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YAY least you went finally- I HATED not going- it was aweful!

This is not the time or week to try stretching your pain meRAB, really, you'll feel much more like being able to do it next week really, there may be times next week that you get up in the morning and don't need them right away, but when you get up to start doing things more on your feet you'll need them and can stretch it out. The 2nd week I was living on my pain medicine- round the clock thru the night too. You also haveto remeraber, the longer after the fusion, the better weekly you feel, so the more you try to do each week and it almost balances out for how many pain pills you take cuz you're increasing what you're doing daily, cuz time has passed, so even if you wean off some now, in a week you'll want to do more, and then kinda go back to needing them to be able to do your next accomplishement- so it all goes hand in hand. I would not relay too much on your decreasing the pain pills as what you are going to be doing is going to increase, and also the need for the pills to be able to go up the next step in healing- if you know what I mean??

You don't want your body to get accustomed to sending off pain signals all the time in your body. I can stretch them out now, a few hrs here or there especially if I am not making a harder dinner, or lifting a pot, or going to a store I can stretch it an hour or so, being up for more than 10 minutes I need one though unfortunately, and sometimes I make it thru the nite (SOMETIMES), but I'm at five weeks (I kept thinking six- but I am at 5 now).
I know we had different surgeries but you had an impinged nerve. I went to the cell store (didn't drive) last night, and I was in ALOT of pain when I got home- from the weather I think- I didn't do that much whatsoever yesterday besides that- didn't even cook dinner for the amount of pain I was in last night, and took a whole pill before we left, and was really in pain 1 hr later when we got home, and I stayed in bed for the rest of the nite. UGK!

What helps me is laying on my side with a large pillow between my knees and ankles, it really helps the pains in the back too.

What are you feeling? Nerve pains in your legs? But? Just surgical??

How are you now with your pains??? Do the pain meRAB kill off the pain for you or just taper it down a few knotches?

Even thou the doc may want you off pain meRAB at 4 weeks doesn't mean everyone heals at the same rate - AND if I remeraber correctly, he said that prior to knowing you had an impinged nerve- that makes a BIG difference for healing time. Nerves take 2 weeks per INCH to heal, sometimes longer. The sciatic nerve is the thickness of your thurab, and 4 feet long! So if you are having nerve pain, give it time they heal very slowly.
 
Hey Rosey:)

You are not going to believe how long I went with no pain meRAB. I took some last night at 9 pm, fell asleep at 11:30 or so, and didn't wake up until 6 am!!!! I took a Tylenol PM so not sure if that had something to do with it. But let me tell you, I totally understand the importance of taking your meRAB on schedule because I was in PAIN PAIN PAIN when I woke up. I still haven't gotten it under control, although it is much better now. I went back to sleep at 6 am and slept until 11 am, so again I missed another dose. Tonight I am setting my alarm for my meRAB because the pain is so bad if I don't take them in the night. You know, my whole perception of pain has completley changed since this whole thing. I thought labor was bad. I did get an epidural, however that wasn't until my contractions were 2 minutes apart, and I did have pitocin which makes the contractions more accute. But mad, after this surgery, I think the next child birth will be a piece of cake! I sure hope so since I wont be allowed to have epidurals from now on. I may need c-sections anyway due to a complication with my first labor, and I wont even be allowed to have spinals, so I will need to be put out.

The were using some of my own bone too, but he also said he would need donor bone.

My nerve pain is REALLY bad today. My left leg feels like it might explode. That makes me really nervous that the problem wasn't fixed. I assume you still get the nerve pains since you may be dealing with permanent nerve damage.

My sitting is getting a tiny bit better, so that gives me hope that I will make it to FL. Only 9 days till I am supposed to go. Someone is going to have to help me pack. I still can't concentrate on much other than the pain.

As for the supplements, the Calcifood contains honey, cellulose, bovine bone, dicalcium phosphate, calcium stearate, arabic bone, and veal bone. The Ostrophine has veal bone, bovine bone, calcium lactate, honey, manganese lactate, and calcium stearate. They both have vit D too. I would definitely at least take calcium though.

Okay I gotta lay down. The meRAB are making me way too loopy and I can't type. I have had to go back and fix so many typos on this post!

I hope you are doing well today!
 
