Re: Need Information Please!!

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Ann

Sorry that you are having pain still - however, generally that is to be

expected.

As I said in post to Scot today - (so I will not repeat too much) I had a fusion

L4/L5/S1 with DDD and they did a laminectomy. I had horrible pain in my legs

when I woke at the hospital. They even did an ultra sound to make sure there

were no blood cots. These pain continued for the better part of a month. My

surgeon did not really have a thought as to why, other than to say that the

nerves are being very distrubed during surgery and it takes time for them to

calm down. So pain meds were my friend during this time and gradually things

settled down. Another forum I belong to call it " distraction pain " .

Hope this helps. Jan

>

> Hello Everyone,

> I had a Lumbar Laminectomy of L3 and L4 on October 14th. I wasnt hurting when

I woke up from the surgery, but now after 2 weeks post surgery I am hurting bad

in my right leg and it goes numb for awhile and tingles. I am scared, can anyone

tell me what to expect??? Thank You! Hope You have a Much better day then I am

having!

>

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Ann,What you are feeling right now is really quite normal. Many if not most people will have the same symptoms as you have within 2-3 weeks post op from a decompression surgery of the spine.Prior to your surgery the nerves had been compressed and as a result of that compression you where

feeling the nerve pain that you had that can also result in a lot of muscle pain as well, caused by not moving and walking properly and straining muscles, tendons and ligaments to move.Immediately post op, those nerves feel the relief of the nerve compression being removed from them and the result is the decrease and no pain. But there is a catch to that.Once you start to feel better and can get around a bit from the initial post op restrictions, you start to move more, stand up straighter and start to use your legs

to walk more. That causes the brain to send messages to the the lower extremities, IE the legs to move again, and move correctly. In doing this, you are requiring the tendons, ligaments, muscles, nerves to move properly again and they have gotten used to moving things they way they had and those compressed nerves were not doing anything at all but shouting out the pain they where in.The result of all of this is a disruption again in the way your body is moving and it is causing strain in a different way and the response is what you are feeling now.Those nerves are telling you to leave me alone and let me enjoy life without being compressed and you are telling them, along with the muscles, ligaments and tendons, no way, get moving and do things right.At the same time the nerves are also trying to heal from the compression they have been having and presto, after a couple of weeks the pain does start to return for a while.It will get better in time and you are barely 3 weeks out from your surgery date.You should talk with your spine surgeon about this so he/she can assure you that what you are feeling is perfectly normal and you should start a course of physical therapy with a good PT that is well versed and experienced in post op spine surgery. you need to learn the following in PT which is vitally important and will become a normal routine for the rest of your life.You need to have help to learn proper post op exercises to strengthen your core muscles so that you keep those cores as strong as possible to support your

spine.How to properly move to keep your back strong and not do injury to it in the future, and you need to learn the core exercises to do at home to keep that spine strong that will become a daily part of your life for the rest of your life.Don't panic about the returning pain, it's normal and talk with you doctor about them and physical therapy as well.FranFrom: Ann <nachobaby2@...>Spinal Stenosis Treatment Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 11:26 AMSubject: Need Information Please!!

Hello Everyone,

I had a Lumbar Laminectomy of L3 and L4 on October 14th. I wasnt hurting when I woke up from the surgery, but now after 2 weeks post surgery I am hurting bad in my right leg and it goes numb for awhile and tingles. I am scared, can anyone tell me what to expect??? Thank You! Hope You have a Much better day then I am having!

[Guest guest]

Ann,What you are feeling right now is really quite normal. Many if not most people will have the same symptoms as you have within 2-3 weeks post op from a decompression surgery of the spine.Prior to your surgery the nerves had been compressed and as a result of

that compression you where feeling the nerve pain that you had that can also result in a lot of muscle pain as well, caused by not moving and walking properly and straining muscles, tendons and ligaments to move.Immediately post op, those nerves feel the relief of the nerve compression being removed from them and the result is the decrease and no pain. But there is a catch to that.Once you start to feel better and can get around a bit from the initial post op restrictions, you start to move more, stand up straighter and start to use your legs to walk more. That causes the brain to send messages to the the lower extremities, IE the

legs to move again, and move correctly. In doing this, you are requiring the tendons, ligaments, muscles, nerves to move properly again and they have gotten used to moving things they way they had and those compressed nerves were not doing anything at all but shouting out the pain they where in.The result of all of this is a disruption again in the way your body is moving and it is causing strain in a different way and the response is what you are feeling now.Those nerves are telling you to leave me alone and let me enjoy life without being compressed and you are telling them, along with the muscles, ligaments and tendons, no way, get

moving and do things right.At the same time the nerves are also trying to heal from the compression they have been having and presto, after a couple of weeks the pain does start to return for a while.It will get better in time and you are barely 3 weeks out from your surgery date.You should talk with your spine surgeon about this so he/she can assure you that what you are feeling is perfectly normal and you should start a course of physical therapy with a good PT that is well versed and

experienced in post op spine surgery. you need to learn the following in PT which is vitally important and will become a normal routine for the rest of your life.You need to have help to learn proper post op exercises to strengthen your core muscles so that you keep those cores as strong as possible to support your spine.How to properly move to keep your back strong and not do injury to it in the future, and you need to learn the core exercises to do at home to keep that spine strong that will become a daily part of your life for the rest of your life.Don't panic

about the returning pain, it's normal and talk with you doctor about them and physical therapy as well.Fran