ow.......my back, just bs

[444ttd]

its day five of my recovery, i feel much better, my body is around 60-70% complete. it takes time and exercise(sit for about 45-50 minutes, exercise for 10-15 minutes). i wish i was an exercise junkie, but it will never happen. i could see me running a marathon with my right side is near paralyzed and the cane i use(sorta of)!!! i could see me trying to get on a peloton exercising machine!!!!! wow, i had to wipe my eyes from tearing!!!!

wow, where was i? i should get an mri or something, to find out why my back does this.

[MaryB]

Back spasms, get them 2-3 times a year... can drop me to my knees when they hit hard.

I was in high school when I injured my spine for the first time. Came in from a different building in winter and was almost to the bottom of the steps when someone slipped on ice at the top. I was the bottom of a pile of 20 bodies... ruptured disc. Since then the bone spurs, injured other discs, lumber laminectomy(remove disc and bone spurs), neck fusion...

My best muscle relaxer is 3 beers! The pills all had to many side effects for me. Flexeril I was a zombie, Tizanidine almost stopped my heart...

I worked for a living, lot of heavy lifting in awkward positions etc. Had right shoulder rotator cuff fixed twice, right wrist carpal tunnel fixed twice(second as caused by a car accident), right thumb cut and shorten a tendon and reattach it, left hip a nerve sheath tumor removed, 2 level cervical fusion, the low back decompression(needs fusion now), right knee bone spurs removed... I am a walking wreck LOL

[gamedog53]

Been dealing with back pain for almost 20 years. Then I tried spinal decompression, first visit was ok, second visit made my back hurt worse than it ever did. On the third vist the disks slipped back in and instant relief. I've since bought a Teeter inversion table, my only regret is that I should have bought it years ago.

[gbrown]

Back in 1999, I blew out a disk in lower back. Dr. wanted to operate, but I had heard too many horror stories about back surgeries. Just did rehab and it healed itself. Fine til last May. Major pain, legs didn't work right. Finally decided to have surgery. Found a neurosurgeon at Methodist in Houston. Not only a surgeon, but also a professor teaching other Drs. I was less than 24 hours in the hospital, then home with just steri-strips. Lots of pain, nothing helped. I had 3 scripts of different opioids, I just quit taking them, didn't help. I went back to the Dr. and he gave me a prescription of Gabapentin. Took one when I went home, Bingo, no pain. I'm sorry the OP author is going through this. I can greatly sympathize with his situation. I hope and it pray it gets better for you.

[farmerjim]

I have had trouble with my back for 60 years. Never knew what was causing it till one of my doctors ordered a MRI just after one of my flareups. I have small openings where the nerves come out of the spinal column. Spinal steroid injections stopped the problem for years, But my back is so bad that they don't help as much now. I have 3 fusions in my back and need 2 more. I am trying to get to the end of the Summer before the surgery,
so I am going in to the pain doctor tomorrow for another injection. Last one only helped for 2 months.

[popper]

Lifting bad, touch toes helps me. Tylenol too. Lightning bolt down the leg is no fun.

[waksupi]

I've had back problems for over ten years, Broke it around 25 years ago. I had extreme pain start in my legs about 5 years ago. A young doc misdiagnosed me with paralysis neuralgia, or something close to that, and had me going to physical therapy. It was making things much worse. My current doc ran an MRI recently, and found a bulged disc I hadn't known about. He gave me some medication, and I'm now walking again, and am not in pain 24/7 like I was previously. The way I was going, I thought I would be in a wheel chair in a very few years, due to the first doc.

[lightman]

Only someone that has had back problems knows how you are feeling. Wishing you the best and a speedy recovery.

[444ttd]

Only someone that has had back problems knows how you are feeling. Wishing you the best and a speedy recovery.

thank you!!!!!

today i feel almost as good as i used too!!!! but i have back exercises and some muscle relaxers left(4 of them)that i'll take because my doc told me too. besides, it turned 71 degrees today and i'm sitting on my porch and telling everyone "git off my yard, gawd dang it!!!!!!!" there's still some stiffness left, but i feel great. saturday, i'll go down to my basement and i'll finish my rifles.

[10-x]

444ttd, find a Doctor that will order a MRI, now better than later. I was very fortunate to be referred to one of the best neuro/ spine surgeons in the JAX area. Do some research online on several Md’s if you can.

[farmerjim]

The steroid injection is working. Very little pain. Blood sugar at 250, Have to stick fingers and take gliburide to keep my blood sugar down without going into hypoglycemia.

[iomskp]

I was going to add my 20 cents worth about my broken back, but everything that has been said and the advise given just about covers what I have had to deal with, it's not fun but all you can do is nod and smile and keep going.

[DavidB56]

I had 4 back surgeries. Sometimes when it flares up, a Tenz Unit helps. Its kinda like a shock therapy on the muscles.