The Original Rooster
Mayor of Spring Hill
I can only speak for myself, but light activity, movement, and stretches has helped my lower back pain and hip pain more than anything else including medications.
Great advise. Same happened to my son. He was in his 20's and didn't want to be in a wheel chair the rest of his life. He did walk with a cane for a while.Best advice right here. See a Neurosurgeon, not a orthosurgeon. I had almost identical surgery as you hillbilly except mine was L3, L4, L5, S1 all tied together with rods/screws in a cage configuration same as you. At the time, I was facing permanent nerve damage and possible wheelchair confinement eventually. The pain was so bad I didn't care what they did. That was almost 11 years ago and while I am not pain free, I am working and living a mostly normal life with the exception of lifting heavy objects. Good luck to the OP. Oh, and my doctor was none other than Dr. Peter Holliday in Macon. At the time he was ranked #2 in the state behind some other doctor in Columbus. Do your research in advance!
Thats awesome!
Forgot to mention my son had hip regeneration surgery after his back surgery recovery. Not nearly as invasive as the back surgery. I think the PT after surgery helped the most.I just had surgery yesterday. I can’t remember the medical names but they removed two herniations and one bulge out of the nerve canals and ground bone away from the nerve and canal at l3-l4, l4-l5, and l5-s1. I was having issues with my right leg and si hip area. The pain was so bad I lost the use of my right leg and wasn’t able to walk or drive in October. I had injections and 6 weeks of pt that got me back to walking. I forced myself to go back to work ( mobile heavy equipment mechanic) in January. I was able to get by and made it every day. I have had no pain med of any kind today script or otc and am in less pain than any evening I got home from work. This is the first time in probably 2 years that I have been able to sit in my recliner and just enjoy watching a movie and not spend the whole thing bouncing around trying to be comfortable. I will say every one I spoke to said to not get hardware installed unless absolutely necessary.
That should give anyone hope. Glad you’re betterI just had surgery yesterday. I can’t remember the medical names but they removed two herniations and one bulge out of the nerve canals and ground bone away from the nerve and canal at l3-l4, l4-l5, and l5-s1. I was having issues with my right leg and si hip area. The pain was so bad I lost the use of my right leg and wasn’t able to walk or drive in October. I had injections and 6 weeks of pt that got me back to walking. I forced myself to go back to work ( mobile heavy equipment mechanic) in January. I was able to get by and made it every day. I have had no pain med of any kind today script or otc and am in less pain than any evening I got home from work. This is the first time in probably 2 years that I have been able to sit in my recliner and just enjoy watching a movie and not spend the whole thing bouncing around trying to be comfortable. I will say every one I spoke to said to not get hardware installed unless absolutely necessary.