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10-26-2019, 05:16 AM | #1 | ||
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thankyou for your reply, I will post MRI report once I have a copy
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12-27-2019, 01:33 AM | #2 | ||
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Hi,
I think your best bet is to not worry yet. It sounds like a pinched nerve. I'm sure they will have you try physical therapy first. You may get great results. If not probably surgery. It sounds like what I have. |
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12-29-2019, 09:50 PM | #3 | ||
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I have a couple MRI reports from the time after hip replacement in 2010. I've been dealing with advancing OA for some 60 yrs and at 81 have learned to live it all. Have done so much but will NOT do any back surgeries...
The MRI reports read like crossword puzzles...a lot of OA and good thing I'm retired as it's all advanced since my early 70's with hip job. My salvation is 1 ibuprofen/1OA Tylenol every 6 hours with FOOD in stomach and sadly some resignation on what has gone on with me. Lower back issues started at 18 and here I am 81... I take a lot of joint supplements too and give them some good trials and then I find new ones and go with them. c |
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03-26-2021, 05:07 AM | #4 | ||
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Current studies are finding that physical therapy can at times get results as good as surgery but with less risk.
I’ve had back issues since age 10 (first time surgery was suggested) and both cervical and lumbar stenosis for over 10 years now with treatment due to pain beyond what over the counter meds can handle and change in what I can do physically. Things I’ve found that help: Educating yourself about your condition is very important. Never be afraid to ask your doctors questions, ask for an alternate explanation if an answer does not make sense. Make notes and write down questions prior to doctor appointments so you don’t forget anything. It’s so easy to follow where the conversation leads and end up not asking something you really wanted to know causing you to have to wait for your next appointment. If you ever feel like you are not being heard, you can get a second opinion. You always need to advocate for yourself (politely when possible-doctors generally want to do their best for you). Stay positive, I believe it does help. Having a counselor to talk to if what’s happening overwhelms you or makes you anxious can help a lot. Finally, support groups can be very helpful as the empathy not just sympathy helps too. I used them for both C Difficile and a hysterectomy. I still contact friends I met in those groups regularly, not all from the continent I live on. I too am 50 but with cervical stenosis at 4 levels and lumbar stenosis, disc issues, L4 recently slipped forward. I’ve learned a lot on the journey and you will too. |
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