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Hi all, sorry its been so long but at last i have had the discectomy last saturday, was sent home sunday which was a bit scary as i have 21 staples in my back lol, all was well the beggining of the week apart from being a bit up and down emotional...
hey charlotte..i have suffered this also however never swollen to extent you are...i was put on water pills too..i get to the stage where my feet are so sore that can,t walk on them as so painful especially the ankles and soles of the feet..back t...
hey all, i just wanted to do a blog to see if anyone else is experiencing an issue i have at the moment due to prolapsed disc does anyone else here suffer from swelling? my legs and feet are horrifically swollen to the point they feel like they ar...
hi charlotte,
was thinking of you yesterday and i know from anne,s e.mail she was too..isn,t that bloody typical !!!we live in constant pain and they think they are god because they gave you five minutes..
i hope surgery as we both in same boat as...
hi all, just thought i would update you as i saw a consultant yesterday he gave me a whole 5 minutes of his time as he said that is all he has allocated to each patient bareing in mind that we had to drive for an hour and three quarters to get the...
hello my friend just read your reply ..oh my god hope you get good news as we all fear how these appointments go and your right they don,t care honey. hope your journey goes well and your pain kept to a minimum. try keep positive and i know thats ...
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...
hey liz, just read your update how shocking they lost your paperwork and things are worse i just dont think they give a dam about us but if they had to experience the hell we go through they couldnt cope with it, things are much worse this end fel...
hi there thanks anne for the friends request, although its not a nice reason to make friends its nice to know im not alone in this hell, my life has been turned upside down with this, i fall quite often now and recently fell in the garden and cut ...
hi charlotte so sorry to hear you are having a hard time of it and i can understand why you felt so low.
just watch the morphine and i would advise you to get in stool softeners like dulcolax 5mg as constipation is a terror with the stuff.
I see m...
hi jude and liz thanks for your lovely messages, you are quite right it definately the pain from hell i wouldnt wish it on my worst enemy, and i have put on 2 and a half stonne since last june since this all started which certainly hasnt helped wi...
hi charlotte,
i joined here few months ago and i can understand and feel your pain. Im coming up on 3 yrs now with L5/s1 disc prolapse and its a pain sent from hell.
ive had two mri scans and will have to go under another again hopeully soon.
ive ...
Hi Charlotte
Thank you so much for joining this site, I'm so glad you found us. I'm just astounded at the lack of care that you are being given. I too have two young children and just found it impossible to look after them properly, especially be...
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had op yay bit concerned
Hi all, sorry its been so long but at last i have had the discectomy last saturday, was sent home sunday which was a bit scary as i have 21 staples in my back lol, all was well the beggining of the week apart from being a bit up and down emotionally i had no pain in my leg and just uncomfortable sensation in my back, but guys im a bit worried now as something has happened and i am not sure if it is normal or not, as i understood it my sciatic nerve was trapped and so when they operated they took… Continue
Posted on August 28, 2009 at 9:37am —
not good
hey all, i just wanted to do a blog to see if anyone else is experiencing an issue i have at the moment due to prolapsed disc does anyone else here suffer from swelling? my legs and feet are horrifically swollen to the point they feel like they are going to burst, i have had blood tests and all that came back was that i am anemic so have been put on iron, also been on water retention tablets and they havent made any difference, is this a common problem with prolapsed discs? still waiting for 2 a… Continue
Posted on June 30, 2009 at 3:23pm — 1 Comment
slow progress
hi all, just thought i would update you as i saw a consultant yesterday he gave me a whole 5 minutes of his time as he said that is all he has allocated to each patient bareing in mind that we had to drive for an hour and three quarters to get there in that 5 minutes he told me i will be having an operation but hes not sure which operation as they have lost my last mri scan so now i have to have a new mri scan for him to decide which operation i will be having but have been told that the scan wi… Continue
Posted on June 17, 2009 at 8:35pm — 1 Comment
will it ever get better?
Hi there my name is charlotte and i am a newbie here, i couldnt believe my luck when i found this site finally people who understand! my problem started in june 2008 when one day i just had a twingy pain in my right leg niggly but nothing to write home about, over the next few weeks my leg became worse and worse to the point i couldnt sleep as i just couldnt get comfy, i went to my gp almost every week for the next 5 months just to be told it was just sciatica and it would sort itself out with s… Continue
Posted on May 23, 2009 at 1:45pm — 6 Comments
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