Hay as for sleeping, if you sleep on your side, I notice I need a pillow to wedge infront and behind me when I sleep, as I seem to sag my shoulder foward and when I wake up its MUCH worse on my back, if you're sleeping on your back and waking with pain then it's just pain, but if your side wedge pillows it will really help ALOT. Plus when I am on my back I put a pillow under my knees, that helps take more pressure off your back too, for awhile It bothered me to do it, now it feels better when I do- so I think it just depenRAB on where your back is at lol who knows.

I know labor is nothing compared to back pain, and I had my first all natural!! This ordeal is like 10x worse than labor, truly.

As for Fla, 9 days can change ALOT when healing from this- It's amazing week to week how things change, and how much lets up to push yourself alittle more too. I think you'll make it there I really do. And if you get probs sitting get that donut but thing that you blow up, I bet that'll help the plane ride, remeraber a square pillow or 2 for your flight, that'll help alot.

I goto the dr on Tuesday-that's my 6 weeks checkup- can't believe its been that long already! I'll see if I got any donor bone. I am going to go for another walk with my daughter in a bit, I noticed- in the difference of ONE WEEK, from hardly being able to severely limp just up the street with my cane being used extrememly just to do it and tons of pain, to being able to go farther than just around my block, and go up the steps like a normal person instead of stopping on each step with both feet.
So you will really just jump foward soon too it was amazing the difference from week 4-5, really amazing.

Sitting stinks, but I learned after my first surgery, that it took me about THREE months to be able to 'sorta' sit, (and that was with a large rehernation) but even that, it took that long for the surgery pains to fade, and now I can sit for about 1/2 hr, with a pillow behind me making me upright with perfect posture, or in my recliner I last about an hour, maybe alittle more. I notice the longer I sit, once the muscles relax, my back locks up and its terribly hard to get up, and I gotta scoot foward to be able to only use my thighs to get up.

You sould watch the OTC meRAB, esecially any PM meRAB, depending on what you're taking/ie-muscle relaxers/pain meRAB, as they have 'sedatives' in them and you most likely will haveto completely wait the time for them to be out of your system to take your reg meRAB from your dr. I did alot yesterday, went to SO's house, sat outside, was upright MOST of the day, hardly laid down AT ALL, but 9pm I had ALOT of pain especially in my back, and then we went for a drive, and going around a turn in the car I had this EXCRUSIATING nerve pain shoot up the side of my spine, hurt like crazy.

SO I overdid it yesterday.

I still get nerve pains, they've faded some, and I can walk some without a limp from the pain, I am doing pretty good now, I look like I am alittle slow walking with a slight limp vs egoring around dragging my leg, and hunched over in agony for so many months, heck, almost a year actually. SO I am getting better finally, and my atrophied leg is looking much better, its still alittle sickly looking but the muscle is starting to build back up again at least. I might make it thru this thing- I just might! After being so severely hurt and totally stuck bedridden cept for the bathroom, I truly never thought I'd see this day again, or get my legs back, I really didn't. I get alot of pain higher in my back that hasn't been MRI'd yet still, near my bra strap, its really been stirring lately, I guess because for once I am finally more mobile. I know for AWHILE it felt like under my fusion was going to explode, so much pressure it was aweful and making me nervous, and it started to fade, went on for about 2 weeks thou. I'm learning the hard way how long it takes these nerves to try to heal. The electrifying pains have faded for the most part, unless I over do it.

I'll see if I can find something like what you're taking, I'm going to ask the dr when I go what he thinks is good for me to take OTC vitamin wise. I take chromium picolinate to upp my motabolism, and green tea for the antioxidants now, I didn't ask him if those were OK thou, but I don't see why not, I'll bring them when I go this week.

It's supposedto rain here tomorrow we'll see if I am dying again or not, I hope not, the last rain was absolutely TERRIBLE on me, it really was aweful. Another reason I want to push it today and walk alittle farther, as I can't when the rain comes tomorrow.

Hope you're doing good!! :)
 
We posted at the same time-above. Thats BS to be honest, with your dr. If I am doing HARDLY ANYTHING, I take a lorcet (stronger vicoden), 10mg, about 2x a day. If I am doing SOMETHING, like trying to go for a walk, or when I saw my aunt, I know to take one before I go, and I take a half before the car ride anywhere for now.

