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11-18-2007, 08:23 PM | #31 | ||
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Hello,
I have been reading the threadsabout SI Dysfunction and I am happy to say that I am post SI fixation and it is 100% effective. |
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04-01-2008, 07:20 AM | #32 | ||
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I underwent a left SI joint fusion in 7/06. Started having problems again after a minor fall in October 07. My orthopedist had a MRI and CT scan done as well as plain filmes and said everything looked OK. Then went to a pain specialist where an injection in the lefet SI joint showed it to be the source of my pain. I have been on long acting pain meds for the last few months and my family doc decided I should get a second opinion. I gathered up all of my recent films, etc. I didn't expect much. Five minutes after looking at my films, he siad that it clearly showed a failure of fusion, with motion of the screws detected. How could my other MD as well as the radiologists not see this? The new doc clearly showed it to me on the films as well? Next step will probably be removal of the hardware. Any thoughts?
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04-02-2008, 02:12 AM | #33 | |||
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Sally,
I would not be so quick to allow removal of the hardware...I had a screw removed and it did not do much for the pain...I just had injections done yesterday...I think the injections do more for the pain than hardware removal...JMO>...
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4/06 - Lumbar Fusion - L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, S1 Anterior with cages and Posterior with rods and screws. 8/17/05 - Cervical Fusion - C4-5, 5-6, 6-7 - Anterior and Posterior Fusion with plate in front and rods and screws in the rear - Corpectomy at C-4 and C-5 and microdisectomy at C6-7. 1/4/05 - Lumbar Laminectomy -L3, L4, L5, S1, S2 Obliteration of Tarlov Cyst at S2. Failed surgery! |
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04-02-2008, 07:50 AM | #34 | ||
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I had an injectio that only seemed to flare things up and after a few weeks I really was no better. Now this isn't spinal hardware, this is pins though the sacrum and iliac. I know they are causing me pain when I walk.
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04-08-2008, 06:15 PM | #35 | ||
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Hi Brendaschoenherr,
Please share who performed your surgery. I think I am going to need to have it done. I have already met with Dr. Amaral (took over for Dr. Lippitt in GA). I am not so sure about him and would like to meet with a different surgeon. Glad to hear you are doing well. Thanks, LCC |
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04-08-2008, 08:28 PM | #36 | ||
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Franck,
How did you manage "no weight bearing" on SI joints for 3 months? That is what scares me most about this surgery. How do you eat (sitting up is weight-bearing)...can you et up to use the bathroom? Please share. Thanks, LCC78 Quote:
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04-08-2008, 08:50 PM | #37 | |||
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Just reading all the threads about the SI Joints and was wanting to know does your pelvis tilt on any of you and cause a lot of pain. My PT told me my pelvis is tilting and she put it back and the next time I go it is back out she said it was my SIjoint.I have so much pain in it that I can not sleep,sit,stand without being in pain.
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04-10-2008, 11:29 PM | #38 | ||
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Hi to everyone - found you on a Google search and am thankful I found this thread.
My husband was injured in a car accident about a year ago and has suffered from chronic low back pain ever since. Based on layman's reading and doctor input, we think (but don't know for sure) that the pain originates in his SI joint. He hasn't had any diagnostic injections yet, let alone SI injections, so we're operating sort of on the fly here, but I have a handful of questions about the SI injections. For those who have received the injections, are they painful to receive? Is the relief you get from them worth the pain? How long do they last before they need to be repeated? Do you have yours done under Fluro, CT, or MRI? And if you're willing to share, what does each injection session cost on average? We're trying to manage his pain conservatively, but I don't know how much longer he can take the daily pain and disruption - if this offers relief, he may have to go this route. Thanks for the informational reading and for any insight you can provide. |
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04-12-2008, 08:03 AM | #39 | ||
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This sounds like what happens to me after doing too much lifting and twisting-gardening for instance. Low back pain starts, then after a day or so moves a bit to one side. If it is not too bad, a long walk taking extra long strides can put it back in place, but failing that it is off to the chiro. Happens to me all the time. Joint actually locks up. Then you get muscle spasms as it tightens all around it, so becomes VERY painful and debilitating. Pain meds, anti-inflams, muscle relaxant and a good chiro. Walking, if you can, is very good. On several occasions I have had to stop walking, being in a spasm, and had to return home and lie down. That's when you know it's time for the chiro. Not sure if this is what he has, but worth a try.
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04-22-2008, 07:46 AM | #40 | ||
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Well my new orthopedist that had thought he wanted to take out the pins decided that it probably would not give me the results I'm praying for. An SI joint injection reproduced the pain so definitively that they feel that more of my pain is coming from the joint and not the pins. With a failed fusion and incomplete bridging, in my mind, I am seeing pieces of bone that I know is what I feel everytime I take a step. The pins are a component though. SO it sounds like no one wants to help me even the pain management people. My family MD is prescribing longacting narcotics with breakthrough medication. I work about 6 hours a day and spend the rest of my life lying on the sofa or my bed. This sucks so bad I don't know what to do. It is so painful to move around so I just don't. I know this is not the way I want to live. I live and work at one of the finest medical schools in the southeast. The doctor I work for is a pediatric heart surgeon. He saves little babies lives with little conduits that look like cocktail straws or smaller. Yet, no one can fix ONE damn bone in my body. The new orthopedist says that the joint needs to be cleaned out and probably re-fused and no one around wants to attempt that.
My life is absolutely screwed. |
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