calling ns in morning - Spinal Cord Disorders Message Board

AngelicMoon · 07-27-2003, 10:42 PM

I am calling my surgeon in the morning about these "new" symptoms I am having and the return of the old ones! If he blows me off and says "it's normal", I am going to scream! I am in 4th week post op, I should be feeling better, not worse! I know I sound impatient, but this is really frustrating~

blah~~

~venting, again!

DebbieMc · 07-28-2003, 07:20 AM

Angelic, don't take this wrong but I am glad to hear it. This means it's not just me. I mean, I knew it was going to get worse before it got better but come on...it's been a month now. We should be seeing major progress by now...right? I don't know what you had done but it sounds like we had our surgeries about the same time. I had ACDF with hardware on 07/01...what and when was yours?

I'm just sitting here waiting for 8:00 to call my NS

40 minutes to go...but who's counting? lol

DebbieMc

AngelicMoon · 07-28-2003, 09:15 AM

Debbie~
I had my surgery on June 30th. Cervical discectomy w/fusion(from donor), no hardware. This is very frustrating. My symptoms are worse, and I have developed new ones. I'm not sleeping(I even take a sleeping pill every night) and I am sick of feeling like this. I called my NS earlier, he has two surgeries today. I guess I won't hear from him until later. I'm sorry that you are feeling so crummy too, but I am also glad that I am not the only one. Let me know here what your NS says and I will post as soon as mine calls back!

DebbieMc · 07-28-2003, 10:29 AM

Angelic,

Well, I just got off the phone with my neurosurgeon's nurse (whom I love) and she told me the she always asks how the surgeries go. When she asked about mine, he said I was difficult because I had so many things wrong. It took him twice a long to fix me than originally expected. With that in mind, she said I could expect a longer recovery. She also said that I should be experiencing "different" pain at this point, which I am. I'm glad she told me that because I was beginning to feel like a big baby still whining 28 days post-op. So, I just got an additional 10 days added to my disability.

I swear my husband better pad the walls of this house before I go completely nuts being stuck in here all the time!!! (Or accidentally burn it down...lol)

Hope your news is better than mine.

DebbieMc

AngelicMoon · 07-28-2003, 11:22 PM

Deb~
I am glad that you got the call for answers. I'm still waiting

Not feeling well tonight, will post tomorrow~