Hi everyone, i have been reading your stories and see we are all in the same boat.
I have been suffering with back pain on/off for about 2 years but it has never been severe. In January this year i starting going into spasm with the pain and stayed in spasm for a week. This happened once or twice afterwards also. In June i went to see my G.P and told him about the back problems, only to be told that there is nothing wrong with my back i just need to lose weight (i am a size 16).
In July the back…
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Added by Sue Costello on November 11, 2009 at 1:24am —
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Hi Everyone
Have been looking at all your experiences with back issues. So sad to hear all of your stories.
I hurt my back in May 09. MRI showed disc bulge at L4 and a herniation at L5/S1 inpingeing on the nerve. I have been in alot of pain in the beginning. I couldn't move much for a month. The pain in my back was unbearable. I have never experienced pain like that. Sciatica was of and on and seem to dissapear for a few weeks. The backpain was terrible. Had 14 sessions of physio only ultrasou…
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Added by Tracey Lewis on October 21, 2009 at 4:23pm —
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hi everyone and yes the headline says it all..spent full day in hospital having tests and new mri done on 27th august and surgery as scheduled or 31st...met my aneathetist and hd heart tracing done...thats when my world tumbled and i knew looking at my surgeons face he had bad news..
the new scan revealed the prolapse had improved but all my severe pain now is from nerve damage around the L5/s1 disc and surgery would leave me in more pain...
had my scan in 2008 not been lost for ten months which…
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Added by elizabeth brown on September 11, 2009 at 6:55pm —
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Hi ladies and gents
Thanks to one and all for joining, contributing and supporting each other on this social network site. As you know I set this site up quite a while ago now and from a personal point of view, I'm glad to know I'm not alone.
I'll try to keep my update as brief as possible (but I waffle a lot lol). As some of you know I've been a fellow sufferer since November 2007 and I had a micro discectomy in May 2008 for a prolapsed disc L5/S1 which affected my left leg and foot.
In July…
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Added by Jude Robinson on September 7, 2009 at 8:44pm —
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I herniated my disc, L1 S1, and the sciatic nerve is pinched, this happened last May, so I have had this for 16 months. Originally I couldn't walk for about two months and thought I would never get better, I used crutches for about six months and the pain seemed to subside but was still there. I take Co- dydromol for the pain and I take Amitriptyline for nerve pain as the nerve is trapped on what my doctor says is a very large herniation.
I have good and bad days, i cannot bend to take food out…
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Added by Deborah Johnston on September 1, 2009 at 9:34pm —
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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 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…
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Added by charlotte knight on August 28, 2009 at 9:37am —
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hi everyone just a quick update..recieved phone call today my addmission date is 27th of august and surgery scheduled for 1st september..so my next update should be post op so wish me luck.
take care hope you all are well and a bit pain free...its not eassy and this is only for more legs mobility the back pain i have to live with...lets hope surgery cures both..EH!
LIZX
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Added by elizabeth brown on August 14, 2009 at 11:48am —
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Thought it was time to update the saga now I've had all the results of the latest X-rays, MRI Scans and Physio reports back and discussed them with the consultant Neurosurgeon last week.
