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L5 S1 Spinal fusion Pain Left leg pain after surgery

I had surgery 1 month ago and on my L5 S1. I have had very bad pain in my left leg since surgery and now thhey think that perhaps a screw is hitting on a nerve causing this pain. I go for a CAT scan tomorrow, and if this IS the problem, I AM NOT looking forward to another surgery. PLEASE help! I am taking 2 Tramodol, 1 soma, and 2 Oxycodone/APAP 10/325 every 4 hours. Even this does not take the pain away but takes the edge off some so that I can stand it.We tried another pain regimine with time released Oxycontin and they were a joke. I am really frustrated that I have so much pain when I went into this thinking once surgery was over, I would be pain-free after approx. 25 years.
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I am only 4 months out from my surgery, yet the pain is horrible. I am on Neurontin, Robaxin, and hydrocodone. with all of those i still am in debilitating pain. I feel like my doctors are ignoring me when i tell them i am hurting so bad, worse than before my surgery. They say it is muscle pain and Physical Therapy will help. I do not feel like it is muscle pain. it is a stabbing pain that makes it hard to bend my back. After the surgery i could not move due to pain on the opposite side of the original pain shooting down my left leg and shin. This is why they put me on Neurontin. Any activity causes my back to feel locked up and after taking the muscle relaxers i am not able to do anything the rest of the day. I fear there is permanent damage to my back and the surgery was unsuccessful. I have asked for further test like an MRI, yet they feel everything is fine. I know it is not. How can i get better results with my doctors. they act like i am making up this pain.   Rosemary  
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I had mine done in 2005 S-1, L-5, and they say they see nothing wrong.  cat scan w/contract, from my bone graft, buttocks, left leg. Is in pain most the time. I try to have a good attitude, but sometimes I just need to cry.
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Dr the problem is they don't show what the problem is.  I have a similar situation.
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Patricia I an greatful for this site, everyone (majority) has said the same thing, mri and cat scan with contract shows nothing. I feel very upset because doctors hear this and you would think they KNOW what the problem is.  But do not disclose that this could happen, before doing these surgery's, to many of us have the same problem.
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Charliem I so agree we need to do something about it. Would like to talk with you. ***@**** I have some ideas, starting with Hippa privacy act, making doctors have another form allowing patient's a list of other that have had the surgery. So we can call or email, the patient privacy act seems to be pertecting the doctor's and not us.
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If it worked for them then I doubt if they would be on this site. I have known two people that it did work for and were pain free.  I had L4 and L5 done 2 weeks ago, and so far it has gone ok.  I did it because for me I would have been a cripple the rest of my life, been in constant pain and unable to walk more than a block. So even if It reduce the pain by 75% and can walk again then it's a win for me. I am 63 and just wasn't ready to lie down and quit. I wished there were more choices, but I was certainly unable to find them. I wish you all the best.
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