Guest guest Posted October 18, 2008 Report Share Posted October 18, 2008 Sue and group; I read about your spine exray don't understand much so glad you explained at the end... Yes I take the lidederm pain patches and the are great.... If they stay on ya... Heres what I do... Clean area with alchole after you are clean and dry that is... Than apply the patches when the alcholl dries... It works most of the time... It works in about an hour or so and the pain slowly disiapates... or goes away... gentle hugs Clora *********************************************************** > > The nurse called me last week to tell me the results of the X-ray of my > lumbar spine. Actually, she didn't understand it enough to tell me, > LOL. She sent me a copy of the report: > > " Frontal, lateral and oblique views of the lumbar spine show > genearalized osteopenia. There is a slight anterior spondylolisthesis > of L4 on L5 with relative narrowing of the disk space. No pars defect > or destructive lesion suggested. No acute fracture is present. Mild > scoliosis present convex to the left. > > Conclusion: > Osteopenia with Grade 1 anterior spondylolisthesis of L4 on L5 with > degenerative changes. No acute bony abnormality. " > > The nurse looked up the word " spondylolisthesis " and then said it meant > a slipped disk. I looked it up and found out that it's actually a > slipped vertebra. > > So I guess that my rheumy was right when he's said all along that it > was probably osteoarthritis in my lumbar spine. > > I did get a prescription for lidoderm patches. Man, those things are > expensive! My co-pay was a dollar apiece, and then the insurance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Clora, I've used only two of the patches so far, because my back has not been hurting so much in the last few days. There was no problem with the patches staying on. I'm not sure they work any better than the OTC patches that I've tried. I still can't figure out why a box of 30 patched has to cost $180! Since Enbrel works so well on my RA, I wish it would also help with this back pain which apparently is caused by osteoarthritis. Sue On Saturday, October 18, 2008, at 09:39 AM, CLORA wrote: > > I read about your spine exray don't understand much so glad you > explained at the end... Yes I take the lidederm pain patches and the > are great.... If they stay on ya... > > Heres what I do... Clean area with alchole after you are clean and > dry that is... Than apply the patches when the alcholl dries... It > works most of the time... It works in about an hour or so and the > pain slowly disiapates... or goes away... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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