I know you're upset, but, being upset is going to make you hurt more. AND to be honest, each week does let up a descent amount, so you MAY be able to tolerate it come 6 weeks, especially how well you are doing now! I am so proud of you!!!

What you should do is start trying to only take one and see if you can make it on that, if not, then take another half an hr later, still no- take the other half, and do it in steps on taking your meRAB. I've been doing that as well. Also helps you store a few for when they DO cut you off, you'll have some left-just refill at the time expected on the bottle instead of when you run out if you can stretch it some. Try at night taking like- one pain pill, and the muscle relaxer, but truly, at only alittle over a week I cant fathom you cutting back much but, you never know you amaze me. And start trying some ice, it will help I'm tellin ya.

Some days, I only take one pill FOR THE DAY, then other days, like yest with the rain- I TOOK TWO AT A TIME**REMOVED***.

I am not the best candiate to compare to, truly, I can almost guarantee you I am going to wind up w/ permanent nerve damage. Just my gut feeling, considering how long I was bedridden with the severe nerve pains and couldn't use or move my legs or even a toe.

Relax, you never know, you may not be needing much come 6 weeks, truly. Did you ask if you can take any extra strength tylenol WITH you meRAB?? If not when you go next week run it past the dr, maybe some will help knock down some pain WITH a pill or 1 and 1/2, just a thought, but ask dr first, and remeraber its got to be TYLENOL not alleve or advil or ibuprophin.

Your dr is a rough one that's for sure. I go on the 21st, one day before you so we can compare notes :)
 
Hey,

Thats a good idea to try and make the meRAB last. I did ask today if I could take Tylenol and they said yes, just no ibuprofen for 3 months. I am also taking these supplements which promote bone growth. I got them from my next door neigrabroador who is a chiro/ nutritionist. I cleared it with my dr first of course. So hopefully those will aid in the fusing process.

I took 2 shorter walks today. Every time I do, no matter how short, I get really shaky and feel like I will throw up, and sometimes I do throw up. They also make my pain so bad. I just feel like I need to walk as much as I can to get better.

This just stinks but I am glad I did it. Although those first few days I regretted it big time, when the pain was like, inhumane. I have come a long way in 9 days, so hopefully I will be fine with no pain meRAB.
 
Hi

When I am on my back, I do have a pillow under my knees, and I do also lay on my side with pillows in between my knees and behind and in front of me. I notice when I wake up in major pain, I am on my back, so you are right about that.

I have been walking up and down the alley, and I ran into my neigrabroador today who is a physical therapiist. He says by the way I walk I need a cane, and I helped me walk home. He said he could get me one or I could use a golf club. I might try the golf club first. We talked for awhile about everything.

I had these weird horrible pains today. They were throbbing, and would come and go like every 30 seconRAB. They were in my back and made me make noise every time they hit. I wonder what that was. Do you ever have anything like that?

I hope you got out today. It was cold here today, only 50, so I only took 1 walk.

I am going to the bathroom on my own, but only a little bit, and I am having stomach cramps. I hope soon everything gets regulated. I hate this part. Also, the incision on my back seems to be healing well, but the one in front is taking longer. I wonder why.

I am looking forward to your appointment on Tuesday and mine on Wednesday. I have so many questions written down to ask.

About the OTC PM meRAB. My surgeons nurse said I could take tylenol PM. But I did hear from a fellow back surgery friend yesterday that you cannot take tylenol PM with Nuerontin (or Gabapentin -generic version). The nurse should know I am on that. But anyway I did not take it again. I will ask about it at my appointment.

Okay I can't sit here anymore! LOL!
 
No Advil until you're fused. :( It'll take a few weeks for the swelling in the front to go down. I looked like I was about 6 months pregnant after my surgery! Do you use the pillow trick on your front incision? Use a little firm throw pillow or folded up blanket to press gently over the incision when you need to move, cough, etc, to keep it from hurting so much. I can't remeraber if I told you about that before your surgery. So simple, but a lot of nurses don't think to teach it to you.

How old is your daughter? She'll be preferring you again before you know it. She's probably frightened right now, and maybe confused. Give her a little time and yourself some healing time, and you'll both be back to your normal relationship. I bet you can't wait to give her a big strong hug! That's gotta be hard! Hang in there!

