fusion gone bad

[krissy736]

I started my back issues as early as the 1970"s,but I was working like a man,riding,and training horses for up to 12hrs a day.Got hurt alot,so I knew that at sometime the ugly pain monster would move in to stay.In 2008,I had a huge tri/level surgery,from l3/ to s1,they went in the front and back,and used that new BMP protein with cages.I started PT about six weeks later,got into sooo much pain that I had to go to the ER,a CT showed that I had fresh fracture lines at my lower level,CAUSED by PT.Please be carefull about that stuff.It can harm you.


This discussion is related to Post Surgical MRI with anomalies.

[Tropicalman]

I doubt I'm the only one that raised their eyebrows when they read the first sentence of your post! Then, to read that you train horses!!! Geez, that alone is rough on a persons back let alone already having back problems, but hey, I can't say I wouldn't have done the same thing. Especially not knowing what your back "issues" were in the '70's. Anyway, it always surprises me to hear of almost the majority of people being told to go to PT after ANY spine surgery. If everyone else's surgeries were like mine (and I believe they were), we all got a sheet to take home of exercises to do after a certain period of time anyway. So to add the additional stress of PT to that (and it was a LOT of exercises as I recall) made even the surgeon for my 3rd spine surgery balk and literally ask me how PT was going to heal anyone's herniated disc(s)!! This coming from a neurosurgeon...of course I had no answer to that because it all seems backwards to me and a lot of others who went through the same thing.

I agree with "DrVinod". It sounds like the only thing you can do is go back to the doctor and see what he says BUT THIS TIME, get a second opinion (or even a third).

As you and others now know, once the damage is done....it is DONE.

[Dr Vinod]

Hello!

Avoid any further physical activity and you would need further surgical correction. With the amount of stress and damage your spine has taken you should also quit training horses.

Follow up with your orthopedician for the best advice and go for present day scans.

Take care!