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10-06-2013, 09:50 PM | #331 | |||
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Taking the visual of the CT scan and the words spoken by EMG doc who let me know what has transpired, I searched online and found a discussion regarding a cervical fusion of multi-levels as to which a single level did not fuse. The situation is typically treated with care as a serious situation as there is no disc tissue and only the plate and screws holding the cervical spine solid. Torqueing or articulation can occur, the plate become weakened by the movement, the screws loosened and the plate ultimately break just like you notice if you bend a piece of thin metal back and forth back and forth over and over until it breaks.....it leaves a jagged edge. Huh.
The neurosurgeon interviewed on the case in point said in his patient's case a follow on surgery was indicated to solidify the spine at that failed fusion level.....perhaps by cleaning it up and inserting new bone growth medium into the mix. So, I probably will not do handstands, play soccer, or stuff like that and will await the surgical consult appointment to learn what is next. Arm. Hurts pretty bad. This would likely be from the failed fusion. Legs. Hurt. The SCS does its trick, but since the nerve is doing something weird, as you know, they JUMP involuntarily. Par for the course, I reckon. Ta Da........ Thank you for the prayers and concerns..... |
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10-07-2013, 12:20 AM | #332 | |||
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Dear friend
I wish they can get to the bottom of things sooner then later it seems to be never ending Question are you thumbs affected Yes sending healing power of prayer Someone who care
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10-07-2013, 08:29 AM | #333 | |||
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No specific thumb issue. I can still hold a pen,,,,something I could not do before the fusion Thanx |
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10-07-2013, 12:36 PM | #334 | |||
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dear friend
how are the latter three from thumb any unusual happenings real hard tingling up pinky along outer perimeter of palm up into wrists anything you were used to having but much more intense my friend i am laying in bed today i need my whole body scratched ever so carefully to relieve the pain under my skin weird isn't it no i do not have dry skin did get my flu shot the second time in my life first one last year i am experiencing the nerve side of me and that is still something my pain specialist is dealing with i have had extreme pain all connected to my back neck i am always in pain and must watch myself i hurt today please if you can describe your pain of course different as mine is all from as big as the lump was pushing outward therefore the same thing happening on the inside directly on the surgery sight making mine different also looking at the outside opposite side of palm tip of all fingers are white as if no blood in finger tips so that is tip to second knuckle and recently i would feel pain throb in a specific area inside my palm and i verbalize what is happening and say it will be a black and blue and within a few hours there it be freaky must explain this to my doctors hope your situation be other easy i mean EASY reason dear Father it has been a while i ask if in your business you honor miracles for those special people i have come to know dear Father hear our prayers as i trust you in charge of all let me be your servant and spread the word your being is real and all have what you gifted us i will be your servant as thy will be done give us this day our daily bread in Jesus name "I Eva believe" AMEN!!!!!!! someone that cares
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10-11-2013, 10:24 PM | #335 | |||
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And.....I do not mean to diminish Pooh's Thread by a similar name.....
