Re: lumbago vs bulging disc flare/irritation

[Guest guest]

This brings back a memories from my slender younger days in 1980 when I

originally caused that bulge on moving day.

I am walking again like my back is shaped like the top half of an S

" S " . Other then in the dental chair (raising me up) and when i woke withit

in horrible spasm in recovery from my this TKR (needed to urgently turn to my

left side with pillow between knees to resolve it) i have not had problems from

it.

Once the kink leaves it should be fine again.

Just one more glitche on the road to recovery.

L

>

> I must really have gotten " set back " by all this lyng around for so many weeks

because after my therapy yesterday I thought i only had my leg to worry about

and

> it seemed willing so I had my dh escort me to the grocery store (one cane from

curb to

> inside basket) for under 15 items. I felt fine but very tired in legs, feet

and back on way back out. Today i am aying for it with a major bout of Lumbago.

Had to bring the forearm crutches into the house to use more like a walker and

had to cancel

> an appointment.

>

> I think i am just weakened in that L area from lying around lately and have

been from years of favoring this knee problem. I think my lower back will

restrengthen over time like everything else arond thebknee should now that the

knee is new and i am up and about out of the house more again. I just have to

not rush and get set back onto my butt from oain. i do have a potential for an

old injury ( possible L4-L5 bulging disc) to flare but this as miserable as it

is is about 1/3 as bad as that used to flare to years ago.

> L ( 6 weeks from TKR)

>

[Guest guest]

Well it took me 3 days to recover from my lower back twisteroo or whiplash of

some sort and now my upper half of leg/hip recent included twisteroo seems

to also be improvng to where I am this morning finding myself forgetting to grab

my forearm crutches to get around the house.

That means iwill be back to my former good progress tomorow, just in time for

the shower which i feared would be looking worse at rather then at least the

same or better than before surgery.

I will not try to show off by going around that lawn (likely too risky and

irritating uneven a foot qsurface) party with just a cane. I will see most

folks again for Thanksgiving and maybe then inwill be more able to strut around

using my better " in the house " foot and leg stability.

L

> >

> > I must really have gotten " set back " by all this lyng around for so many

weeks because after my therapy yesterday I thought i only had my leg to worry

about and

> > it seemed willing so I had my dh escort me to the grocery store (one cane

from curb to

> > inside basket) for under 15 items. I felt fine but very tired in legs, feet

and back on way back out. Today i am aying for it with a major bout of Lumbago.

Had to bring the forearm crutches into the house to use more like a walker and

had to cancel

> > an appointment.

> >

> > I think i am just weakened in that L area from lying around lately and

have been from years of favoring this knee problem. I think my lower back

will restrengthen over time like everything else arond thebknee should now

that the knee is new and i am up and about out of the house more again. I just

have to not rush and get set back onto my butt from oain. i do have a

potential for an old injury ( possible L4-L5 bulging disc) to flare but this as

miserable as it is is about 1/3 as bad as that used to flare to years ago.

> > L ( 6 weeks from TKR)

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I also had to recover without the benefit of the ibuprofen or similar type

antiinflammatories because I am still on Aspirin blood thinning therapy for

another week or two so i guess all in all i did fairly okay taking 5-6 days to

bounce back and only missing one of my three PT sessions this week.

L

> > >

> > > I must really have gotten " set back " by all this lyng around for so many

weeks because after my therapy yesterday I thought i only had my leg to worry

about and

> > > it seemed willing so I had my dh escort me to the grocery store (one cane

from curb to

> > > inside basket) for under 15 items. I felt fine but very tired in legs,

feet and back on way back out. Today i am aying for it with a major bout of

Lumbago. Had to bring the forearm crutches into the house to use more like a

walker and had to cancel

> > > an appointment.

> > >

> > > I think i am just weakened in that L area from lying around lately and

have been from years of favoring this knee problem. I think my lower back

will restrengthen over time like everything else arond thebknee should now

that the knee is new and i am up and about out of the house more again. I just

have to not rush and get set back onto my butt from oain. i do have a

potential for an old injury ( possible L4-L5 bulging disc) to flare but this as

miserable as it is is about 1/3 as bad as that used to flare to years ago.

> > > L ( 6 weeks from TKR)

> > >

> >

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