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12/03/2007 09:48
englishrose
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 anyone out there still hurting after surgery?

I had a disc removed from my back on Oct 1st I am back at work but need some support on pain at night in my buttock areas
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12/11/2007 23:20
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 I had two discs removed from my neck and a fusion with allograft bone plus a titanium plate and screws and I have never fully recovered and I realise I never will. I did physical therepy for about 4 months and started feeling better but lifting anything or sitting at a computer would aggrivate it and I would be in pain.I tried chiropractic and massage therepy,but it was temporary relief at best. I started getting pain in the thoracic and lumbar areas and it was discovered that just like a domino effect the discs started bulging in those areas also. i developed osteoarthritis above and below the surgery site,cervical degenerative disc disease,bursitis,tendonitis and then fibromyalgia. All of those things led to depression and i had to quit work and file for disability which I have been turned down twice and I am waitiing for a hearing date.

Sorry,this was a long answer to a short question,
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01/14/2008 18:31
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 I have had 4 back surgeries in a 2 year span from Aug. 2004 til Jan. 2007. And YES I still have pain... lots of it!! I take lortab for the pain. Some days I need 1-2, other days Im taking 5 to make it through the day. When I read my first MRI results, I cried. It seems I have about 7 different issues going on in my back. We have no idea how it started so I am told I have DDD (degenerative disc disease). Its awful to have to live in pain, but the key word there is LIVE. I guess, as hard as it can be, we need to try to be positive and tell ourselves "I can do this"

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03/21/2008 17:33
Lorilocks
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 yup, yup, yup. I had my first surgery in 1998 and the second in 2001, both lumbar area, I now have pain also in cervical...I believe it *is* a domino effect...I have DDD in cervical and lumbar, several herniated disks, fibromyalgia, myofascial pain syndrome...the list goes on. Its all about LIVING. You will learn to manage.

Lori 40 in California

1990-1997 HPV, LEEP, 5FU

June 1997 Hysterectomy~Endometrial and Cervical Cancer

Dec 1998 Lumbar surgery

Aug 2001 Lumbar surgery

Feb 2008 Vulvar lesions excised,Vaginal biopsies performed.

March 2008 VIN3

May your Joy be Pure Joy,

and all your Pain, Champagne...

Lori 40 in California
1990-1997 HPV, LEEP, 5FU
June 1997 Hysterectomy~Endometrial and Cervical Cancer
Dec 1998 Lumbar surgery
Aug 2001 Lumbar surgery
May 2006 Gastritis, esophagitis and gastroparisis.
Feb 2008 Vulvar lesions excised,Vaginal biopsies performed.
March 2008 VIN3
April 2008 5FU
May 2008 Referred to Gyn~Onc

May your Joy be Pure Joy,
and all your Pain, Champagne...
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