JohnnyBravo
07-12-2003, 11:35 PM
Hi everyone,
I have a dilema.
About two weeks ago I fell making my symptoms worse. Up until monday of this week I was feeling really bad. As a matter of fact the pain was so bad that I couldn't sit at my desk and worked by kneeling on the floor. Tuesday I saw my neuro and scheduled surgury for this coming Monday. He is going on vacation on July 17th and will be out until August 11th. Anyway, since I saw him on Tuesday I have been feeling a lot better. I still have low backpain with some burning in the back of my thigh with some pain in the foot but it is not as bad as before. I worked 12 hours each day the rest of the week without many problems. I was taking some codine. My question is is it normal to start feeling a little better before having surgury, like a psychosematic sort of thing? Should I still have the operation??? He said it was a 90% chance I would be better. All advice is welcome
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27 years old computer programmer
April 1996 - Bulging L4/L5 disk from car accident.
October 2002 - Low back pain and pain in left leg.
October 2002 - See chiropractor with minimal relief.
November 2002 - MRI shows L4/L5 moderate disk herniation (left and center)
January 2003 - Try PT for a couple of weeks some relief until chiropractor visit.
February 2003 - Chiropractor does traction, resulting in first instance of numbness in foot.
Late February 2003 and still going - New Physical Therapist, not much relief yet...
March 2003 - Very light pain in right leg in addition to left, EMG suggests nerve damage/irritaion in both legs.
March 2003 - Second MRI shows L4/L5 moderate disk herniation (left and center), slightly larger
April 3, 2003 - Epidural Injection, slight pain relief, more tingling in left leg and right.
April 17, 2003 - Going for second epidural injection.
April 22,2003 - Feeling some relief, started doing exersices from the McKenzie book.
May 1, 2003 - Third epidural injection
May 7, 2003 - Still in pain, less numbness and tingling
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I have a dilema.
About two weeks ago I fell making my symptoms worse. Up until monday of this week I was feeling really bad. As a matter of fact the pain was so bad that I couldn't sit at my desk and worked by kneeling on the floor. Tuesday I saw my neuro and scheduled surgury for this coming Monday. He is going on vacation on July 17th and will be out until August 11th. Anyway, since I saw him on Tuesday I have been feeling a lot better. I still have low backpain with some burning in the back of my thigh with some pain in the foot but it is not as bad as before. I worked 12 hours each day the rest of the week without many problems. I was taking some codine. My question is is it normal to start feeling a little better before having surgury, like a psychosematic sort of thing? Should I still have the operation??? He said it was a 90% chance I would be better. All advice is welcome
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27 years old computer programmer
April 1996 - Bulging L4/L5 disk from car accident.
October 2002 - Low back pain and pain in left leg.
October 2002 - See chiropractor with minimal relief.
November 2002 - MRI shows L4/L5 moderate disk herniation (left and center)
January 2003 - Try PT for a couple of weeks some relief until chiropractor visit.
February 2003 - Chiropractor does traction, resulting in first instance of numbness in foot.
Late February 2003 and still going - New Physical Therapist, not much relief yet...
March 2003 - Very light pain in right leg in addition to left, EMG suggests nerve damage/irritaion in both legs.
March 2003 - Second MRI shows L4/L5 moderate disk herniation (left and center), slightly larger
April 3, 2003 - Epidural Injection, slight pain relief, more tingling in left leg and right.
April 17, 2003 - Going for second epidural injection.
April 22,2003 - Feeling some relief, started doing exersices from the McKenzie book.
May 1, 2003 - Third epidural injection
May 7, 2003 - Still in pain, less numbness and tingling
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