Emily :wave:
 
The meRAB I'm sure are making me sick. They really only take the edge off my pain too. I have to call and ask for refills tomorrow because the dr didn't give me many. I calculated, and he gave me 6.25 days of meRAB. It makes me scared to ask for a refill. The bottle says I can take 1 or 2, and I always take 2. I am afraid to ask for more.

I took a 4 block walk outside today and I have been paying for it majorly today.

How long was it before you guys could sit? I can't sit without tremendous pain.

My follow up with my dr is on the 22, one week from today.
 
Ohh Meg I've been looking for you and thinking of you daily since your last post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so glad you're home, and with the nausea, I am on a generic compazine, 10mg, if you are still nauseas, call the dr asap and ask for compazine to take with your meRAB, it will help tremendously, that's the only way I can take pain meRAB. Get hubby to get you a stool softener or miramax and start taking it, the surgery alone is going to constapate you let alone all the pain meRAB, its best to start taking things now!

I am glad you got validated for your pain with them showing there indeed was a pinched nerve, doesn't it make you feel better (considering everything you're going tho), to be able to say I told you so!!!!!! That was the best for me too!! Relieves some stress like they don't know what you're going tho!!

Each day will indeed get better and better for you, I am so sorry to hear you were so sore when you woke! I too hurt when I woke, and just said over and over I'm in pain I'm in pain and then they handed me that little button to the IV.

Remeraber, if you notice an enhancening of nerve symptoms and pain going into 2 weeks, its expected, so just rest throu it the best you can, that is when I needed my cane the most. I am so glad to see your post! If it's hard to get out of bed get hubby to get some satin sheets, they work wonders, truly.

REST SLEEP and pop those pain meRAB, like clockwork, I will await your next post!! You are NOW on the road to recovery, welcome, its only the beginning of the yellow brick road!
Much love!!
 
:) :) :) :) Happy Birthday :) :) :) :)

I spent my birthday last summer bedridden lol I was so miserable, AND turning 35-
I can relate on it stinking thats for sure.

I get bad leg aches, almost like someone beat me with a bat, if you're getting real crampy eat a banana, since you haven't been eating much maybe your potassium is low, that will help if it's cramps from the potassium.

The nerve pains take A LONG time to heal, I've been through all different impingements in this 9 months, and each one takes about a good 3 months to ease up, PLUS you majorly pinched yours the night you went to the ER so that ones got ALOT of healing to do. LOL you haveto have him get you a cane- I think a golf club would be too heavy anyway, the cane is hollow aluminum so its easier to move around to me.

I'm going to ask about the permanent too, as my bad leg doesn't feel like my good leg, and why the rain hurts so bad, if I can drive, do aquatherapy, whats up with my arm and upper back, can I go on neurontin, how long til the nerve pains should go away, how far should I be able to walk by now, and how to get my stamina up as I sleep for hours after the simpliest feats. Ohh and if he's got any EASY exercises to help my back or the nerve with scar tissue, I want that nerve to glide FREE in there squeakly clean and stay that way.

If you still have scabs you better be careful with the sand when you go, I'm sure hell let you by then, NOW prob not, but maybe by then, the water will do you good.

I think aquatherapy sounRAB nice too, as it'll make you lighter in the water, but the resistance should help with the muscles, I'm personally afraid of drowning after all this, and not being able to move my legs hardly, I couldn't kick to save my life if I tried, so I better be FAR AWAY from the deep end lol or I'm not doing it. I know I couldn't cut PT yet, no way, I'm lucky I make it walking without passing out from being winded and dizzy.

You gotta check your meRAB online and make sure theres nothing with sun sensitivity in it if you're going to Fla, you don't want to fry. Just google them, or ask the pharmacist, I know sometimes i get different stickers on my pill bottles from the pharmacy, and sometimes NEW ones who knows, so it's best to google them and read about them.

I'm in bed all day so far with this cold weather and rain, it stinks bigtime.

I hope your birthday gets better today! If not, just make it through the day with a smile for your little one, and as everyone said to me (which I hated ) next years will be better. Mines in 3+ months, so I had better be better than last year!! Wish I would have had THIS surgery first, and not the microD. I would have been better off.
You're lucky to get a fusion the first time around believe me. Even if it does stink NOW, it will ease up for you. :) Feel better ! Chin up! You're doing very very well with how far you get to walk and easing up on the meRAB! Maybe by the end of the week I can catch up with you. I hope.
 
