Bad back

[Trevor 57]

Originally Posted by nearlythere

Spondylolisthesis is a condition that occurs when one vertebral body slips with respect to the adjacent vertebral body causing radicular or mechanical symptoms or pain. It is graded based on the degree of slippage of one vertebral body on the adjacent vertebral body


Spinal fusion is surgery to permanently join together two or more bones in the spine so there is no movement between them. These bones are called vertebrae. Abnormal curvature in the spine is known as scoliosis, and generally begins just at the onset of puberty and progresses during the period of rapid growth.

that's what happened to my back

[nearlythere]

Originally Posted by Trevor 57

I had an L4-5 fusion last November as my joints had moved forward and squashing nerves. One thing I learnt is that Neurosurgeons don't do surgery for no reason, the surgery went fine but about 4 weeks post surgery I rolled over in bed and felt a sharp pain. In February this year the pain in my back didn't seem to be subsiding so my GP sent me off for a MRI, it appears that I have a small posterior disc bulge in the L3-4 jointI have seen the surgeon a number of times since, the pain has him a bit confused as structurally everything is fine, 2 lots of MRI scans, 2 lots of CT scans, a SPECT CT and a Gallium CT have all cleared of any infection, etc.I saw a specialist pain Doctor last Tuesday; he believes it is the facet joints giving me grief (something my GP mentioned way back in Jan/Feb interestingly). I have to some gentle exercises to do, so hydrotherapy, walking etc and I am going in for 7 bilateral L3-4 facet and paravertebral acute pain block injections early next month. He thinks it will give me enough relief so that I can get on and do some core muscle regeneration exercises to build up the lower back strength.So, I feel your painimagecheck out these tek screws lolimage

Well I hope it works out for you mate. You're spine looks good now in the images atleast. The angle of mine side on is weird. I'll post a pic soon, I don't have any after surgery yet. How did you go with pain the next day after surgery

[nearlythere]

Originally Posted by Trevor 57

I have spoken to 2 Neurosurgeons about my L3-4 issue and both do not recommend surgery

They are on the way out to is what i meant but I'm definitely not having surgery on those. Do you have any pics of before surgery?

[Trevor 57]

Originally Posted by nearlythere

Well I hope it works out for you mate. You're spine looks good now in the images atleast. The angle of mine side on is weird. I'll post a pic soon, I don't have any after surgery yet. How did you go with pain the next day after surgery

Drugs are your friend.

[Trevor 57]

Originally Posted by nearlythere

They are on the way out to is what i meant but I'm definitely not having surgery on those. Do you have any pics of before surgery?

I saw them, but never saved them

[nearlythere]

Originally Posted by Trevor 57

Drugs are your friend.

Mmm....I'm on oxys...I like them and it's not good to get addicted.

[Trevor 57]

Steer away from those ****ers

[prydey]

I was on lyrica (can have nasty side effects), palexia (tapentadol) and now tremadol. I think if things don't improve after a week or so I'll go back to the dr and ask for more palexia. Tremadol doesn't seem to be working as well.

Other than that it's just keeping up with panadol osteo.

I don't like taking drugs to get through the day so I often find myself just trying to soldier on, but according to the doc that's not healthy. He says if you're in pain, take the drugs.

I'm no risk of addiction according to his character assessment.

[Trevor 57]

Originally Posted by prydey

I was on lyrica (can have nasty side effects), palexia (tapentadol) and now tremadol. I think if things don't improve after a week or so I'll go back to the dr and ask for more palexia. Tremadol doesn't seem to be working as well.

Other than that it's just keeping up with panadol osteo.

I don't like taking drugs to get through the day so I often find myself just trying to soldier on, but according to the doc that's not healthy. He says if you're in pain, take the drugs.

I'm no risk of addiction according to his character assessment.

I was on Lyrica, total waste of time for me. It's supposed to be a pain killer for nerve pain but did nothing for me. I should say I had a neck fusion in May last year as well and I was on Lyrica for that and my back - it did **** all. The bloke (an Anaesthetist and pain specialist) I saw last Wednesday didn't rate it at all. Palexia was great but super addictive, it really zoned me out and just put me to sleep. So I steered away from it, plus my GP would only prescribe so much and then stopped. I just take 2 Panadol Osteo and 2 Nurofen Zavance together twice a day, I find that very helpful, I will take it a bit more often if the pain gets too bad

[nearlythere]

Originally Posted by Trevor 57

I was on Lyrica, total waste of time for me. It's supposed to be a pain killer for nerve pain but did nothing for me. I should say I had a neck fusion in May last year as well and I was on Lyrica for that and my back - it did **** all. The bloke (an Anaesthetist and pain specialist) I saw last Wednesday didn't rate it at all. Palexia was great but super addictive, it really zoned me out and just put me to sleep. So I steered away from it, plus my GP would only prescribe so much and then stopped. I just take 2 Panadol Osteo and 2 Nurofen Zavance together twice a day, I find that very helpful, I will take it a bit more often if the pain gets too bad

Lyrica....Bad bad bad.
Sent me to the mental ward for a few days 2 years ago

[prydey]

Originally Posted by nearlythere

Lyrica....Bad bad bad.
Sent me to the mental ward for a few days 2 years ago

I've heard a lot of stories about bad reactions to lyrica but it was ok for me. I was on the max dose (300 twice a day) for months and the only real side effect was jumbling up my words when speaking. Apart from that they were very effective.

[HIPO]

Tried Lyrica, didn't help with the pain. Affected my balance & weird stuff like choosing the wrong cupboard doors when after items in the kitchen etc.... i'd imagine it could trip you up doing other stuff too which led me to stop.

[HIPO]

Have been offered & in talks ATM to try out a new pain - nerve block implant. A quick procedure to install & trial for up to 7 days. If things work out , then a permanent implant.

[nearlythere]

Originally Posted by HIPO

Have been offered & in talks ATM to try out a new pain - nerve block implant. A quick procedure to install & trial for up to 7 days. If things work out , then a permanent implant.

Is that the nerve stimulator?

[HIPO]

Originally Posted by nearlythere

Is that the nerve stimulator?

Yes, Ultra Low Frequency though as opposed to the U.H.F & epidural (gulp) type.