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Board: Back Problems 05-23-2013, 08:56 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 153
Posted By gmak
Re: Laminectomy Synovial Cyst I NEED FEEDBACK

Hisyj, Did you mean a neurosurgeon not a neurologist? Also, he will remove the cyst as well as do the laminectomy? I had 2 laminectomies at age 26 & 30, so 24 years ago & ive seen several NS the...
Board: Chronic Pain 05-23-2013, 07:38 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 521
Posted By gmak
Re: Feeling useless!

Hi cspine, Tens unit has saved me literally when the pain goes beyond all my resources i put it on & turn it up on high & it buzzes the pain down to a tolerable level everytime. I cant have the...
Board: Pain Management 05-23-2013, 02:11 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 133
Posted By gmak
Re: Help Finding New PM Dr in Houston TX

Hi pain stinx, Physiatrists or physical medicine & rehab drs see patients with all kinds of painful disorders, im not sure if gynecological but maybe with failed surgery they would. i am...
Board: Back Problems 05-23-2013, 09:53 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 163
Posted By gmak
Re: XLIF? ALIF? Advice please!

Hi beedy bo, Maybe a 3rd opinion with a spine only specialist to see if he agrees with first or second dr?
Board: Back Problems 05-23-2013, 09:06 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 104
Posted By gmak
Re: Scared/Stressed out about post-op from fusion

Hi supermom, I had laminectomies not fusions but i remember well feeling down postop, it was like the lull after a storm & physically i felt impaired, a little scared & vulnerable because i was...
Board: Pain Management 05-22-2013, 09:06 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 133
Posted By gmak
Re: Help Finding New PM Dr in Houston TX

Hi painstinx, When i had to look for a new pm in houston last fall one of my specialists, my gastro, made me an appt & it helped me alot to have current MRI's & other tests just to get an...
Board: Pain Management 05-22-2013, 07:54 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 193
Posted By gmak
Re: Happy to be back!!

Hi ctrue, Does the weaning process start now by tapering the medicine slowly down to nothing or is it ok to have a small amount if you really need it? I know i get scared too when my medicine gets...
Board: Pain Management 05-22-2013, 10:16 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 193
Posted By gmak
Re: Happy to be back!!

Hello, my sweet friend ctrue, So glad to see you!

Is the kidney stone pain still there as mean as before? What other modalities have you had, did the PM give you the hypogastric block?...
Board: Back Problems 05-21-2013, 07:15 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 1,300
Posted By gmak
Re: EMG Report

Hi pebble, I understand. When i found out about arach & that its iatrogenic or a result of medical treatment it was the most confusing time of my life & overwhelming, & unsure. Im sure you might...
Board: Back Problems 05-20-2013, 04:28 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 1,300
Posted By gmak
Re: EMG Report

Oh pebble, Im not sure what to say but as i understand the way you have always done things before you have always found a dr to help you.You are a survivor! I know that you have peripheral...
Board: Chronic Pain 05-20-2013, 12:35 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 884
Posted By gmak
Re: Can "muggles" really know how we feel?

Hi cspine guy, Yesterday & off & on for a few days i had #10 pain of a unique variety. From 24 years experience with back pain i believe i am beginning to have "pure arachnoiditis pain" b/c of...
Board: Chronic Pain 05-20-2013, 12:32 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 884
Posted By gmak
Re: Can "muggles" really know how we feel?

Hi cspine guy, Yesterday & off & on for a few days i had #!0 pain of a unique variety. From @$years experience with back pain i believe i am beginning to have "pure arachnoiditis pain" b/c of small...
Board: Back Problems 05-19-2013, 01:33 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 1,300
Posted By gmak
Re: EMG Report

Dear pebble, How did the results of heart monitor, kidney labs turn out, i have been wondering & still prayijg for you friend. What did you decide about the methadone & how is the neuropathy & how...
Board: Back Problems 05-18-2013, 01:27 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 125
Posted By gmak
Re: Day 5 Post-Op TLIF

Hi supermom, I must say you sound really good for your first day home! Flexeril knocks me out like im unconscious, drowsiness is definitely a side effect, i dont even move at all when i take it &...
Board: Back Problems 05-18-2013, 01:12 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 490
Posted By gmak
Re: Severe back hip and leg pain... help

Dear Feather, Im so glad teteri & moldova have posted to help you they give very good advice imho they are two of the people
who helped me the most when i first posted on healthboards & I am...
Board: Back Problems 05-18-2013, 08:31 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 226
Posted By gmak
Re: Slipped Discs

Dear Fran, If you can get out or get help getting out long, hot, soaks in the bathtub help me as much as medicine most days. And i feel safer sitting on bottom of tub than i do standing or sitting...
Board: Pain Management 05-17-2013, 07:29 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 304
Posted By gmak
Re: taking 2 meds at same time...

