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14 th Day Am I On Right Track Off A Recovery For A Diskoctomy L5-S1
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14 th Day Am I On Right Track Off A Recovery For A Diskoctomy L5-S1
by shawnjj, Apr 25, 2002 12:00AM
Hi day 14th here.Staples now out of back .The right outside off foot still numb.Also the right leg from behind knee and calf was hurting last night.It did not want to go away.It sometimes feels ike a ache or maybe a spasam.It even feels like a tendent or something.When I sit for more than 10 min. which I do not do a lot thats where I feel it behind my knee and when I stand up it takes a few mins. befor I can put any weight on it.As well the feeling where they did surgery feels so funny like it jelly movinng in my back.How long befor this goes away can you give me some instruction like when I can bend,drive are their certain things i should do and not do.At the hospital it seem like what they told me was genral i guess they are so use to it.Just would like to know if I am on the right track.Would much appriciate all the advise Thanks Shawn.
Doctor's Answer
by CCF-Neuro-M.D.-JT, Apr 26, 2002 12:00AM
It's normal to experience some pain for a few weeks post-op, but you should see some kind of gradual improvement with time. Ask yourself if this better than before, or getting worse. Also, if there is any weakness or severe, persistent pain then you should discuss this with your surgeons ASAP. It's hard for me to say if you are "on the right track" as I don't know your baseline status prior to surgery. But for some people, especially those with other medical problems such as diabetes the road to recovery is much longer than for the average person. What we usually tell people here is that you take it easy for about 6 weeks. No driving or lifting anything heavier than a gallon of milk. We also make sure adequate pain meds are given such as percocet. At follow-up in 6 weeks, if everything is ok then you can go back to baseline functioning with common sense about daily activities. Hope that helps.
Remember it is all what you make it. My injury has not stopped me from doing anything, I jusy go about it in a diffrent way now. It took me about two Months to get back to Work full time.
I strongly recommend checking out "The Egoscue Method" by Dr. Egoscue (www.theegoscuemethod.com). The surgery definetly helped, but I was never able to be very physical until I practiced some of his methods. It really helped with my quality of life. I'm lifting weights four days a week in the gym (3 years and no injuries[IMG]http://www.theunholytrinity.org/cracks_smileys/contrib/ruinkai/biggrinyoyoA.gif[/IMG], but I still have my good days & bad days) & back to doing some physical labor at work (I own an HVAC company).
Good luck to you.