Made it to walton centre for op!

I saw the consultant first in November last year, had scan mid November, attempted nerve root block beginning of December and put on waiting list for Operation approx 10th Jan and was phoned 18th Jan to see if I could come in on 24th for op on 25th incredible speed!

Hi James I hope that everything is going well for you, I just wish I could get to see the same Dr's as you have

Like a new man! Pain is 90% gone in back. Totally in my legs. I was off the morphine in just over 2 weeks. 120mg a day to nothing! 

I fully intend to do a charity fund raiser for the Walton centres charity, without them I would be stuck at my hospital here in pain still as they refused to operate!

I am so glad James, I am still stuck here Walton wouldn't even look at me, probably too old to bother with me, although when I went to Walton I wasn't old lol.

I have said that I want cortisone injections so that I can have a rest from pain and then they are going to do an injection to see where the pain is coming from. Its not coming from my back although Lyrica seems to deaden the pain but am frightened I am losing my memory.  Did you by chance have private insurance?

My friend from Wrexham is the same as me, we were school friends, she went to the Walton and they won't operate on her but I don't think they operated on anyone when I went for an appointment....the big bloke I saw had a cold and all he could do was speak through a hanky. Horrible man.

What did they do by the way and I forget what your symptoms were.  I am not saying there is hope for me but I am sick of all this pain. I left my handbag in a taxi in Valencia last week with money in - I was so much in pain I had to be dragged out of the taxi to get to our car.  Of course not got it back...Luckily not too much in it, except 60€ but my memory going is bothering me and so would like to get out of Lyrica.  How didmorphone work for you?

Hell you will be back at work in no time.

Let me know a bit more.  Anne

James,

As someone who recommended Walton Centre to you I am so delighted your pain has gone and life is now looking brighter. I still have nerve sensations in my legs since my op. but my mobility is great.

I hope your recovery continues.

I have had a microdisectomy of l5/s1. I don't know if they did anything more as that's what I went in for but haven't seen the surgeon as he had a conference the next day, it was 3 hours ish in theatre, 1 1/2 in recovery! 

Symptons were,

excruciating pain in left leg down to foot, 

pain in bum, 

pain in coccyx if sat too long, 

pain in my back, left and right side! 

Loins and needles in legs, note both legs affected! 

When end the physio gave me a massage near the spine, both my feet went numb within seconds, and my hands too. No idea why my hands but the area in my back went so numb I didn't know if she was still doing it or not!!

I had partial caudia equina aswell. i believe I was having constipation as a result of the disc too. I say that because before the op, maybe every 5 days I might go. After the op (without medication changes) I started going everyday! 

I get pins and needles too but that I can live with! I am getting a lot of 'ache' and feels like bruising in the last week in my back, need to take things a bit slowly! 

The pain put some very dark thoughts into my head over the 2 years. Left me feeling very 'alone' and disconnected from the world. Glad to say that's all gone!

I have L5/S1 and i don't have that pain at all i might have pins and needles but medication maybe blocks the pain, and I have pain in the bum - don't have pain down to the foot or coccyx so maybe I haven't that level. People reading x rays can read them wrong so please post again when you are getting better it is very helpful for us.

 

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