I have seen over the weeks comparing that I do get alittle better each week,even in the slightest. Last week (which puts me at 4 weeks vs your not even 1 week), my daughter came with me to walk UP the block and back=not far at all, I HAD to use the cane, like my bad leg, like a crutch just to do it, and I walked SOOO sloooow she was ready to kill me, and that was with pain meRAB in me and I paid dearly for 2 days.

This week (my 5th week and your mid 2nd), I used the cane alittle, and made it AROUND the block at an almost normal pace, I think it took 15? minutes? maybe more--with pain meRAB in me still, and my limp wasnt nearly as bad as last week when I tried.- I only tried the block cuz you whoppered me with 4!! OMG ! lol :) I was thrilled I made it, we tried to do it again a few hours later, but half way thru the block this time my nerve pains started rearing terribly and I lived off the cane to get home. Comparison wise you're kicking major BUTT!! TRULY!!

So each week will get better, you just gotta get over that hump in regarRAB to the pain, and when you over do it you just wind up in more pain for more days. Once I see a window to be able to try to do something I do, and overdo it and regret it lol

What is this bone growth thing you're taking?I was going to ask if it's ok for me to take calcium or something, see if I remeraber this week to.

I think you'll make it to florida, you just gotta get over the hump, it'll be soon, you're getting there!! Week to week you'll see you're getting alittle better, soon soon you'll be rearin to go and not tons of pain. The rain KILLED ME for two days, TERRIBLY, it was like 4 steps back warRAB it was aweful, now it's faded away thankfully. I read somewhere someone used one of those donuts, air filled, you know with the hole in it to sit? Maybe hubby can get you one of those and see if it helps as your surgeries lower and then maybe you can sit more comfortably- like the things they give you after childbirth or when you get something removed off your but- you know what I mean?

Come to think of it, at one point a few weeks ago, I did something- I dont rem what- and I couldn't stop shaking, and had to lay down, felt like crap, and I had over did it, so maybe don't push yourself so much, maybe you have the same thing as me w the shaking doing too much at once. Maybe try half of what you do, in steps over the day doing the same amount? like one block, go lay down for alittle, wait a few hrs, do it again, instead of all at once 2x a day??
 
I'm BAAACKKK lol
I think your dr will prob do an xray- just to see that everything looks ok and didn't move, thats what the surgeon said to me today, not that I'm fusing, but to be sure everything staying in same spot. I am allowed to squat, but not beding lifting or twisting still of course. No fusing going on bla bla I did a post on here about the visit go peek so I don't retype it my arm killin me!

I know about being scared with Grace, PLUS you CANT LIFT HER AT ALL! NO NO NO and I KNOW you're going to want to, and she's going to want you to! Absolutely NOT!
Start practicing to squat near a table and see if you can get down and up SLOWLY, or even half way to get your knees and muscles back to being in that position, I had to work on it for months and then with this surgery I think I started around 3? weeks being able to if I rem right. Then at least you can get to her level for a hug or kiss.

I didn't get alot of time at all to ask everything I wanted, but I can't try aquatherapy til next month :( he said just keep trying to walk, he wanted me to take advil to help with inflammation and to calm the nerve but I am allergic to anti inflammatories so I cant, and can't take steroiRAB due to the fusion ugk.

I am so tired and sore, the wait in the waiting room killed me atop the rain today. But he said everything still looks good in xray at least.

He didn't care that I still haveto take the pain meRAB and everything else either, but remeraber I've been shot for a long time. He was glad I didn't have the cane.

K I am off, I gotta rest before I can start trying to cook dinner. :)
 
The cane really does help, if the PT will teach you how to use it, I used mine as if it were my leg, on the same side, with each step, like a crutch cuz I couldn't put my leg down, but someone told me you're really supposedto use it on your good side to help compensate - got me!!

Ohh and if you try miralax to take it'll make you regular, and it's just powder you put in juice and you don't even taste it, it worked great for me, I'd drink some every morning and I'd be going the next morning. Try that if you don't have that one

Those pains you get can be one of 2 things- either you're getting more muscle spasms and its bothering your nerves, or when your nerves heal they keep firing off, (HATED THAT) mine did it for about a week, and then they faded, I think it was sending signals to be normal or something- cuz it just kept going off and off and off driving me NUTS and I'm grunting and groaning thru the whole thing! Take your muscle relaxers or notice if you're on them when it happens and see if it goes away or happens when they are running out of your system. It'll go away too, in a few days, I had alot of that in my leg to my foot, and others in my spine, the ones in my spine I think were muscle spasms driving me nuts and a weird umcomfortable not nice feeling lol

the incision in the front is prob deeper than the back, so it'll take longer I'd guess, I just got vitamin E to put on my scar now since it's healed to help it heal better overall, I had to wait for all the scabs to go away and me to be able to touch it.


