Update on Dennis

Local antiinflamatories? Cortisone? Really stoked to hear they were able to give you pain relief and very intrigued to here how it was accomplished and how they are going to make it become a lasting effect.

 

Back pain is no fun. I hope this takes care of your issues! Maybe those a nurses make house calls?

 

Thanks for the update Dennis. Sounds like you got a cocktail, a little local anesthetic mixed with some short acting and some long acting steroid, possibly something else mixed in too. I'm glad you got some relief but don't overdo it just because it felt good today. You might regret that later this week.

 

Dennis, I can't tell you how glad I am you got some relief. I am anxious to hear what they found in the MRI and what the shots were. We can talk later. Anyway really good news so far!

 

So Awesome to hear this news! I really hope that this helps them find the long term solution so you don't have to deal with this anymore! So happy that their may be light at the end of the tunnel for you. Will definitely keep you in our prayers that this keeps moving in the right direction!

 

Dennis, just because they shot you up, what makes you think you're 100%???
Take it easy for a bit!
This is a bit of a scolding, 'cause I know you older guys still feel invincible, but you take a bit longer to heal, like it or not.
My Dad, 78 now, had a polyp removed. 3 weeks later, he's out loading wood and he "felt" something pop.
He almost bled out, twice, because he didn't take it easy for a while.
Dennis, don't do that. We'd miss you.

 

I'm glad it helped Dennis, don't do to much work.

 

I am glad you are getting some pain relief but take the advice the others are giving you. Don't do too much. When you are full of pain killing and pain numbing medications, it is easy to over do it and not know it. Campinspecter knows that from long experience. It is quite a rush though to be able to do things without pain when it has been so long.

 

Pics?

Hopefully they get ya fixed up for good.

 

Lots of new medical treatments for back pain .
Hope they help you get back enjoying your place.

I'm happy the back surgery I had ,

Hope they fix you up even better

 

Take the MRI and send it to these people.
http://www.laserspineinstitute.com/
I had a ruptured L5-S1 and herniated L4-L5. They worked on me in Tampa, FL in 2007 and I'm still going strong..
If they think they can't help you, they won't give you a line of BS. They're now advertising on national TV and they've expanded from their original location in Tampa to Scottsdale, AZ and someplace outside of Philadelphia. PM if you have questions or ask here since we're probably not the only two who have had a bad back.

 

Relief is better, huh BackSav? I can relate to both the pain and that awesome feeling of relief. I hope you can get to a place where the pain is lowered enough so it allows you to work on the firewood… best therapy on the planet (body and soul)…

 

Glad to hear you got some temporary relief dennis! Hang in there bud

 

Glad to hear that you have gotten some relief..............................also that there is nothing wrong with your eye sight, if you know what I mean!! LOL Take it easy and go carefully forward.

 

Steady as she goes Dennis. We hope this works out for you. Thanks for the update.

 

Laser Spine has been in LOTs of trouble with malpractice suits. I had researched them since I have back problems. I have to take pain killers every few hours, been like this since my accident ~ 3 years ago.

I had some injections and they helped but didn't last too long. And holy crap did they hurt. I was holding to the underside of the table dealio, not sure how I didn't fold it in half. They gave me a bite plate too.

Couldn't knock me out since I had to be able to feel if something wasn't going right. Numbness or whatever.
Was done under an x-ray to make sure injections where in correct area.

 

I can only give the account of my experience with LSI. I ruptured my L5-S1 when I was a 1stLt in the Marines just starting out. I refused to go to the doctor to find out what was wrong with me. Did one boat deployment, one deployment to Japan and one Iraq deployment. Fast forward 8 years and I was in such bad condition that I couldn't work, couldn't sit for more than 5 minutes and was kicking the walls due to pain. I received a steroid shot to my spine and was slated to get a nerve block. My doctors were only treating the symptoms and not the underlying problem: a chunk of disc that had broken off and was pressing on my S1 nerve. I faxed them my MRI and they had me in the following week. I was awake for my surgery (watched it on TV as they were pulling out the chunk of disc) which took about 45 minutes. I spent an hour in recovery eating a granola bar and drinking a cup of coffee and then was out the door and back to the hotel. They told me to "walk it off". I climbed Blue Hill (outside Boston) 3 days after surgery and cut down a tree for a friend with the 021 a week after surgery. I ran for the first time a month after and ran 5 miles 2 months after surgery. Since then, I was able to return to flying, did a deployment with 3d Batallion 25th Marines to Afghanistan and then recently deployed to Japan.

I've recommended them to other people since my surgery. Some were told they could be helped and others were told that the probability of success was low.

IMHO, their procedures are simple and well practiced. Of course you can't make everyone happy and not all problems can be fixed. Anyone can sue and people don't have to worry about paying attorney's fees for the other side (if its frivolous) so what do they have to lose? Who knows, maybe the company has changed since I went there 7 years ago. Here's a video that talks about the law suits. http://www.bloomberg.com/video/69306182-laser-spine-centers-thrive-as-malpractice-suits-mount.html
All I can say is that they did warn me that they don't have a 100% success rate. Generally when they are not successful, the patient is no worse off after the procedure which is not something that happens with other back surgeries.

Anyway, I'd be happy to answer questions and if people don't believe me, I'd be happy to take a pic of my 3/4" scar to prove it...

BS, hope you are able to find what is best for your to relieve the pain..