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rainiermec1
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Revision, Revision.
Here I am again, had to register again, therefore the new name. After my Revision in October 2007 my pain was greatly reduced. Then 6 months ago it started again, first in the lower back then radiating across the butt and then progressing down the typical leg dermatomes. I founs a new surgeon last week and he sent me in for a CT Myleogram which shows "A fracture or pseudarthdosis at L4 at the Lamina where it intersects the pedicle." Also there is no evidence of a "solid interbody fusion" and "Solid confluent bone block traverses the posterior elements on the left, minimal if any bone block is evidenced on the right"
This is after a complete revision with new hardware. My Surgeon told me I was fused at 6 months with very high certainty, even after I started complaining of pain. He then dumped me to pain management. I have been on Oxycodone x 40 mg/ day along with a myriad of muscle relaxers and anti-inflammatories.
I guess the moral of the story is if you are in pain and do not feel right, find a doc that will go further than a typical x-ray. With mine he looked at them and pointed out the fusion saying all was great for six months, when I finally starting disagreeing, I was off to the pain doc.
So today it is back to a new surgeon.
Here I am again, had to register again, therefore the new name. After my Revision in October 2007 my pain was greatly reduced. Then 6 months ago it started again, first in the lower back then radiating across the butt and then progressing down the typical leg dermatomes. I founs a new surgeon last week and he sent me in for a CT Myleogram which shows "A fracture or pseudarthdosis at L4 at the Lamina where it intersects the pedicle." Also there is no evidence of a "solid interbody fusion" and "Solid confluent bone block traverses the posterior elements on the left, minimal if any bone block is evidenced on the right"
This is after a complete revision with new hardware. My Surgeon told me I was fused at 6 months with very high certainty, even after I started complaining of pain. He then dumped me to pain management. I have been on Oxycodone x 40 mg/ day along with a myriad of muscle relaxers and anti-inflammatories.
I guess the moral of the story is if you are in pain and do not feel right, find a doc that will go further than a typical x-ray. With mine he looked at them and pointed out the fusion saying all was great for six months, when I finally starting disagreeing, I was off to the pain doc.
So today it is back to a new surgeon.