Sharing Stories About Your Experiences - Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
-
Laney Pullen
- Female
- hersham surrey
- United Kingdom
- Share
- Blog Posts (1)
- Discussions
- Events
- Groups (1)
- Photos
- Photo Albums
Laney Pullen's Page
Latest Activity
hi laney grreat to hear from you and sorry to hear you were admitted and your further tests. try not to worry but best getting a result of some sort than suffer in ignorance of the unknown. Its now 1.12am and the usual i can,t sleep so thought would…
Thanks you two really good to know I'm not alone in this , update is I was admitted again last monday as collapsed at my mums ! Further MRI revealed that discs are not bad enough for surgery as were not pressing on spinal nerve as first thought but…
hello laney in my opinion any surgery is worth to be pain free..I know your scared and i have all this ahead of me as soon as i get my appointment...we are all different but i would hate to think you suffering like this for years to come when you ha…
hun why on earth did you discharge yourself? i know it must have been scary to face the surgery but surely in the long run it the best thing to do, i wish i could get my consultant to agree to op but he just saying i am overweight lose weight then h…
Hi all , wondered if anyone could help and advise ? Had an mri yesterday , prolapsed disc L3,4 and 5 lost control of bladder and bowel they wanted to do emergency surgery but I discharged myself to be reviewed in 6 weeks , am hooked on Tramadol and…
Comment Wall (1 comment)
- At 10:59am on June 4, 2009,
Jude Robinson said…
- Hi Laney
I'm so sorry to hear about your pain and suffering. I have a prolapsed disc L5/S1 and I did have a micro discectomy in May last year.
It's difficult to say whether an operation will help you as each individual case is unique. What I would say is that I'm no longer on the heavy medication that I was before the operation. I take cocodamol now and only if I need it. The operation hasn't completely solved the problem, I still have a smaller bulge pressing on my sciatic nerve and may have to face another operation but at the moment the pain is nowhere near as bad so I can manage.
If you have looked and tried all the other options then maybe an operation could help you. What I would say is find a surgeon with extensive experience in spinal surgery, go for micro rather than open surgery (your recovery will be quicker) and find a surgeon you feel you can trust. Talk everything through so you feel reassured.
An operation can get rid of the pain but if you have any numbness anywhere, there's no guarantees that the numbness will disappear (I've still got a numb left leg and foot with cramping).
I hope that has helped a little. Take care of yourself and keep in touch if you need to just rant or ask more questions.
Love n hugs
Jude x
Laney Pullen's Blog
Desperate
Hi all , wondered if anyone could help and advise ? Had an mri yesterday , prolapsed disc L3,4 and 5 lost control of bladder and bowel they wanted to do emergency surgery but I discharged myself to be reviewed in 6 weeks , am hooked on Tramadol and Diazepam and am crying with pain as I write this , I have my own business competing and show jumping horses , just want my life back please help , is the op worth it ? Would appreciate any comments to get me out of this hell , many thanks Laney
Posted on June 4, 2009 at 6:30am — 4 Comments
About
Photos
Online Chat
Events
Badge
© 2009 Created by Jude Robinson on Ning. Create Your Own Social Network
