Re: Surgery for Siatica
[Re: varunner]
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I had it once, it lasted about 10 days , that was enough, there is several exercises to do to make it lessen or go away
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Re: Surgery for Siatica
[Re: varunner]
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04/26/23 02:53 PM
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My dad suffered from sciatica for a period and also found the specific exercises very helpful. A friend a work suffers bad, and was told to lose weight. He's at least 50 lbs. over weight. My dad has never been over weight but probably too much sitting aggravated his. I haven't known anyone to have the surgery but I'd try everything else first. Good luck.
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Re: Surgery for Siatica
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04/27/23 09:07 AM
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Good to know. If I need a fusion, I'll get one. But want to get what I need the first time, if possible....... Right now I have two recommendations, radically different. Hopefully the third one will confirm what I need. For what its worth, my father had fusion done. He was 66. He was a large man(not fat) and suffered from degenerative back issues most of his life. He always worked through the pain, until he couldn't. The injections stopped working. It was hard to watch. He got the surgery, and it was a huge success. About a year recovery time with pt. My point is, the surgeon after the procedure discussed the operation and what he saw. When they were correcting the real estate, they uncovered his sciatic nerve from a destroyed disc. When they did this, the nerve immediately started to fill/flow blood. That was the first thing he noticed when he woke up was the strange feeling of no pain in his left hip/leg.
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Re: Surgery for Siatica
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I've had 3 lower spinal surgeries since 2013 with the most recent being a 3 disc fusion in 2018. Surgery was my only option as the previous surgeries were band aids that didn't last. I'm fine and it worked. But recovery is very slow (I was 50 at the time.) Now back in 2018 Norco did not help with my recovery pain and this was before the crackdown on opioids. They prescribed me plenty but the pain overpowered it. The first 4 days after surgery was the absolute worst for me. I have NEVER been a pot user. But a friend heard I was suffering and brought me some edibles. The edibles (cookies) made me sleep sleep and sleep PAIN FREE. I was able to make it thru that initial painful few days after surgery. After 4 days I stopped the edibles (maybe I didn't) and the Norco was enough.
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Re: Surgery for Siatica
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04/27/23 12:23 PM
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Good to know. If I need a fusion, I'll get one. But want to get what I need the first time, if possible....... Right now I have two recommendations, radically different. Hopefully the third one will confirm what I need. It'll be important to do as much research/vetting on your neuro/spine surgeon as possible. Some have far greater success rates than others. Being in VA, you probably have some "world class" neurosurgeons within the region. It would certainly be worth the extra effort to get to the best that accepts your insurance. The aggravating process you're going through isn't unique to your area, unfortunately. It's tough to be patient when you're in constant pain. Once you find the surgeon you're comfortable with, talk to him/her about getting fast-tracked to operating table. Maybe they can get you in sooner, maybe not, but it's worth asking the question. Having been there, I wish you the best.
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Re: Surgery for Siatica
[Re: varunner]
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04/27/23 02:26 PM
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Keep in mind that if the symptoms are being caused by nerve root impingement (usually a disc, sometimes a bone spur) that surgery will fix the mechanical problem but no surgeon will guarantee a relief of pain. Spinal stenosis is hard to fix and operating can cause scar tissue that worsens the problem! If the sciatic nerve is being entrapped somewhere in the hip instead, that's the area that needs repair, of course. Not only that, in the long run (10-15 years or more) the outcome measured in mobility and pain level is about the same for people who had disc surgery vs. those who did not. Individual cases vary, naturally, and no one intervention from epidural steroid injections, electrical stimulation, physical therapy (or even a chiropractor if it works), and surgery are 100% effective. I do wish you the best possible outcome though! Disclaimer: not medical advice, no doctor-patient relationship established, etc. Freakin' lawyers
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Re: Surgery for Siatica
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04/27/23 03:28 PM
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Once again guys, I appreciate the feedback.
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Re: Surgery for Siatica
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04/28/23 08:53 AM
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My mother had the worst back x-rays. Twice, at different MD offices I have heard them say to her: “Mrs xxxxx, I look at your x-rays and I honestly do not know how you walked in here without help ! “ As a young boss in the 1980s I had employees who injured their backs at work, were slow to heal, and elected for back surgeries. None ever were able to really recover or be free from pain. I have had a now deceased family member who had 2 back operations that afterwards she did not feel were successes. My mother, a doctor’s daughter who had 4 MD grandchildren, never had back surgery. She was no stranger to hospitals, had several complicated operations, such as having a fiber threaded up from the leg to the head to pull a clot loose from deep in her brain. I witnessed two different Hospice MDs do legally required exams on her and both remarked: “That is a really bad back, it curves in all directions.” What worked best for my mother was the very special pain reliever Tramadol. Tramadol is one of the most complicated drugs. When you swallow it, the drug is changed six different times before it leaves your body. It is like taking one pill that contains 7 different “time release” drugs. Not all 7 drugs are pain relievers. Tramadol can lower blood sugar level, even to dangerous levels in some people at relatively low Tramadol doses, because people’s blood sugar levels vary a lot, and vary by time of day. Tramadol is generally accepted as the opioid-class drug least likely to cause addiction. Despite that, many criminal drug smuggling rings use Tramadol to “cut” other drugs to dilute them before sale. What award winning MD and long time medical school professor really has studied back problems and speaks the truth as he sees it? This one: https://uncpress.org/book/9781469642253/stabbed-in-the-back/If you give back doctors 100 of randomly mixed up x-rays of patient backs to read: 50 of which are patients complaining of severe back pain 50 of which are patients with no back pain, but needed an xray for another reason can the back doctors correctly identify the xrays with back pain? The book above has the answer.
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