The news isn't good, my spine is twisitng, most likely due to the number of ops I've had on it over the years ( 4 microdiscectomy's now plus 2 steroid injections ) and wear and tear at the op sites. Basically, my lower back is so weak I have little or no control over it and cannot prevent further disc prolapses…
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Added by Dave Moffatt on August 9, 2009 at 7:27pm —
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hi everyone,
7th august and seen my spinal surgeon at glasgow city hospital..They have said i should be admitted before end of this month..Two days before surgery i shall have repeat mri and possible ct scan to check for nerve damage...once i have them done its booked into theatre next morning for lumbar micro disectomy....im looking forward to this after 3 yrs of pain but been advised not to look for huge improvement as its only to improve pain in my legs as the pain is bi-lateral and radiating…
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Added by elizabeth brown on August 7, 2009 at 3:41pm —
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I am so glad have found this site - maybe I can get some proper answers. I have had an MRI and was told that there is a disc prolapse at L5/S1 , partial fusion at L4-L5 and also facet joint degenerative disease in lower lumbar spine. I am in complete agony on the right hand side of my body and there is no nerve compression but am still in a,lot of pain. An operation has been ruled out and have been seeing a chiropractic and she was treating me for Sacral Iliac syndrome but pains are worse than e…
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Added by Miss Heather Marshall on July 23, 2009 at 11:00am —
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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…
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Added by charlotte knight on June 30, 2009 at 3:23pm —
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Hi everyone
I have been back at work now for six weeks (on a phased return, but now back full time). Unfortunately, I sit at a computer all day long, and although I try to get up and walk around as much as possible, I end each day in a lot of pain down the back of my leg - along the nerve. I am in pain most of the day and very uncomfortable all evening - unable to settle. I am at my wits' end.
I opted in the end for the microdiscectomy to ease the pain, and although the pain is nothing like it…
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Added by Dianne on June 25, 2009 at 6:44pm —
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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…
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Added by charlotte knight on June 17, 2009 at 8:35pm —
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Greetings to all from Anne Akers, Australia,
I stummbled across this site looking for solutions for my back pain. I have prolapses of L3 L4 L5 and S1 and am in agony. I am taking anti-inflamatories and pain killers which do help, I think its the debilitating side of things that are gett me down. I have had to stop work and this scares the hell out of me as I am an Alternative Therapist with many folk dependant on me in my community. I feel my life is at a cross-roads, I am 51yrs of age and havin…
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Added by Anne Caroline Akers on June 15, 2009 at 5:19am —
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hi everyone,
im now waiting on another appointment for another hospital in glasgow to see if the spinal surgeons there shall agree to remove the disc completely. The mri scan picked up a large prolapse and the specialist feels removal is only cure to let me be pain free.
im in so much pain today after my physical examination to which the specialist aplologised for giving me the physical as he should have checked the mri first.
This is the abnormality compared to first scan done that mri scan pic…
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Added by elizabeth brown on June 8, 2009 at 2:16pm —
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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
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Added by Laney Pullen on June 4, 2009 at 6:30am —
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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…
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Added by charlotte knight on May 23, 2009 at 1:45pm —
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Hi All
Been a while but this is the first time I've been able to sit down lown enough to type this out!
Had a steroid injection as planned a couple of months back and had seen some improvement in back pain and mobility but then saw a gradual decline in right leg mobility and pain over a couple of weeks to the point where another MRI scan was called for.
Results of this came back last week and it turns out I have another prolapse at L4/L5! This too requires surgery ( microdiscectomy I hope but…
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Added by Dave Moffatt on May 3, 2009 at 12:09am —
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hi everyone,
just quick update as pain was really through the roof last 3 days so back on voltarol again which i know shall be fine for few weeks then my stomach will play up again...didnt want to increase the morphine patch again as this happend last month and the side affect were terrible...
i cried constantly and had no sense of direction and also was too scared to sit grandaughter on my knee as i fell asleep at drop of a hat..i persevered for 14 days hopeing things would settle but needed th…
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Added by elizabeth brown on April 30, 2009 at 8:38pm —
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hi to all on this site..my journey has now taken neaely 3 yrs and been diagnosed 2006 with L5/S1 disc damage and like you all been to hell and back and still there...physio,tens, all failed and now on morphine patches through pain management to help with pain..
i lead a very active life until that sunday i went to work to open the local pub where i worked and i bent down to pick up the mop pail and was in torture and terrified to move...the pain was excrutiating in my back and down my legs into…
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Added by elizabeth brown on April 20, 2009 at 9:49pm —
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In the same boat :(
Hi Everyone
Have been looking at all your experiences with back issues. So sad to hear all of your …
surgery cancelled
Been given 3 options
Am i getting worse???
had op yay bit concerned
And on it goes!
Still in pain
Coming to terms with change
Desperate