I bought a memory foam egg crate bed topper at like target for 20bucks, it works GREAT for me, even thou I got a good bed, I was getting pressure points, maybe somethign like that if you notice you're getting pressure points. Sometimes I wish I had a tiny pillow to put in the crevis of my back curve when I lay down, I put my hand back there ALOT and put pressure above where the incision is, but that may be whatever else is wrong w my back that hasn't been looked into yet.

I cant wait for my Dr appt, I really wanna try aquatherapy, I just dont know if it's too soon or if he's going to let me do it. I think my SO got my cane at CVS was like 20bucks or less, and its adjustable, with a nice foam flat handle so I could really lay my weight on it trying to get my leg to move, worked great.

My sleep meRAB kicking in finally, so off I goo to snooooze getting sore tonite even with the walk with my daughter, but its getting cold and is to rain, so I am hoping this is not a prelude ugk the rain better be nice to me tomorrow that's for sure.

Nite!
 
Hi Megss,
Welcome home! Isn't it a relief to have this over with after all the stress of making the decision what to do? Take care of yourself and try to stay on the upbeat. Here's to a speedy recovery!
Jan.
 
Hey Rosey!

I am glad you got your haircut! It is always nice to do something nice for yourself after being through so much. I am glad you were able to handle driving too. I still have not done that, but I am on pain meRAB every 4 hours so I really shouldn't yet. On Friday I am supposed to go down to pain meRAB every 6 hours. I am scared. Sometimes it is hard to make it through 4 hours! Although I am not taking as many as allowed (don't take them every 4 hours through the night) so I will be having extra for emergencies.

Get a massage! I had one today and it was nice. It hurt at first to lay on my stomach, especially with that incision, but I got used to it.

I didn't even think about having Grace clirab onto the couch to change her. My mom said the same thing. I was probably just so panicked about the poop that I couldn't think straight. That was like the last thing I need this morning.

I ate a lot today. I had a little bit of soup for lunch, some sherbert for a snack, and then I had some left over chicken and some slices of cheese for another snack. I am having rice only for dinner. This will be the most I have eaten in one day for a long time. I need to gain like 15 pounRAB.

Alright I am going to go downstairs for a bit, I need a change of scenery.
 
HOLY CRAP 4 BLOCKS! OMG! Thats WONDERFUL I still can't do that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I told you you'd leave me in the dust! ;)

Take it easy! My goodness!!

You have a lower vertabrae worked on than me, so I would think sitting would be even harder, I could only sit for 10 minutes completely upright to eat dinner, now with alot of pillows, I can last about an hour on the couch-reclined, I cant sit relaxed tho, only upright position and perfect posture for 10 minutes.

I can't believe you walked so far my GOD! Thats AMAZINGGGG!!!!
 
That is alittle steep here for over an hr its 60 esp a friend? But who knows, I'm dying for one, I just cant get in any position comfortably for someone to rub my back!!! My mom actually does massage (alittle hard thou lol ouch!) I may hit her up this w/e for it I need it desperately bad.

I can cook, one meal a day, today was hard cuz the dr appt ran late, and then the ride in traffic, then hurry n cook before I could really get a true rest on my back.

once you start letting up on the pain meRAB more you'll be going better, at least the suppositories worked for you, I tried everything and aint nothing got me going for like 10 days. Was aweful!

If you don't sleep in a nightgown maybe try it so nothings rubbing around the front incision I did that for the first 2 weeks with my first surgery, my 2nd I wore mens boxer shorts that were sagging below the incision. My incision almost goes TO my but crack, my SO took a pic of it and showed it to his friend and his friend asked if it was a pic of my but. :o ugk. lol

Well my doc was shocked when I barely gimped in with my purple blaring cvs cane and couldn't believe I had gotten that set back from the nerve being moved, he was shocked. Happy this time when I didn't have it. Your doc may change what he says once he sees how you are in PERSON 2 weeks post op, that was my worst time physically, the next week started heading up for me, and the following week was a good week too. I am not allowed to pickup anything bigger than a gallon of milk still. Been that way for awhile now actually. And I cant, Ive tried, and boy do you pay bigtime.

