Might be having back surgery...

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

Last August I went to a Neurosurgeon for back pain I'd been having for over a few years. Found out I have a herniated disc. At the time it wasn't severe so I just rested up and went on with my life. Over the months it progressively got worse and I started getting leg pains in my right leg. My leg would start to go numb, and eventually it got to where it felt like I had a cramp in my calf. I started physical therapy about 2 months ago for it, and it's of no help. I now cannot walk more than about 10 ft before my right leg completely tightens up like someone's squeezing the crap out of it. I can't sleep at night, and I can't do much of anything standing up. The pain lately has literally been unbearable so I started taking steroids (prescribed) for it but it doesn't help. The worst part is that my right hip now is about 2" off center. I don't know when my spine starting going crooked on me, and I'm sure it has more to do with the bulging disc in my back, but it still scares the hell out of me when I lift my shirt and see my spine curving.

I'm going back to the neurosurgeon this afternoon and I have a gut feeling I'm looking at surgery. I'm really hoping that there's some other method we can try to get me back to normal but I just don't know...

Wish me luck.

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[mattf 5,000+ posts]

hope everything goes well...

 

[AVSTANG02]

Last summer my mom had similiar symptoms and went for a surgery and it ended up killing her... sooo good luck haaha... she was much older than u tho so u prolly have nothing to worry about...

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

Last summer my mom had similiar symptoms and went for a surgery and it ended up killing her... sooo good luck haaha... she was much older than u tho so u prolly have nothing to worry about...

hold on...Literally "killing" her? or just, painful?

Sorry if it's the first...that really sucks.

I'm hopeful that it can be resolved without surgery.

"Hope for the best. Prepare for the worst."

 

[60ndown 10+ year member]

i hurt my back 4 years ago (accident) regular chiropractic treatment (twice a week) and im 100% now.(no pain and strong as ever)but it took 4 years.

my bud has had 3 surgerys over the same time and now walks with a cane uses pain meds (a lot) and is never confortable.

 

[mattf 5,000+ posts]

hold on...Literally "killing" her? or just, painful?
Sorry if it's the first...that really sucks.

I'm hopeful that it can be resolved without surgery.

"Hope for the best. Prepare for the worst."

if she really died, idk if I'd be laughing about that. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eyebrow.gif.fe2c18d8720fe8c7eaed347b21ea05a5.gif

 

[HitManSE 10+ year member]

Go to a chiropractor. You're going to have to make visits 2-3x a week for a few months.

Once you get your frame back to normal (it will take a while, at least 4-6 months) start with physical therapy to get your balance and strenght back.

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

Go to a chiropractor. You're going to have to make visits 2-3x a week for a few months.
Once you get your frame back to normal (it will take a while, at least 4-6 months) start with physical therapy to get your balance and strenght back.

Was seeing a chiroprator at the same time I was doing PT. They are in the same office. They share customers. They actually specialize in herniated discs...

They sucked. I'm done with chiropractors now.

 

[HitManSE 10+ year member]

They sucked. I'm done with chiropractors now.

Perhaps they did ****, however not all chiropractors are the same. Good luck to you.

 

[BoomBoomBoy 10+ year member]

I'd get a few specialists opinion before I ever let anyone open up my back.

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

I'd get a few specialists opinion before I ever let anyone open up my back.

You do realize that I said NEUROSURGEON. Back care is what they do for a living...

 

[BoomBoomBoy 10+ year member]

You do realize that I said NEUROSURGEON. Back care is what they do for a living...

So you're saying a neurosurgeon has never misdiagnosed anything??????

You do what you want, I said what I'd do. That's what insurance is for

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

Alright....I thought you totally missed the part about me seeing a neurosurgeon.

I saw him last August, and he had me get an MRI. I saw the chiropractor and he took more x-rays. Both said I have a herniated disc, and I have the classic symptoms for it, so there's no doubt that's what I have.

I'm seeing one of the best in my area, so I'm not worried about him misdiagnosing me. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[BoomBoomBoy 10+ year member]

Hope all goes well. I have a bad back and it usually raises it's ugly head every coupe of years and it sucks.

 

[60ndown 10+ year member]

Perhaps they did ****, however not all chiropractors are the same..

x eleventybillion, like all car audio stores are the same...................naaaaat!