You may already doing this but just in case. Do you take stool sofeners and or laxatives, I try to take a Senokt every day that I use the narcotic pain meds, if it progresses to diahreha, I stop for a day or so untill that has gone away. If you take Metamucle (sorry about my spelling) anyway if you take any bulk type laxitive you need to drink lots of fliuds, but you still should be drinking lots of fluids anyway, to keep your stool soft so you won't have to strain. If you can walk try doing that as much as you can, to stimulate the bowels to keep moving. Good Luck.
You may already doing this but just in case. Do you take stool sofeners and or laxatives, I try to take a Senokt every day that I use the narcotic pain meds, if it progresses to diahreha, I stop for a day or so untill that has gone away. If you take Metamucle (sorry about my spelling) anyway if you take any bulk type laxitive you need to drink lots of fliuds, but you still should be drinking lots of fluids anyway, to keep your stool soft so you won't have to strain. If you can walk try doing that as much as you can, to stimulate the bowels to keep moving. Good Luck.
I had a laminectomy in 2000 for l5 s1.. it takes some time for the nerves to calm down. give yourself time and don't be discouraged.I have been very lucky, and would do it again in a heart beat. I could not walk, my left leg would drag, and then I started to lose control of my bladder. Be patient. I am now facin g surgery for c5-6. good luck.
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Hi there. I'm in pretty much the same boat with you. I will be 40 next month but was in an auto accident last year which earned me two herniated disks in the C6 and C7 area. To make matters worse, I already suffered from optical migraines and degenerating disks in three sections of my back... guess what the combination of budging disks in the neck and migraines do? They make the debilitating migraines occur three to four times a week lasting anywhere from 12-48 hours each time. Sometimes it seems one solid migraine for weeks... I've even lost a lot of weight because I can't keep food down with these migraines!
So far I've had two epidurals and one RFTC I can say, while it lasted, the RFTC was awesome. The only draw back is that the nerves do grow back. They say this generally takes anywhere fom 6-12 months. My pain started coming back gradually after only five months which was the beginning of this month. At this point, I am having major diffculty sleeping again, pain every day- all day, and have started back to all the pain meds and patches to cope.
I go back next month to the orthopedic surgeon to see what his recommendation is- I'll let you know. I don' want surgery, but if it allows me to function at least halfway normally, I'll do it.
All pain med clinics are a whack!! They just want your insurance money, they are NOT interested in fixing the cause of your pain. Get a referral to a neurologist and have all your MRI, Xray, and CT records with you when you go to the appointment. Insist to them you do NOT want to live on medication the rest of your life.......IF NASA CAN SEND A MAN TO THE MOON, THEY CAN FIX YOUR BACK!!!!!
Hi have been reading all the comments left by everyone and I can relate,I am 43 and I have been injured for 12 years. I was injured working for a company that made customized men's shirts and one day I could not walk so I went to the er and found out i had 2 torn disks L4/L5 and 1 bulging disk. I went to the insurance company and they refused to repair the disks and the years went by until I had to find my own doctor and after 2 to 3 years my orthopedic doctor could not do anything else for me because the disks had become so damaged they could not be seen on a MRI so it was left up to me to have surgery to remove them so the other disks would not detiriorate . I was at the point were I could barely sit,stand,walk,sleep,clean,sit on the floor,dance exercise,pick up mu son,cannot lift anything over three pounds my back is completely shot.I have had all the epidural injections all the physical therapy all the medications tens units,hospital beds walkers canes and I am still no better off due to those first few years of the insurance company putting off and leaving my disks to damage to no repair even after having a Laminectomy with a decompression and becoming totally disabeled. I do not recommend surgery because the pain is no better after than it was before the surgery.