It is just that the pain so overwhelmed me today, the herky jerky nerve junk in my legs running about 50 to 60 times today, the arm beyond tolerance...I started into tears in my office. At least I made it through most of the day, negotiations, a class, meetings, doing the stuff of helping my clients.... then CRASH.....tears. So, a co-worker helped me to my car and I came home. Took tramadol [prescribed] for the pain AND ran my stim up to maximum tolerable level. Have for a long time used it a low levels to maintain..... and thus avoid overstimulating the nerve; even so, I HAD to have something today....AND.....that blessed sleep which for me today was not overrated. I fell asleep for three hours or so. Pain escaped in dreamland medicated bliss as my stim recharged. Glad for sleep. Yup it was good to be "tuned out" for a while. |
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10-12-2013, 08:50 AM | #336 | ||
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Oh Mark,
I have been at such a loss for words since your reinjures over the summer. In so many ways you are a beam of light for so many of us here…consistent and dependable…it was with a punch in my guts that I read of your new pain. Dear friend….I ache with you. Thank God for the relief of pain and sleep from medications. My experience is that while I can sleep thru pain or watch TV or Sit still so I can skip a med….my body is still fighting the pain and it takes its toll anyway. The pain changes my mind…I make wrong decisions….I cry and isolate. I bless my Loritab…I honor its effects and respect its potency….I am grateful. Mark…when our lives changed in the MVA…it was not our day to die….please give yourself relief….allow comfort…let go…let others…sit in nature….just for a bit till you get a grip again….give yourself the gifts you so easily give to all of us… Surrounding you in the prayers and thoughts of all of us as you travel this new challenge. Johanna |
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10-12-2013, 10:53 AM | #337 | |||
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your post Hanna captures me in such a way i wish neither the pain both of you incurred is horrific in its self to be in a car wreck is something i do not want to entertained my dear friend who blesses us each day the pain you describe is my suffering two posts ago you talk about screws loosening as i told doc i feel a screw coming undone after second surgery he adds what is called a cage now i never completed fusion 1st time around hence second surgery i believe he took care of that screw i complained about i felt the head protrude both my arms are useless when it counts the most what you may think i worked many jobs to keep my family from feeling poor one of them was a the only cashier who worked overnight for three years as Corissa my youngest child was ill at 3 1/2 months old she spiked a fever that went off the hospital chart turned out my baby had a defected voiding urine and kept on antibiotics till she reached a year old to prepare for kidney surgery right one half taken along with repairs she is fifteen now and a hand full well back to the point l-5 is just out of control won't let anyone cut me even after mu hiccup in the road with removing both my breasts to cancer Mark i understand you reluctancey to meds ans am supportive of whatever you decide to do i am so angry to be on the array of medicines i am on just fr the mechanical part of my issues i have problems with finding the right meds to take care of the other side to my ailments RSD peripheral neuropathy fibromyalgia something i have reactions to the meds given already i even had a difficult time getting on the meds i take now for my mechanical pain i have developed spurs at the endplate THIS BE THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH MY CHIEF COMPLAINT EMANATES WHERE I WAS DRAINED THE MORNING AFTER AS THE DRAIN WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY AS THE GADGET DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DRAIN IT WAS DEVELOPING INTO A HEMATOMA THAT CONTINUED WHEN I WAS DISCHARGED THAT MORNING HE PUT THE NEEDLE IN MY HEMATOMA 3 OR 4 TIMES FEELING RELIEF EVERY TIME HE PUT THAT NEEDLE IN MY BACK/NECK THEN SENT ME ON MY MERRY WAY only to return back because it grew my arms my hands my feet my legs good for not much let alone the thought of a pardon my openness about myself but it is something that has been taken and that is an orgasam it is to pinful i cannot be held without pain today i stay in bed and recoup after just doing regular chores in the apartment it used to be last three fingers now the whole hand along with neck problems im rambling my whole point if i had gone thru the withdrawal and understand it as Hanna says respect what it does and the pain of coming off them i can't imagine i have missed with accidents in the hospital not fun to you who care someone who cares
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10-12-2013, 11:01 AM | #338 | ||
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Hi Mark56,
Hopefully sleep will not elude you to often in this time of need my friend. Hopefully you can take the time for yourself and try to get that green eyed monster under control a little better to a point you are able to be some what comfortable. It is only fair seeing how much of yourself you always put out for everyone else. Please slow down my friend and take care of your self. Prayers heading your way today and everyday. Thank you for all you do here for everyone we all understand that sometimes you need time for your self so please be mindful of that. Take care my friend
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10-14-2013, 07:33 PM | #339 | |||
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Being down in hospital a couple of days with an esophageal impacted blockage will kinda kick the stuffin out of ya. I made it today. 10 hours in office. Did some good things. Gonna sign off for now,
Be well, take small bites, chew thoroughly, HUGZ |
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10-14-2013, 09:42 PM | #340 | ||
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Mark, My heart and prayers go out for you. Will send PM.... Gerry |
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