without nerve root impingement. At L5-S1 there are...

I had my first ever steroid injection today. The epidural medication they put in felt great, although it only lasted for about 30 minutes. I was told it would last 2-4 hours. So, I had a very brief moment of relief before the pain began to return, and now I am in unbelievable pain. I know...

Hello All, As many of you know, I have a condition called Spondylolisthesis. I first noticed bad pain about 6 months ago, nearing 7 months. I have no idea how this occurred, just that one day I noticed pain. My pain has progressed pretty rapidly over the last 6 months. My most recent...

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...

1. My surgeon stated that I should only need pain medication for about a month post op. Is that really possible? My grandmother had this operation 9 years ago and was on Lortab for 8 months post op! From what I read on here it seems that most of you take them for longer. I am afraid that I...

So this morning I hobbled into PT like a 90 year old woman. The therapist wanted me to see the doctor instead of doing my workout since I have been in such awful pain. I was crying as I tried to do my stuff. I had never met this Dr. before, but he is the doctor assigned to me at the PT place...

I think we all understand very well how emotionally and physically draining chronic, and severe pain can be. Yesterday, something happened that terrified me. I was at a stop light waiting to turn left. My daughter was in her car seat in the back. I swear the light turned green (even though...

I had my appointment with the surgeon today. I fully expected to walk away with a surgery date, but unfortunately, I did not. First off, he is a great guy, and spent over an hour with my husband and I. I cried almost the entire appointment, and he kept handing me tissues and was very...

On Tuesday I had a steroid injection into my left side (around the L5 level). The injection was administered above my left butt cheek. Today (Thursday) I have woken up with a bad headache. It feels like I have a bad hangover, even though I have not had alcohol in a long time. The other weird...

OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!! It hurt really really bad, and I am in a lot of pain now. The pain meRAB are only getting my pain down to a 5 or 6. I won't know the official results until I meet with the surgeon again on the 10th, but because it hurt so bad does this mean some of my pain is coming from the...

About a month ago I began having horrible migraine like headaches. I thought it was from the spinal injection, but now I am not so sure because they are not getting better. My spondy is in L5, and my sciatic pain is usually on my left side only. The headaches are also on the left side only...

I need some advice. I posted a thread last night stating that I have spondylolisthesis plus 2 herniated discs. I was diagnosed with spondy 2 weeks ago, but was told yesterday, by my chiro who swore she is an expert at reading MRI's, that I have 2 disc herniations as well. After seeing my...

Do you think I will be able to handle it? I will be 20 days post op when we leave, and 4 weeks post op when we travel home. We found incredibly cheap airline tickets (like under $200 per round trip ticket!) to Fort Meyers, so I had to say yes. I will have lots of help on the plane for myself...

For a little while now, I have noticed that my legs are feeling progressively weaker. Today is horrible. I have very little stamina. I was trying to carry my daughter down the stairs and I nearly collapsed. Luckily my husband came to my rescue. I started Neurontin 3 days ago, and I am...

8 months ago I had a fusion at L5-S1 to correct a fracture, Spondylolisthesis, and herniated disc. It was horrible and I never got better. I am now with a different (better) surgeon, and after more tests he is going to go in and fuse L4-L5 (it has a full thickness tear, disc disease, and...