If the dr says yes she can pick up the baby, THEN interrupt and ask HOW TO, as since he doesn't want you to bend or put pressure on your back, I'd like to see how Mr Dr Man is thinking it can be physically done??? Request an example of what he means on how to physically be able to pick her up.

I wanna know what trick he's thinking that I cant! I do notice the closer you hold something to your front/chest, the less it hurts your back, so when I carry my laptop or set the table with dishes I carry them flat to my chest, if I hold them normal I can feel the pain in my back and then some.

I know, peeps don't understand anything with back stuff-moms included. My mom has been OK cuz she worked as a PTA in a hospital for awhile, BUT my SO (whom I'm not speaking to at the moment) decides the ONE pot he was going to cook dinner with, was dirty, and threw a hissy fit, like an asz, and went off the hook, I went in reemed him out, kicked him out and haven't talked to him since. LOL I was in agony all day with the rain, and he's mad that I should psycically know which pot he was going to cook with, AND ensure it to be clean at 6pm? NOT. Takes 2 mins to wash a pot if you need it. wash it. -I work all day- you do nothing-
NOT! I do as much as I can. ONE POT doesnt make or break something. I threw him out. Screw it, I dont need more stress, just get out if you're going to be a male shovanist pig. TA TAH

My mom is ok, I see her less, and shes' more understanding, she came w me to dr today as I told SO to kiss my sweet pattootey, and my mom saying to dr are you SURE you want to let her to drive??? ARE YOU SURE? lol I was like sssshhh ssssh shutup I wanna drive! lol hes letting me drive now at least. I know I can't go far whatsoever but, its some freedom FINALLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dying to for 9 months NINE MONTHS of being in this bed in this room!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now I am FREE!!!!!! YAY YAY YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am so excited. THRILLED! I usedto know that I was going to be in a wheelchair, very soon, and now after surgeries I am walking and I can drive! My goodness what a difference. Legs buckling out from under you falling stunk, and hurrying to take a shower before the legs wear out, and SO carrying me and catching me all the time, was aweful. That was the worst time of my life, the bedridden and that. Killed me inside.

And now I am almost normal again! I could cry!!!! HELL I AM!!!!!

Good luck at your appointment post when you get home I wanna hear about it!

And ask about the plane ride, and /or extra meRAB as you will be trying to get to fla, maybe he will give you some extra for the flights. That would be good. And try to start saving some, if he asks if you got some still say 'a few' I'll need more, and get him to script you so you have a FULL bottle to get to Fla with. I am starting my neurontin tonight. Thank god. I was dying for neurontin.
 
Hey Rose,

I am still feeling sciatic pain, sometimes really bad. It is discouraging but I know it is normal. Today is a bad day. I am taking my meRAB and throwing up. I am just so shaky,. I really don't think I will amke it to FL in a week and five days. I just can't imagine being able to go.

I have to go lay down....
 
Meggs-
I read through some of this thread and hope that you are feeling better today. I had my first back surgery (just a discectomy though) when my son was 13 months and I was 19 weeks PREGNANT with my daughter. So I totally get the helplessness that goes along with being a mom.

I was wondering what tests you had that showed no nerve impingement? I've had 5 MRI's and a CT Myelogram and all of showed I no involvement. I am being told my herniations were so large, that the nerves are just badly damaged and the the damage is permenent. An EMG showed the nerves are damaged.

I was just wondering more about your situation. How can all the test show no impingement yet you did?

Thanks!!
10sox
 
I took like a 6 block walk tonight with my sister and daughter. About half way through I knew I needed to get home, so we headed home. I have been in SO much pain ever since. The serious pain hit about 5 minutes after getting home. I don't know what I was thinking. I thought I could manage it since I had a decent day today. I am also so exhausted I feel as though I have been hit by a truck. I hope I don't have a really bad day tomorrow as a result of this walk, it is supposed to be in the 80's tomorrow, our warmest day of the year so far. I would like to at least take my normal walk down the alley and enjoy the weather!
 
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