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neck surgery c5/6/7 cadavor bone with fusion
Is it normal to have this burning at the graft site and pain into the right shoulder area 8 weeks after the surgery. The doctor has advised I don't need to return for 6 months, but I can't do any walking or excersie, lifting, cooking, anything with causing this pain to become severe. I have to rest in a recliner to calm it down by supporting my head/neck.
Larry sorry to hear. I just had surgery on C5-7 recovering good, thank God, second one. I take Formula 48 from Years to your health in irving. It is for bone support and i dont need any prescription pain meds..Also use a infrared heat for healing/pain. I trade my pain for Joy. Have yet to sit or stand more than 30 - 45 min. a day since 2004 SSDI too, ***** I know. Thank God I can walk.
i had c5 and c6 fused with cadaver bone jan. 2002 due to bulging disks from a work related injury.. within a year my head was falling forward and i was having alot of pain.. called my comp nurse and she told me under no circumstances was i to contact the surgeon and she would find me another.. so we went to see the second surgeon and he said i needed the first fusion ground out and in order to correct it he had to fuse c4 thru c7 and plate it.. that i rejected the cadaver bone and it collasped.. so he did that march of 2003.. thennnnn i started having a cough nothing i was worried about but my gf was.. so i went to the dr (different from first 2 since i moved from michigan to missouri) and he did xrays.. i had one screw totally out and vertical and resting on my esophgus(causeing the cough from tickle) and a second screw backing out 1/8 inch or so.. so he went in and replaced these 2 screws..
im in pain alllll the time.. just like many of you that have posted here.. down the sides of my neck into my shoulders and into my shoulder blades..my hands go numb from time to time.. i cant do any kind of manual labor whatsoever or i pay for it for 2-3 days.. i used to operate heavy equipment and drive truck for over 20 yrs.. my last day worked was july 29th 2001 when they got the results from my first mri.. now im on SSD and sit in a recliner and watch tv all day.. just cutting the grass on a riding mower for an hr or two pretty much lays me up for a day or two.. and like many of you .. dr's dont understand and just humor me and think im just trying to get pain pills which ive been addicted to 3 times over the past 11 yrs .. im so sick of pills.. i never had a medical issue until this ..
im so sick of the run around and pain.. i would love to go back to work and make MONEY but i dont see that happening as im now almost 51..
anyways.. best wishes to all of you and i feel your PAIN..
Larry
im in pain alllll the time.. just like many of you that have posted here.. down the sides of my neck into my shoulders and into my shoulder blades..my hands go numb from time to time.. i cant do any kind of manual labor whatsoever or i pay for it for 2-3 days.. i used to operate heavy equipment and drive truck for over 20 yrs.. my last day worked was july 29th 2001 when they got the results from my first mri.. now im on SSD and sit in a recliner and watch tv all day.. just cutting the grass on a riding mower for an hr or two pretty much lays me up for a day or two.. and like many of you .. dr's dont understand and just humor me and think im just trying to get pain pills which ive been addicted to 3 times over the past 11 yrs .. im so sick of pills.. i never had a medical issue until this ..
im so sick of the run around and pain.. i would love to go back to work and make MONEY but i dont see that happening as im now almost 51..
anyways.. best wishes to all of you and i feel your PAIN..
Larry
I just reread everyone's posts. They make me sad, but they also make me feel less lonely. I have been through most of the things already stated, and have been dealing with pain and disability since 1997.
I still see the surgeon who did my anterior/posterior back fusion ( it was a grueling surgery ~12 hours). Two years ago I began having neck and shoulder/arm pain, he did MRI's and told me I had Syringomyelia. He didn't tell me much about it except that he couldn't correct it surgically because it would paralyze me. He told me to not do anything about it, just have another MRI in about 5 years.
I have begun to read about this disease and am pretty much scared out of my mind. It does seem unfair that people need to suffer so much ~ and compassionate doctors are very few and far between.
The most helpful thing i have learned is acceptance. It's taken many years for this to happen, but the continual search for outside help is exhausting. These days i try to do little things, as i am able, that will give me a little happiness ~ enough to get to the next day. Never stop thinking or searching for something that may help, but at some point be happy for what you have. I wish everyone strength and hope.
I still see the surgeon who did my anterior/posterior back fusion ( it was a grueling surgery ~12 hours). Two years ago I began having neck and shoulder/arm pain, he did MRI's and told me I had Syringomyelia. He didn't tell me much about it except that he couldn't correct it surgically because it would paralyze me. He told me to not do anything about it, just have another MRI in about 5 years.
I have begun to read about this disease and am pretty much scared out of my mind. It does seem unfair that people need to suffer so much ~ and compassionate doctors are very few and far between.
The most helpful thing i have learned is acceptance. It's taken many years for this to happen, but the continual search for outside help is exhausting. These days i try to do little things, as i am able, that will give me a little happiness ~ enough to get to the next day. Never stop thinking or searching for something that may help, but at some point be happy for what you have. I wish everyone strength and hope.
Yes, this is very normal, Bone grafts hurt!
I had a graft on my hip in 1997 and the pain has gotten better, but has not gone away. Your pain may go away, its best to be hopeful!
The best relief i have gotten is from Myofacial release, my physical therapist does this for me and my insurance pays for it.
Good advice and stories from everyone here for a very difficult situation!