Dear tulip, Methadone is used for pain & i have seen many here in chronic pain that take methadone as a long acting pain med & something like oxycodone for breakthrough & they say it is effective...
Board: Back Problems 05-17-2013, 07:05 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 490
Posted By gmak
Re: Severe back hip and leg pain... help

Dear feather, Sometimes i think that going to new drs is an over & over exercise in i pour out my history, need their help so much & then they dont really listen or invest in trying to find out...
Board: Back Problems 05-16-2013, 07:56 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 490
Posted By gmak
Re: Severe back hip and leg pain.....help

Im so sorry. I know how frustrating it can be to want to be young & act young when you are young. The MRI pretty much covers the spine area unless it is muscle spasms because muscles by tendons are...
Board: Back Problems 05-16-2013, 06:46 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 490
Posted By gmak
Re: Severe back hip and leg pain.....help

Hi feather, I cant imagine a dr feels a mass, orders an MRI & never says if the MRI showed the mass or not. I think if i were you & i had had 2 back surgs @26 before my firstborn, i would go to...
Board: Back Problems 05-16-2013, 05:55 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 92
Posted By gmak
Re: teen daughter with bulging L4 L5 discs

Hi Ati, Im a mom that has alot of back problems at age 26 it started & my son had a herniated disc in college, i think he was 20. He asked his dr & he said no, that there was nothing generic...
Board: Back Problems 05-16-2013, 05:36 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 126
Posted By gmak
Re: I need to know how this works all over again can someone tell me where to write t

Hi georgie, I see your post, its here. Good to see you, hope all ok.
Board: Pain Management 05-16-2013, 02:25 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 921
Posted By gmak
Re: Treatment at ER

Dear n2 braves, Im so glad that your daughter is better now! Im sorry if it wasnt clear when i said after & in accordance with the physical assessment by the ER dr & nurses I meant lab tests,...
Board: Back Problems 05-16-2013, 07:37 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 134
Posted By gmak
Re: Central Canal Stenosis

Hi Jd, So, the disc that is pressing on spinal cord is still there, it hasnt been removed? If i started having burning or any bothersome new symptom that in my opinion could be related to the nerve...
Board: Chronic Pain 05-14-2013, 04:30 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 521
Posted By gmak
Re: Feeling useless!

Hi cspine, Tomorrow i hope you & your dr come up with a working game plan that helps so much. I had the failed back surgery syndrome, chronic intractable pain syndrome as my diagnosis since 1990...
Board: Neuropathy 05-14-2013, 11:56 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 389
Posted By gmak
Re: Nerve pain spreading

Terlin, You need to be seen by a stomach, lung, neuro, internist who knows how many drs or which dr, we arent drs.Your drs say it is systemic, through out systems in the body or in the bloodstream...
Board: Fibromyalgia 05-14-2013, 12:44 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 235
Posted By gmak
Red face Re: Can fibro cause whole body pain and numbness

Dear terlin, I saw all the threads that you posted on all the various boards with complaints of at least 18 bad symptoms. I think that you sound very sick with the breathing & urinary / possible...
Board: Back Problems 05-13-2013, 09:33 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 389
Posted By gmak
Re: How can I find relief for excrutiating back pain?

Dear casey, Im glad the positional changes afforded you some relief & that the ball is rolling, so to speak, to get other drs opinions. Was the lady who verbally gave you the report an ER dr? If...
Board: Neuropathy 05-13-2013, 07:34 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 389
Posted By gmak
Re: Nerve pain spreading

Dear terlin, Have you had any type of back or neck surgery, meningitis, myelogram, epidural steroid injections, epidural anesthesia, tuberculosis of spine anything where anyone has given you a...
Board: Pain Management 05-13-2013, 02:21 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 309
Posted By gmak
Re: pain meds

Dear 45 in pain, The avinza is only brand name available & is long acting morphine dosed every 24 hours & kadien is also a capsule containing extended released morphine sulfate & it comes in...
Board: Chronic Pain 05-13-2013, 01:29 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 521
Posted By gmak
Re: Feeling useless!

Dear cspine, Back when taking only short acting meds i was breaking through & i was waiting in pain for next dose & it made me a little dull arounf the edges in the day i was switched to fentanyl...
Board: Pain Management 05-13-2013, 12:48 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 921
Posted By gmak
Re: Treatment at ER

If a patient says they are in pain, the 5th vital sign, it is their right to receive pain relief & to be believed because no one else can feel what they are feeling, people only have one way to...
Board: Chronic Pain 05-13-2013, 07:05 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 521
Posted By gmak
Re: Feeling useless!

