Chronic Pain Support Group
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51percent you were right on. He said the L5 vertebra has slid backwards over the Sarcal 1 vertebra.Which makes about 5% cover over s1. They do not operate until it is at 25%. He also mentioned a herniated disc. He did not mention the displaced nerve root. He is sending me for physical therapy and suggests I ask my pain management doctor for injections to work with the therapy. When I go in for therapy I am going to ask them how much mobility they think they can get me back. I presently can only stand /walk about 10 minutes. Hoping they can turn that into hours. If I am slightly bent over like when washing dishes I can only stand about 1-2 minutes. Hopefully they can get that to at least half hour.Thanks for the info.
I also saw an orthopedic about my knee. He did the gel injection over 6 weeks ago and I just went back to him to let him know it did not help. He is sending me to their surgeon to talk about resurfacing and possibly total knee replacement. He did warn me that it can be a painful process.
I can't stop worrying about it. For one thing my psychiatrist has me on Quetiapine (Seroquel) and Sertraline (zoloft). I am worried about both complications from these meds (bleeding easy,blood clots) and interactions between them and some pain relievers and antibiotics.
I see my psychiatrist next Tuesday and will be telling her I may have surgery coming up and see what she says about all that.
Thanks for letting me tell my story and get this off my chest. ;)
I also saw an orthopedic about my knee. He did the gel injection over 6 weeks ago and I just went back to him to let him know it did not help. He is sending me to their surgeon to talk about resurfacing and possibly total knee replacement. He did warn me that it can be a painful process.
I can't stop worrying about it. For one thing my psychiatrist has me on Quetiapine (Seroquel) and Sertraline (zoloft). I am worried about both complications from these meds (bleeding easy,blood clots) and interactions between them and some pain relievers and antibiotics.
I see my psychiatrist next Tuesday and will be telling her I may have surgery coming up and see what she says about all that.
Thanks for letting me tell my story and get this off my chest. ;)
Please give your ferrets a snuggle for me... I have three
As far as the knee replacement I don't want to do it till the weather warms up anyway. So that will give me time for therapy on knees too. Plus I want to quit smoking before surgery.
Thanks again!
I am so sorry that it is so bad, but at least your concerns are validated and they have a real diagnosis.
I also wanted to mention that apparently not all physical therapists are alike and if I knew this, I would have changed a long time ago.
I had crappy PT after my accident and If I went to another therapist, I feel the outcome would have been different.
I dont know how well you know your therapist, but if you feel you are not doing as well as you could, maybe second opinion would help you like it helped me?
((( hugs))))
I sincerely wish you to feel better soon!