Update Re: Cervical Fusion coming up

[Guest guest]

and group;

Wow wee no more pain there. That is great . Something we

don't hear to much in a pain support group. So I am eating that up.

I was off my humira for a month and the bad pain has not returned

yet. I am back on it and hope it's stays ok. I am so happy to hear

that your surgery was a success. God bless and take care

Gentle hugs

Clora

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>

> I thought I would update the list on my surgery. The Surgery went

> very well. Very little pain, well I was pretty doped up, called my

> boyfriend at 4 in the morning. lol Apparently I am quite the clown

on

> painkillers. I read the surgeon's notes when I went in for my

follow-

> up with my doc's PA, everything when well, did a bit more work than

> he orginally thought he would, hmmmm more bone spurs that even the

> MRI showed. Mainly the appointment was to take off the steri-

strips,

> and check the incision. Should end up with hardly any scar. Even

now

> it is a very thin line. Don't worry about seeing the PA after

> surgery, My doctor is on vacation, and I will see him on the next

> visit. Took x-rays at the visit and everything is where it is

> supposed to be. I have been trying to find the words to describe

how

> I feel. I don't think I have any pain remaining from the surgery,

> and my hands feel 'light' and very mobile. If that makes sense.

> Before I couldn't do certain movements without pain, and that pain

> isn't there anymore. I was hoping to be able to try some of my

> artwork in a month or so, was has happen since, is a bit worrisome

to

> me:

>

> I do have a question for others who have had surgery of any type

and

> have RA. I stopped my NSAID (sulindac) about 2 weeks before, and a

> couple of doses of MTX. I didn't stop my Remicade, and do not plan

> too. I have since restarted both sulindac and MTX. I know that my

> spine surgeon will want me off the sulindac for 6 months to help

with

> the healing of my spine, but.... I have started to have one

whammy

> of a RA flare. It started the day after Xmas, and have gotten

quite

> a bit worse. Almost ALL my joints are involved, toes, feet, hips,

> shoulders, collar bones, thumbs, fingers and hands, and my jaws. I

> literally can't open my month. The only thing I have done is be a

> passenger from Orange County to San Diego for Xmas dinner at a

> friends. Oh, and a quick trip to one of the small malls to but a

new

> winter coat, and pick up a couple of Rx's. Even my boyfriend

noticed

> I was having a hard time walking. If I had told him how much pain

I

> was in he would have when straight home. Is having a flare of your

> RA 'normal' after surgery? I'm planning on calling my Rheumy

> tomorrow, as I think he will be in at least part of the way.

>

> Well, at least no one has to tell me to take it easy. Can't move

> anyway.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

,

That's great news that your surgery was successful.

I hope you been out of your flare very soon.

Not an MD

On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 1:34 AM, cynthiadew1 <cynthiadew1@...> wrote:

> I thought I would update the list on my surgery. The Surgery went

> very well. Very little pain, well I was pretty doped up, called my

> boyfriend at 4 in the morning. lol Apparently I am quite the clown on

> painkillers. I read the surgeon's notes when I went in for my follow-

> up with my doc's PA, everything when well, did a bit more work than

> he orginally thought he would, hmmmm more bone spurs that even the

> MRI showed. Mainly the appointment was to take off the steri-strips,

> and check the incision. Should end up with hardly any scar. Even now

> it is a very thin line. Don't worry about seeing the PA after

> surgery, My doctor is on vacation, and I will see him on the next

> visit. Took x-rays at the visit and everything is where it is

> supposed to be. I have been trying to find the words to describe how

> I feel. I don't think I have any pain remaining from the surgery,

> and my hands feel 'light' and very mobile. If that makes sense.

> Before I couldn't do certain movements without pain, and that pain

> isn't there anymore. I was hoping to be able to try some of my

> artwork in a month or so, was has happen since, is a bit worrisome to

> me:

>

> I do have a question for others who have had surgery of any type and

> have RA. I stopped my NSAID (sulindac) about 2 weeks before, and a

> couple of doses of MTX. I didn't stop my Remicade, and do not plan

> too. I have since restarted both sulindac and MTX. I know that my

> spine surgeon will want me off the sulindac for 6 months to help with

> the healing of my spine, but.... I have started to have one whammy

> of a RA flare. It started the day after Xmas, and have gotten quite

> a bit worse. Almost ALL my joints are involved, toes, feet, hips,

> shoulders, collar bones, thumbs, fingers and hands, and my jaws. I

> literally can't open my month. The only thing I have done is be a

> passenger from Orange County to San Diego for Xmas dinner at a

> friends. Oh, and a quick trip to one of the small malls to but a new

> winter coat, and pick up a couple of Rx's. Even my boyfriend noticed

> I was having a hard time walking. If I had told him how much pain I

> was in he would have when straight home. Is having a flare of your

> RA 'normal' after surgery? I'm planning on calling my Rheumy

> tomorrow, as I think he will be in at least part of the way.

>

> Well, at least no one has to tell me to take it easy. Can't move

> anyway.

>

>