Re: spondylolthesis

In Reply to: Re: spondylolthesis posted by Tami on August 16, 2000 at 09:40:32:

: : : Please desperate to find answers. It seems so many of us are looking for the same answers.
: : : What can help stop or releive the pain?
: : : Questions??
: : : Am I able to have another child with this condition?I have a two and a half year old.
: : : I never knew I had this until last summer when I was in a car accident which aggrivated it.
: : : I am only able to work part - time and find it hard to do much when I get home. Some things are
: : : hard to wait to do with a two and a half year old.
: : : With sex it aggrivates my back. Can sex cause the vertibrates to slip more??
: : : If you can give some advice I would really appreciate it. Especially those who have children.
: : : Thankyou..Email me at Joshua2@intergate.bc.ca
: : HELLO THERE
: : I'VE HAD THIS DISORDER SINCE NOVEMBER OF 99
: : THE PAIN IS GETTING WORSE AND THE DOCTORS KEEP GIVING ME ANTI IMFLAMTORIES
: : ALSO HAD INJECTIONS IN BACK AND THEY DIDN'T HELP ME JUST MADE IT WORST .
: : I HAVE 3 CHILDREN A BOY 15 AND A BOY 5 AND 1GIRL 2IN A HALF.ITS HARD WHEN YOU CAN'T PICK UP YOUR CHILDREN AND OR TRY CLEANING YOUR HOUSE
: : I CAN'T WORK I WAS TOLD I 'M NEVER GOING BACK TO MY JOB .I'M SO TRIED OF THE MEDICINE
: : NEVER DO THEY GIVE ANY PAIN MEDICINE LAST MONTH I WENT TO MY FAMILY DOCTOR AND TOLD HER I NEED
: : SOMETHING FOR PAIN IT HURTS TO MUCH,
: : SHE GAVE ME CODINE #3IT HELPS ALITTLE BIT NOT MUCH BUT EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS ,
: : I HAVEN'T SEEN THE SURGEON FOR 4 MONTHS AND I HAD 2 MAKE AN APPOINTMENT
: : I SEE HIM ON JULY 3DR HE TOLD ME LAST TIME THAT IF THE PAIN GETS 2 BAD HE
: : MAY CONSIDER DOING SURGERY BUT HES TRYING TO AVOID DOING THE SURGERY BECAUSE I'M SO
: : YOUNG .I'M 35 YEARS OLD .AND HAVING ANOTHER CHILD IS OUT OF THE QUSTION I HAD ASKED WHEN I SEEN HIM LAST TIME
: : IF I WAS TO GET PREGANT AGAIN I WOULD BE LAID UP IN BED .
: : SO I CAN'T HAVE ANYMORE CHILDREN/.
: : I FOUND THIS TO WORK 4 ME I HAVE MY HUSBAND RUB MY SPINE WITH BENGAY
: : FOR ABOUT AN HALF HOUR AND THEN I LAY ON A HEATING PAD AND THE NEXT DAY I NOTICE THE DIFFERECE
: : THE PAIN IS VERY MILD.THE MEDICATION I TAKE NOW IS RELAFEN.IT DOESN'T HELP FOR NOTHING .I KEEP TELLING MY DOCTOR I NEED SOMETHING FOR PAIN THE
: : THE PAIN IS GETTING TO STRONG FOR ME
: : I HOPE I WAS A LITTLE HELP/

: : LYNNE
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: HI< I CAN RELATE to the pain that you are having, I too have this condition, I quit my job, I have been to a back surgeon to be toild i am too young for surgery...I am 37 yrs. old. 2 children ages 14 and 15. The surgeon told me until I cannot walk or urinating or soiling my pants...surgery wasn't an option. I went back to my family Dr., he perscribes Darvocett...which I have found to work the best...If you break them in half, they don't make me so Quezy. I am so sick of living on meds and being in pain everyday!!!!!

Tami, I would get a 2nd opinion right away -- it may be too late by the time you loose bodily function. I'm only 38 and am seriously considering a spinal fusion for my spondylolthesis under the advise of my doctor, who is considered the best ortho. back surgeon in Denver.
Lynne, I just miscarried my 1st child and so getting pregnant again was a definite concern for me as well. I talked this over extensively with my doctor. He is very confident that I will be able to carry a child with little back problems once I have the spinal fusion -- I was already experiencing severe pain when I miscarried at 9 weeks. He also said that I could get pregnant again now, but would be really limited, if not bed-ridden, by the 3rd trimester. Hope this helps.

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