Charlotte knight's Blog (4)

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

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

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

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