Hi Fireman,
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Originally Posted by fireman9915
Maybe one of these days I'll get the time to have down time and figure out my next move. I am thinking from the way that my legs have been feeling that my disc herniations from L3-S 1 is slowly getting worse. I know I'm just biding my time until a fusion,.but.I know that I just don't have the time to be down from work and school an the kiddos right now. I'm hoping maybe by next summer things will start slowing down.
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Dude. No offense, but who're you kidding? If you've got kids, that ain't gonna happen.
You'll never choose the time; it'll choose you if/when the damage becomes so bad you no longer
have any choice. The concern then may be,
should you have done it sooner because things have gotten so much worse? This may be academic; has surgery even been recommended to you yet?
I'm not saying any of that will happen; I sincerely hope it doesn't, but being a guy, I know how many of us have a tendancy to put things off as long...
TOO long.
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Does anyone have any strength exercise that would help?
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core strengthening exercises for back pain
(Check for videos as well)
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Also what's the usual recovery time for a fusion? Pros & cons of it?
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Pro: You get better than you are now
Con: You stay the same or get worse than you are now
But seriously, the
pros are easy. Personally, aside from all the usual
complications of spinal surgery, I see 4 potential
cons, but since every case is unique, it's impossible to say much more.
- failed back (surgery) syndrome (FBS) — back surgery is the only surgery I know of that fails so often they actually have a name for it.
- adjacent segment degeneration (ASD) — when the vertabrae above & below the surgery weaken & fail, requiring further fusion/stabilization (i.e. more surgery down the road)
- arachnoiditis — this may be the worst
- corrosion of spinal implants — the one nobody seems to be talking about much...
Metal Corrosion in the Human Body: The Ultimate Bio-Corrosion Scenario
And if surgery
has been suggested/recommended, PLEASE get multiple opinions.
Doc