HI! I too had a posterior fusion at L4-L5, with BMP (no harvest thank god) on April 18th. 44 yrd old female. Incisions of mine itch like crazy too. I have 6 holes in my back.. how about you all? The leg pain is the worst of it all! I have pain now in my left leg, that i did not have prior to surgery. All pain WAS on the right. The pain is such an irritant, that it keeps me from getting to sleep. Doc gave me a medrol pack last week. It helped minorly, but then pain is back as before. Today he perscribed nerve med called Neurontin. I begin tonite & take one pill at bedtime for a week. If I am feeling good I stay at that one pill per night. If I am not better, I progress to one pill in morning and one at night for week and so on. Tops I can take would be pill every 8 hours.
In reading it sounds looks like neurontin is the prescursor to the Lyrica you are seeing on the tv commericals now for restless leg syndrome.
I will give it a try and let you know what it does or does not. I hope this doesnt make me doppy.. i can play that role all by myself without the aid of meds.. hehehe.
Glad to chat with others that have had the same thing done and timeframe. I look forward to sharing our ups and downs. hope more ups for us all. My name is Tammy
In reading it sounds looks like neurontin is the prescursor to the Lyrica you are seeing on the tv commericals now for restless leg syndrome.
I will give it a try and let you know what it does or does not. I hope this doesnt make me doppy.. i can play that role all by myself without the aid of meds.. hehehe.
Glad to chat with others that have had the same thing done and timeframe. I look forward to sharing our ups and downs. hope more ups for us all. My name is Tammy
