Re: Pain management referral (help)

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> wrote:

> Have you had any other opinions from orthopedic surgeons on your leg? My

first thought is, maybe they could go in and check the hardware to be sure all

is in order, and maybe do a revision of the original repair.

>> wrote:

>> Also he wants to see what other things can be done to improve the quality of

my life and allow me to achieve a higher level of functioning and comfort.

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My diagnostic neuroradiologist was telling me they should just go in there and

put the bone dust as he was talking about to help areas in my back that were not

fused grow new bone.

I am sure that you would have to go to a experienced hospital that deals with

forward thinking situations and it has to deal with identifying if it is the

hardware, the bone fusing and growing, and the healing process.

Doctors do not like going back in as the situations that revisions cause

sometimes cause worse problems than the original problems.

Once bones heal, even incorrectly, they will leave them, rather than risking

redoing the process and the bone not healing at all.

I know with my fusion they wanted me to create friction as it stimulates the

bone to heal.

I believe nutrition, increased blood flow, and good health in your body helps to

produce healing correctly.

Can you get referrals for physical therapy (hydrothereapy) to increase blood

flow, heat and compresses, low impact exercises, a Nutritionist, and supplements

to stimulate bone growth?

I hope for you , less pain and good healing. These therapies are needed no

matter what they decide to do. I typed in femur surgery re do's and there were

many articles and forums that came up, also femur non healing provided a good

search.

Bennie