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10 years 10 months ago #34392 by MrMarty51
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Through no choice of My own, after taking a flight, backwards when a step bench about 12-14 inches high flipped out from under Me, I flew about ten foot through the air, knew if I did`nt so something, that Mine head was going to take one heck of a hit so I sort of curled, saved Mine hed, landed on the left side of the lower back, left leag went instantly numb.
Throughout the course of the past six years or so, I have been suffering along with this condition. The Doc. kept saying He did`nt see anything that could be causing Me the klind of pain I was complaining about.
Well, now, it has finally happened, something has given way and moving around is an impossibility, in very musch pain, right now taking the maximum daily allowed amount of Tramadol and still in a lot of pain.
I am going to attempt a journey to Billings to the Docs. office, see if I can git this taken care of. I left a message at His nurses station at the clinic and got no answer, I will be trying again tomorrow.
If I am tolod that I can not get in for a while, I will show up in His waiting/reception area, check in then fall down on My way to a chair. That should get their attention. :rotfl: :sharkey:
Any ways, i~M~A too musch fudgicated to make musch sense so I`ll checumin whenum I canum.
Not that I make musch sense anyhowsum.

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10 years 10 months ago #34394 by jtallen83
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I feel for you brother, literally. I've been fighting back pain for a decade now. I've tried about everything but surgery. The drug Lyrica has done a pretty good job of taking the pain out of my leg, it still drags behind a little but it doesn't feel like something is pulling my leg off by my toes now. Traction treatment has given some relief but only temporary. The Chiropractor gave me some temporary relief but I think overall it made things worse. I use a TENS machine, when it really hurts, it gives you lots of little shocks that seem to ease the pain some, maybe more of a distraction. I had some spinal injections this last December, it hurt like hell at the time but seems to have given me more relief than anything else to date. I've been to a handful of Dr's over the years, some want to cut right away but most tell me the surgery I need is is pretty drastic so I should wait till we start noticing more dramatic nerve damage before taking that step, it has a low success rate anyway. I'd strongly suggest you avoid the narcotics as much as possible. They hooked me on Fentanyl a few years back, eventually it caused more discomfort than it helped. Getting off it was a real nasty ride that lasted months. I still have Vicodin prescribed but I NEVER take it two days in a row!
I'll pray you find some relief soon.

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10 years 10 months ago #34398 by Siscowet
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Man! Good luck with that Marty. I have had my share of back issues. Now I just live with the pain. Look at every alternativ to surgery is my advice. You can always have that, but it doesn't always work. Hang in there man.

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10 years 10 months ago #34404 by BUILDING MY SASS
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I know how you feel...mine has been shot for years...someday I won't even be able to walk upright...thank god for pain killers and Beer... :S
Good luck my Friend...
SASS

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10 years 10 months ago #34405 by OleCowboy
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Ahhh back issues...how will I know and I suspect that JT knows also. Doc has me on some meds now that work for the FIRST time since the early 90's. Nothing has ever worked or what did had some many side effects I stopped taking.

Take care of yourself and let us know how this comes out we want to feeling good on here...

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10 years 10 months ago #34423 by MrMarty51
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Thank all of You for the well wishes. Very much appreciated.
The nurse called Me this morning. YAAAAAAAAaaaa, told me that they had a cancelation. YAAAAAAAAaaaaaa, told me I could`nt get in until next week BOOOOOOOOoooooo :rotfl:
I then told Her that I would be theree this afternoon, check into the emergency room, then My Doc. would have to drop everything He is doing and had scheduled and come and attend to Me. :rotfl:
The nurs then said, Let Me check, it was last night when I checked for cancellations and there was that one, OH YEAH, WE HAD A CANCELLATION COME IN THIS MORNING, YOU CAN COME IN TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT 2:30PM YAAAAAAAAAAaaaaa. :rotfl:
Will have to wait until I see the Doc. before I will know what is going to happen.
I`ll keep You posted.
Probably will have to stay the night in Billings, but, that is just a guess, getting in that late, then if He wants an MRI or some kind of a scan, I might not get in for those until Thursday.

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10 years 10 months ago #34429 by jtallen83
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Pretty safe bet they will need an MRI, if they don't take one then they can only guess. I have a hell of a time keeping still while flat on my back, take the Valium if offered, it beats starting the thing over because of a muscle spasm!
Sure hope they can find some relief for you, best of luck!

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10 years 10 months ago #34471 by MrMarty51
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jtallen83 wrote: Pretty safe bet they will need an MRI, if they don't take one then they can only guess. I have a hell of a time keeping still while flat on my back, take the Valium if offered, it beats starting the thing over because of a muscle spasm!
Sure hope they can find some relief for you, best of luck!

Thank You all for the get better greetings.
Thank You too for the tip about the valium stuff to JT.
The X-Rays showed no fragments of bone or shrapnel floating around.
The Docs. diagnosis, after pushing, pulling, lifting, jerking and yanking, come back as a blowed out disk.
Now awaiting for approval from State Fund for the MRI, then probably will come to having another approval for the surgery, should be all done before the month is through. I hope.
Until then, You will probably see the post count go down a bit, from Me, it just hurts too much to sit for very long at a time.
I Thank everyone again for their support.

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10 years 10 months ago #34476 by Siscowet
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Marty, I have blown out three in my life, fortunately no nerve damage so I have avoided surgery. Keep us informed, and good luck.

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10 years 10 months ago #34624 by MrMarty51
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Siscowet wrote: Marty, I have blown out three in my life, fortunately no nerve damage so I have avoided surgery. Keep us informed, and good luck.

You are a very fortunate Man, to not have had any nerve damage.
I`m`a praying I do`nt tooooh. :rotfl:
I know I got some in My head but that`s beside the point. :drool: :banghead: :cowboy:

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