Hi I am three months post op off my 3rd discectomy and never knew that scarring when dural tear happens. Did u have to get MRI done to find this out? The Neurosurgeon here I see tells me nothing and dont see him until till October this year. Thanks for your reply...
oh, and I will hope and pray you don't end up with arachnoid scarring as I did... this can sometimes happen when the dural/thecal sac is nicked.
The nerves inside my thecal sac are now matted against it. This causes pain unrelated to any herniation.... and there is no cure.
My last surgeon said he had to dig really deep to clean it out... and it appears he damaged my dural/thecal sac, too.
My herniations happened at the L5-S1 level.
Oh dear,
i just left you a note - didn't even see that you had already had the third surgery. I, too, suffer from a disc that has herniated 3 times! And I have had people tell me it's not possible... even the ortho spine doctor I just saw assumed I had surgeries at 2 different levels since he had never heard of the same disc going 3 times.
Instead of a third discectomy, they are now telling me I need fusion. The first two surgeries have left me with so much scar tissue AND a weakened disc!
Did your neurosurgeon tell you he was not going to take away all your pain... or did he tell you this would fix it?
My doctors have told me that no surgery now will take all my pain away. I will always have back and leg pain.
I soooo feel your pain. The recovery from my last surgery on the disc was horrible... I had to use a walker for 3 months!
Please don't tell me you don't see him again for 6 months! Who is taking care of your meds?
Hope you are doing ok right now and the pain level is kept in check....
Hi! thanks for reply. I am still on pain meds, diclofenic, co-codiene, amitriptiline. won't see nuerosurgeon probably until December or January next year. pain pretty bad. I think I will end up on injections instead of pain meds by then. take care....
Can they replace the disc instead? I hate that you are having to go through this over and over again... Are you still on pain medication? I can't imagine how much you are hurting! Hope you feel better soon. Keep us posted!