Hi cspine, When my dr put me on avinza it is 24 hr dosing & he doesnt like the release system in la morphine except avinza & kadien which has gone generic, something about a capsule with beads vs...
Board: 2013 Mommies 05-12-2013, 01:12 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 199
Posted By gmak
Re: Its a boy!!!

Hi ctrue, Thinking of you & hope you have a Happy Mother's day!
Board: Chronic Pain 05-12-2013, 10:06 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 521
Posted By gmak
Re: Feeling useless!

Hi cspime, Just how have the new meds been working for you? Its been a week right?
Board: Pain Management 05-12-2013, 08:57 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 324
Posted By gmak
Re: So tired of this.

Dear baby bean, My dr of 13 years left to do hospital rehab & i was in your position for two months & i found the reviews online
inaccurate, i understand how upsetting it is, i aged a year in...
Board: Pain Management 05-12-2013, 07:20 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 921
Posted By gmak
Re: Treatment at ER

Once i had an "infiltrated" iv & swollen arm because i have frail veins & the CT scan machine pushed the dye in superfast & blew my vein & it started to hurt bad. The ct tech didnt turn it off or...
Board: Pain Management 05-11-2013, 04:28 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 921
Posted By gmak
Unhappy Re: Treatment at ER

Dearnbraves, I hope that your daughter has something easily diagnosed & fixed & not a clot, pneumonia or gall bladder disease that requires surgery, God forbid! Why does a diagnosis have to be...
Board: Chronic Pain 05-11-2013, 06:43 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 521
Posted By gmak
Re: Feeling useless!

Dear cspine, Yes, I feel dependent on others & others could be fickle & then where would i be! I feel like i make a functional healthy family dysfunctional because everything we do relies on...
Board: Back Problems 05-10-2013, 09:48 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 2,724
Posted By gmak
Re: Back surgery gone bad

Dear charlie, Those are the sweetest words ive ever heard! Not why or what happened but "I love you" , it makes me cry, i can only imagine what it meant to you! You are surely tired body, mind &...
Board: Back Problems 05-09-2013, 07:45 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 326
Posted By gmak
Re: Back surgery nightmare!

Dear barbara, There is an emergency condition called Cauda equina syndrome & the syndrome consists of severe back pain radiating down one or both legs, numbness in pelvic & bottom & top of thighs(...
Board: Pain Management 05-09-2013, 06:33 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 292
Posted By gmak
Re: Pain! What's happening

Mufasa, That seems like it feels much better! Great!
Board: Back Problems 05-09-2013, 06:23 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 171
Posted By gmak
Re: Spinal Fibrosis

Hi ice, No " clumping of nerve roots" or spinal nerves adhered to dura or tethered cord mentioned? Excellent! God bless you!
Board: Pain Management 05-09-2013, 05:52 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 292
Posted By gmak
Re: Pain! What's happening

Dear mufasa, This morning what are your symptoms?If i were you i would put in another call if the symptoms persists( pain,
numbness,sciatica,bladder or bowel with acute or sudden onset). How bad...
Board: Back Problems 05-09-2013, 05:28 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 171
Posted By gmak
Re: Spinal Fibrosis

Dear ice, What diagnostic test did they do in the emergency room last night? If an MRI, in the states all MRI's or CT scans etc are reviewed by the radiologist & a final report given. Because i...
Board: Back Problems 05-09-2013, 05:24 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 171
Posted By gmak
Re: Spinal Fibrosis

Dear ice, What diagnostic test did they do in the emergency room last nightM if an MRI in the states all MRI's or CT scans etc are reviewed by the radiologist & a final report given. Because i...
Board: Back Problems 05-09-2013, 04:46 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 389
Posted By gmak
Re: How can I find relief for excrutiating back pain?

Dear casey, Im sorry that you are having such pain! I have gnawing pain also & rarely if ever see or hear that phrase from anyone else. I cannot take it & consider it my worst pain but it is...
Board: Chronic Pain 05-09-2013, 03:56 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 190
Posted By gmak
Re: Hello, I am new here.

Dear kdennis, I have chronic low back pain & thankfully meds, TENS, hot baths, stretching exercises all together( every little bit helps) will bring the pain down about 50% & im able to function...
Board: Pain Management 05-09-2013, 03:05 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,065
Posted By gmak
Re: Post op and a lot of medication

Hi stupid feet, I feel so bad that i said "a foot of many colors" now! Im glad that you are over the first few days now & pray that it heals & heals well & soon! Take good care of yourself!
Board: Pain Management 05-08-2013, 09:03 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,065
Posted By gmak
Re: Post op and a lot of medication

Hi stupid feet, Oh wow that sounds so awful! Glad the medicine is working. How long since he increased it?
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