Re: one heath issue after the next

[Guest guest]

hello , do u think the doctors in florida are any good. I heard they

are the worse in the states. who is the doctor doing the surgery? and how bad is

the X Ray or MRI look? did u try using an Inversion Table I have bad discs too

and I have the inversion table and it helps out alot u might what to look in to

that, doctors do not like they but they help with the pressure and pain.

personally I will not trust a doctor in florida most are not board certif. for

the surgery. can u tell me who the doctor is too?

Thanks

mitomomtoo mitomomtoo@...> wrote:

Hello Friends,

Sorry I have been pout of touch for so long. I have been dealing

with one thing after another with myself and the boys. My oldest has

been home at least once a week for at least 2 months now with awful

headaches and my younger son has been having break thru seizures that

we can't seem to control.

I have been to what seems like a gizillion pain docs and FINALLY I

got an appt with a Neuro Spine Surgeon. After countless blocks and

attempts of one med after another to no avail, I am recoverying from

a discogram done last week. A severally herniated cervical disc at

C4-C5 was seen. I am scheduled for a cervical spinal fusion with a

donor bone graft w/ plates and screws on May 18th. I tried to get

the surgery scheduled asap because we are in FL and school gets out

on the 23rd and they start half days on the 19th. Just my luck!

Three kids home right after surgery!

I would appreciate any input from any of you who may have had spinal

surgeries or suffer with disc problems.

I have been keeping up with the posts but have been running from one

appt to the next,and this has been my first chance to sit down long

enough to post.

Hope you all are well,

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[Guest guest]

Hi,

Best of luck with your surgery! I know what you have been going

through, chapter and verse. It is not easy. I had a 10 year history

of upper back & neck/head pain before I found an orthopedic spinal

surgeon who would even discuss a discogram with me, much less order

one. Sure enough it was positive, and I had a cervical fusion, I

believe also at C4 C5. (I usually repress any memories of that time, in

1992) They also removed the intervening vetebra because 2 discs were

involved, and then put a bone graft from my hip. It was not easy, but

do-able. I wore a big metal contraption/cervical support for 3 months,

and the pain slowly subsided. The bones healed right on schedule. I

liked that brace because I felt it protected me from inadvertent

movements or bumps from other people. I did feel very vulnerable -

took my cane when I went out, way after I really needed it bc I wanted

ppl to see that I was delicate. I needed a full year or better before

I could go back to work, though. At the time I could not understand

it, but in retrospect it fits into my overall pattern. I do believe

the surgery (a lot of physical stress on the bod) or the anesthesia

(still wonder) or enforced inactivity afterwards, or.....something

kicked off spinal pain in the rest of my middle back, heavy duty muscle

weakness, and overall decline in function. To this day I don't know

what did it,, but I strongly feel " probably mito " was at work. I just

took a very long time to begin to have the same level of general

abilities that I had before. For me, I always do worse after an

" enforced rest " . Seems like my muscles need to move and work to keep

them working. Anyway, if i get into another major surgery situation,

I will do my darndest to devise some sort of work-out in between the

prolonged rest, with some part of my body, as soon as I can. Just me.

From my reading I think the surgeries themselves are successful most of

the time, and a good degree of pain relief is found. The adjacent

discs need to do all the " shock absorbing " so we need to be careful,

life-long, not to stress them too much. I also feel improper posture -

due to inherent inner core muscle weakness (probably mito related)-

made me a candidate for neck problems way before I ever got rear-ended,

and I still watch my posture carefully. Also, years before my surgery

I limited my pain meds only to those times that I could lie down and

sleep afterwards, and did not take much after my surgery, because I

stongly felt that when they masked the pain, it could/did result in my

making " wrong moves " which ultimately increased my problem. I still

feel that way with orthopaedic/mechanical pains and strains - I assume

they are fixable, & want to know what body positions/activities are

better and worse. Again, just me.

So, some suggestions

Get yourself in the best possible shape before hand, knowing you will

be inactive for a while

Make sure you don't have a cold, virus, etc. That can cause mito ppl

problems on top of the stress of surgery

Make sure they are careful about the anesthesia - sounds like your doc

is up on stuff.

Put your household on alert - you must be the number one priority for

quite a while - you will need time to heal and get your whole self back

on track. I do hope you have an easier time than I did with recovery,

but know there can be a wide range, and what the docs tell us doesn't

always happen. I did recover fairly well, but it was a lot longer than

what I was told.

It does sound like you have done a lot of research, and are trying to

prepare yourself. Sorry I could not tell you " It was a breeze. "

Wishing you a good and speedy recovery.

Sunny

> Hello Friends,

>

> Sorry I have been pout of touch for so long.  I have been dealing

> with one thing after another with myself and the boys. My oldest has

> been home at least once a week for at least 2 months now with awful

> headaches and my younger son has been having break thru seizures that

> we can't seem to control.

>

> I have been to what seems like a gizillion pain docs and FINALLY I

> got an appt with a Neuro Spine Surgeon.  After countless blocks and

> attempts of one med after another to no avail, I am recoverying from

> a discogram done last week.  A severally herniated cervical disc at

> C4-C5 was seen.  I am scheduled for a cervical spinal fusion with a

> donor bone graft w/ plates and screws on May 18th.  I tried to get

> the surgery scheduled asap because we are in FL and school gets out

> on the 23rd and they start half days on the 19th.  Just my luck!

> Three kids home right after surgery!

>

> I would appreciate any input from any of you who may have had spinal

> surgeries or suffer with disc problems.

>

> I have been keeping up with the posts but have been running from one

> appt to the next,and this has been my first chance to sit down long

> enough to post.

>

> Hope you all are well,

>

>

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Sunny,

Thank you for giving me such a detailed idea of what to expect! I am

trying to do everything I can that will make the recovery easier when

the time comes. I am glad that the surgery brought you relief! The

bone graft I will be having will be from a bone bank, the doctor said

the usually don't harvest bones from the hip anymore--------modern

technology!!!

Thanks,

>

> > Hello Friends,

> >

> > Sorry I have been pout of touch for so long.  I have been

dealing

> > with one thing after another with myself and the boys. My oldest

has

> > been home at least once a week for at least 2 months now with

awful

> > headaches and my younger son has been having break thru seizures

that

> > we can't seem to control.

> >

> > I have been to what seems like a gizillion pain docs and FINALLY

I

> > got an appt with a Neuro Spine Surgeon.  After countless blocks

and

> > attempts of one med after another to no avail, I am recoverying

from

> > a discogram done last week.  A severally herniated cervical

disc at

> > C4-C5 was seen.  I am scheduled for a cervical spinal fusion

with a

> > donor bone graft w/ plates and screws on May 18th.  I tried to

get

> > the surgery scheduled asap because we are in FL and school gets

out

> > on the 23rd and they start half days on the 19th.  Just my luck!

> > Three kids home right after surgery!

> >

> > I would appreciate any input from any of you who may have had

spinal

> > surgeries or suffer with disc problems.

> >

> > I have been keeping up with the posts but have been running from

one

> > appt to the next,and this has been my first chance to sit down

long

> > enough to post.

> >

> > Hope you all are well,

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > Medical advice, information, opinions, data and statements

contained

> > herein are not necessarily those of the list moderators. The

author of

> > this e mail is entirely responsible for its content. List members

are

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their

> > own treatment.

> >

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sends

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severity of

> > the attack.

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> >

> >

> >

> >