sever headachs after fusion

[painafterfusion]

After cervical discectomy  and fusion i have been having sever pian in my arm and verry bad headachs
dont think im any better if not worse the before can the headachs be from nerve  damage. did have sever headach before the sugery that was one of the big thing  i was tould it would prob, fix

[Mollybooker]

Had a lumbar performed 5 days ago in the ER reoccurring headaches and vomiting because of pain in my back today a lil better but still head throbbing any ideas what I should do I am worse now then before and I'm a dancer so I can't work right now  

[nurseaudrea]

what kind of test was it and what did it show?

[painafterfusion]

hello i am i think my dr is not  going to help me anymore  he said he would help me after i had some test done to see if there was more wrong and there was and now he is not wanting to help now that there is mor wrong and he is  the one that put me on the pain patch what can i do

rob

[nurseaudrea]

Does your doctor know about the pain after the surgery? I used to get really bad headaches and arm pain from a radiculopathy. I had a compressed nerve in the c3-c4 area. I had injections done and they got better instantly. It has now been over 3 years since the injections and I just now started getting the pain again, time for more injections. Has your doctor suggested anything like that? How long has it been since your fusion? If it is recent you might need to wait for all the swelling to go down and for the healing process. After I had a lumbar fusion I had severe pain shooting down my legs that lasted for a good month or longer. It was way worse than before. It is all but gone now. I do still have some risidual pain, but nothing like it was before. Now my pain is in my back where they did the fusion because it did not fuse, time for another fusion.

Talk to your doctor and see what they can do for you. Good luck.

[lindarosa]

i, like u had a fusionw plate. i get sever headaches. nothing will stop them. it has been almost 2 yrs. since i had this surguery, i tell u , u will probabably never be able to work again. my right arm, does what u said abut yours. my right shoulder and neck hurts all the time. u will lose a lot of sleep with headaches and arn, shoulder pain. it is a disabilityaing surguery. sorry u are so young. sincerly lindarosa

[painafterfusion]

i had some pain. tingeling and my arm would go to sleep and fell like it weighed a hundred pounds.i was having the sever head aches and was told it was from the bad disc and the muscle cramps and for a few day 3 or 4 my neck felt good.
But a few days after is when the right arm started hurting.
I'm in more pain now then i was be for the surgery every day i wish i did not have the surgery done.
I have been off work for 4mo. and being 24 it has taken a mo.to get some referals to a neuroligest and then it was a 2 week wait.

thanks for the time and info.

rob

[nurseaudrea]

Did you already have pain in your arm before the surgery? Does your headache get better when you lay down?