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Hi y'all. I need your help. This will be a long message. My husband, John, has a bad back. It was a WC injury in '99, herniated disc. After predisone, P.T., etc, the doc wanted to do surg & heat up the herniated disc (making something like a candy coating on an M&M) to fix it. I'm a nurse, so I asked around. Ended up getting a lawyer & switching to a brilliant neurosurgeon. John had an MRI, Myleogram/CT scan with spinal leak and blood patch fix. Then he got a lumbar laminectomy, a spinal decompression, and a discectomy (John says it was a "partial") back in '00. Its at L4-L5 or/and S1-L5 depending on whether you ask him or me.
![]() Multivitamin, Zantac, Cymbalta, Meloxicam/Mobic, Zyrtec, Pericolace, Hydrochlorothiazide, Simvastatin, and 75 mcg Fentanyl patch every other day. Backs are not my area. Any advise is greatly appreciated. -Ginny
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The Husband: age 39,WC, hern. disks L4-L5/L5-S1 '99, PT, lumbar lam, disectomy, & spinal decompression in '00, PT/Tens postop, MANY Caudal injects, MEDS includ. Fentanyl 75mcg patch every 2 days, DDD & Artritisis |
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Hey Lady,
I.m not much in the way of help cept I REALLY understand burnout & also I am on the other end of things as I've had L3 to S1 fused & have been told now I need C5-6 & 6-7 done but I am loking into the adr for that but my surgeon that did my back says it's not fda approved for the neck & my Ins won't pay but I have red & heard it can be don & has right here in the USA! Sorry got off the path I just wanted to say keep looking into the situation & ASK ?? don't go with the first couple of answers this site seems to have alot of knowledgleable people & that care & have experinced the back problem so to speak. I Pray that the GOOD LORD will BLESS & KEEP YOU BOTH Jackie |
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Hey Jackie,
Thanks for replying. I needed to vent & needed some encouragement. I wrote another post here, where it went in cyberspace, I don't know. Now the computer is trying to "block" this & that. ![]() Today's been a good day. The husband is "vertical" as he calls it. It's a bad day when he's "horizontal". That's how he answers people when they ask "how ya doin'?" "Oh, I'm vertical today. Come on over." ![]() The birds are chirping... ![]() Know of any ADR surgeons in VA? It's kinda like, "Got milk?" "Got surgeon with ADR experience?" ![]() -ginny
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The Husband: age 39,WC, hern. disks L4-L5/L5-S1 '99, PT, lumbar lam, disectomy, & spinal decompression in '00, PT/Tens postop, MANY Caudal injects, MEDS includ. Fentanyl 75mcg patch every 2 days, DDD & Artritisis |
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