thekeith

hey there
just thought i would post this so maybe someone can get some info from it as well as maybe comment.

Just went to the "walk in" doctor, I had a appointment at 3pm and of course they made me sit in the hard plastic chair till 3:30
Told the doctor my story (had herniation L4/5, had endoscopic discectomy, didnt work, shot of embrel (made me worse), felt really good for a year for APPARENT REASON,)

this is just a general doctor i dont have anyone here yet

and now, I think I re-herniated.

she did the foot tests, banging the knee's etc etc
all good

she said that since surgery didnt work before and I am a cash patient that its probably my best bet to wait.

as in, i got 2 surgerys on the same disc and I didnt feel better

and even though i felt better 2 years later, it wasnt the surgery, surgery doesnt take a year to "take effect"

she told me not to walk, she told me the exact hundreds lbs of pressure is places on the spine just standing and walking is very irritating, she said "swim"......she said "swim" about 5 times in our conversation

I am going to get an X-RAY (to see if i have had an latent artheritis just waiting to be aggravated...or WAS aggravated)

and MRI to see "the obvious"

in will bet you dollars to donuts, I have re-herniated

and i think time is what healed me before

thats all i can grab on to

she prescribed me 7.5 hydrocodone and 10 flexeril

and told me to wait a couple of months

she also asked if when i was better, if i exercised, i told her no

i felt so blessed that I didnt change a thing as not to jinx it

in hindsite I should have

so thats my update..