I wish the best for you.
I had a graft on my hip in 1997 and the pain has gotten better, but has not gone away. Your pain may go away, its best to be hopeful!
The best relief i have gotten is from Myofacial release, my physical therapist does this for me and my insurance pays for it.
Good advice and stories from everyone here for a very difficult situation!
I wish the best for you.
I too had a spinal fusion 7 years ago C3 - C6 I have a titanium plate with 8 screws to hold the fusion together. I have no more pain, because I took charge of my own health, I do Yoga breathing exercises and do mild neck rotating exercises to keep the muscles in my neck and arms strong and flexible.
I strongly suggest to all here on this forum get off the Pharmaceutical roller coaster ride, they cause nothing but trouble and real, real bad side effects with all major organs and tissues in your body. Go to a reputable Chiropractor and get massages which will alleviate most of the muscle soreness, stiffness and most of all for the pain.
Most doctors these days no longer practice save and good medicine, but all with exception of a few have become legalized drug pushers, they get so many kick back from big Pharma its become very lucrative for the medical community to push this poisonous drugs on uninformed patients and the general populous. Take charge of your own health and quit relying on doctors for relief, because all they know and were taught and trained to do in the Pharmaceutical owned medical schools, is that relief comes in pill form. Do some real research on natural healing and you'll see it works 110% better than any western doctors could ever do for you. Many Blessings to all.
I strongly suggest to all here on this forum get off the Pharmaceutical roller coaster ride, they cause nothing but trouble and real, real bad side effects with all major organs and tissues in your body. Go to a reputable Chiropractor and get massages which will alleviate most of the muscle soreness, stiffness and most of all for the pain.
Most doctors these days no longer practice save and good medicine, but all with exception of a few have become legalized drug pushers, they get so many kick back from big Pharma its become very lucrative for the medical community to push this poisonous drugs on uninformed patients and the general populous. Take charge of your own health and quit relying on doctors for relief, because all they know and were taught and trained to do in the Pharmaceutical owned medical schools, is that relief comes in pill form. Do some real research on natural healing and you'll see it works 110% better than any western doctors could ever do for you. Many Blessings to all.
I ran accross this post and was checking in to see how u two were.
I first, just happen to run accross this, while doing some research and am still in the same boat, but it sure feels like it is sinking. It is a wonder I haven't done sunk. I must say that The Lord has got me through it all. If, it weren't for Him...I don't think I would be here now.
Well, I just wanted to mostly check in on u two and I realize now, after reading all that I wrote...well, I am not going to lie...I didn't even want to read it all myself. WOW...did I have too much to say, but I was in the worst pain and misery of my life...and to be quit honest, I am still there, but getting closer to getting better.
I have been dx'd, it seems with just @ everything on both sides of the family that was bad. No, I am sure I have my fair share of it, but was dx'd with Addison's disease. My problem is in my neck. I know IT is. They are fooling me. The Docs don't want to mess with it, I know because someone else did the surgery and they are looking everywhere else, but in the meantime, I have gotten worse.
My left side is extremely weak and numb, even my face, but the other day it switched on me and it made me wonder, then it couldn't be Ms or Parkinson's then....could it? hmmm, so stumped on that part of it, but still. I believe my Chiro Doc friend who told me that a screw was on a nerve, because I can't even be touched in or around my neck. At the back of my neck, it feels like a fork poking it. My hair always feels pulled and have cramps in my neck and have them, all the time in my legs. It is kinda like restless legs, but having cramps underneath my knees, in my hamstrings..YOWCH!
Well, I gave u my update and I will check back in with whom ever responds...to anyone wanting to read all of my mixed-up stuff, up there. I sure hope this finds u guys doing well and maybe, soon I will be.
Take care and God Bless always.:))<3 Karen
I first, just happen to run accross this, while doing some research and am still in the same boat, but it sure feels like it is sinking. It is a wonder I haven't done sunk. I must say that The Lord has got me through it all. If, it weren't for Him...I don't think I would be here now.
Well, I just wanted to mostly check in on u two and I realize now, after reading all that I wrote...well, I am not going to lie...I didn't even want to read it all myself. WOW...did I have too much to say, but I was in the worst pain and misery of my life...and to be quit honest, I am still there, but getting closer to getting better.
I have been dx'd, it seems with just @ everything on both sides of the family that was bad. No, I am sure I have my fair share of it, but was dx'd with Addison's disease. My problem is in my neck. I know IT is. They are fooling me. The Docs don't want to mess with it, I know because someone else did the surgery and they are looking everywhere else, but in the meantime, I have gotten worse.
My left side is extremely weak and numb, even my face, but the other day it switched on me and it made me wonder, then it couldn't be Ms or Parkinson's then....could it? hmmm, so stumped on that part of it, but still. I believe my Chiro Doc friend who told me that a screw was on a nerve, because I can't even be touched in or around my neck. At the back of my neck, it feels like a fork poking it. My hair always feels pulled and have cramps in my neck and have them, all the time in my legs. It is kinda like restless legs, but having cramps underneath my knees, in my hamstrings..YOWCH!
Well, I gave u my update and I will check back in with whom ever responds...to anyone wanting to read all of my mixed-up stuff, up there. I sure hope this finds u guys doing well and maybe, soon I will be.
Take care and God Bless always.:))<3 Karen
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