ANYBODY have a positive outcome???

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It's all relative to what you term success. It is really hard just reading partial stories to know if people had success or not. I like the boarRAB to learn what trip ups not to make, how to get a good body of knowledge to talk to the surgeons with, and how to set expectaiions and a good set of questions for discussion with your doctor.

Here's is the criteria the surgeons use: (ok only my sense of humor on what I think they use)
Success checklist:
a. patient survived the surgery
b. patient was sufficiently under post surgical pain management and laughing when asked if they felt any pain or sensations they were having prior to surgery.
c. patient went potty, pooped and walked the hall and went home.
d. patient's incision eventually healed up ok.
e. patient's xrays don't show anything broken or screws out of place.
f. patient shows fusion promise and eventually fusion or at least good solid hardware.
g. patient feels at least the same or extra points for better than before the surgery.
h. patient hasn't contacted my office in more than a year so they must be healed.


Sorry - I couldn't help myself.
 
I had pretty much the same except L4 L5 S1 fusion cages roRAB screwes

I am 4 weeks post op . They have me using a Bone Growth Stimulator. I have had no
tail bone pain before or after.
I think the screws for the S1 fusion are attached to this area of your tail pain


The pain I had was simular to yours could hardly walk but all nerve pain was gone the 2nd day after the operation
Robotta give it time .Have you seen the size of the screws they use for ths operation?
 
Hello,

I may be a potential candidate for some form of back surgery. I'm still in the diagnosis and x-ray process. Can some of you list the doctors you had success with?
 
Across this forum, I see more "the pain has been worse since having surgery than before" but, as was stated earlier, these are likely the folks who are more likely to post. Lots of folks saying that they've had a wide assortment of treatments but not much is working. With that much negative feedback, does that mean that everybody is different and the outcome is not predictable or does it mean that the skill level of the MD's performing the surgeries is variable?

I just ordered two books last night on back pain and, in reading the part that Amazon lets you read from the book, it said that the protocols for treating back pain are fairly antiquated and have not been updated for the field as a whole. The paperback version I ordered came out in 2007 so I don't know when the hardcover was written but I assume updated for the paperback. It was written by a Harvard guy named Jeffrey Katz. If nothing else, reading this forum has strongly motivated me to try to do everything I can to regain and maintain the health of my back as long as I can!

Brad
 
BradMM,
First: Research for the best Dr. in your area. Don't be in a hurry to get an app. because it usually takes awhile to get into the best Dr.
Second: Whenever you make the decision & have found out everything YOU need to know, stay off the internet. You can drive yourself crazy looking at everything.
Everyone is different. I've had back pain for 40 years. I can't expect to feel terrific right away after surgery. The decision I make every morning when my feet hit the floor is that I'm going to make it the best day I possibly can.
I have 2 roRAB, 10 screws and 2 cages along with 2 fusions. Anterior & posterior scars. I feel alot better than I did. But I'm realistic enough to know I have a long road to recovery.
Good Luck to you,
bunker55
 
it helped me too,i dont get any pain at all now and it was only a year ago.i had a l5 s1 fusion due to ddd and have not looked back or regretted it but everyone is different,
kezzo:)
 
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