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Get Well Soon joeypost!
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JollyComics

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16 hours ago, joeypost said:

Thanks for the well wishes guys and gals. It was time as the pain affected everything I did. 
 

I had 5 vertebrae cleaned up to remove bone spurs, some issue from arthritis and to make the openings for the nerve bundles larger to reduce the stenosis. 
 

Lots of pain right now as I am only one day post op. Did some PT and OT today. Couldn’t put in my own socks without using a tool to hold the sock open. Looked a lot like a snake stick. 
 

I should be back working in 4-5 days. 

Wow, it's serious than mine.  Yesterday I had MRI and today I just got a call from my doctor and was informed that I have a pinch nerve between lumber and thorasic spine in my lower back. Will see my back specialist.  It's possibly a back surgery.

We will be on the same boat.  Take it easy.

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5 minutes ago, JollyComics said:

Wow, it's serious than mine.  Yesterday I had MRI and today I just got a call from my doctor and was informed that I have a pinch nerve between lumber and thorasic spine in my lower back. Will see my back specialist.  It's possibly a back surgery.

We will be on the same boat.  Take it easy.

I was in dire shape last year with a similar issue. It ain't no joke.

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3 hours ago, JollyComics said:

How are you now?  I need a positive input.  It's only a beginning.

Better. I waited too long to address it. The pain got really bad, and I eventually suffered a lot of anxiety and even depression dealing with it. Steroid shots helped a great deal, though I'll need them again before long. I learned not to wait to address things, to keep pestering doctors and asking questions, and to become my own biggest health advocate. I thought that I was headed for surgery myself, but new MRIs showed improvement and that I was ineligible for surgery. That alone caused another bout of depression because the idea of going back to all that pain was really hard to stomach. Like, how bad does it have to get before surgery is an option? So yeah, exercise, anti-inflammatory medicine, and wrestling with insurance to convince them that yes, the shots really were helpful and that's why I need more of them.

Best wishes to you.

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4 hours ago, DavidTheDavid said:

Better. I waited too long to address it. The pain got really bad, and I eventually suffered a lot of anxiety and even depression dealing with it. Steroid shots helped a great deal, though I'll need them again before long. I learned not to wait to address things, to keep pestering doctors and asking questions, and to become my own biggest health advocate. I thought that I was headed for surgery myself, but new MRIs showed improvement and that I was ineligible for surgery. That alone caused another bout of depression because the idea of going back to all that pain was really hard to stomach. Like, how bad does it have to get before surgery is an option? So yeah, exercise, anti-inflammatory medicine, and wrestling with insurance to convince them that yes, the shots really were helpful and that's why I need more of them.

Best wishes to you.

I exhausted my shots. Had 3 rounds and they said no more. Learned today I had a laminectomy on 4 of the vertebrae and bone spurs removed on 5 of them. PT was no longer working, so had decided to go under the knife. I have been in what I consider level 8 and up pain since 2006. It was time as I stated earlier that every aspect of my life was suffering. 
 

I am only 1 day Post-op and I already see major improvement in the numbness and pain level. While I still have pain from the surgery it is a different pain.

If my drainage stops tonight or in the morning I get to go home in the afternoon. 
 

Hopefully I get to go home 

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2 minutes ago, joeypost said:

I exhausted my shots. Had 3 rounds and they said no more. Learned today I had a laminectomy on 4 of the vertebrae and bone spurs removed on 5 of them. PT was no longer working, so had decided to go under the knife. I have been in what I consider level 8 and up pain since 2006. It was time as I stated earlier that every aspect of my life was suffering. 
 

I am only 1 day Post-op and I already see major improvement in the numbness and pain level. While I still have pain from the surgery it is a different pain.

If my drainage stops tonight or in the morning I get to go home in the afternoon. 
 

Hopefully I get to go home 

Chronic pain takes a heavy toll. Relief will be bliss. :)

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