Spinal stenosis, back, hip & leg issues: A good office chair?

Posted by sparklegram @sparklegram, Apr 10, 2019

I have spinal stenosis and I'm currently having an episode of leg and knee pain. I saw my Spine Doctor yesterday and he has ordered an epidural which I've had before. My question is a little off topic, but I thought someone in this group might have a great answer! I need a truly comfortable office chair. I bought a Raynor Ergohuman chair, and it isn't a good choice for me. Does anyone with back, hip, and leg issues have a recommendation? I'm 74 and very short!

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@grandmar

Hi All!
I'm back with the latest and greatest.
Went to my neurosurgeon yesterday for a follow-up from my MRI and my meeting with the neurologist.
So, the fusion was a success, but the x-lift, not so much.
I still have stenosis and compression of nerves.
It is amazing (Thank God) that I don't have pain!
He did offer to do surgery to relieve the pressure.
It is done as an outpatient, but the only a 50% chance it will work and there IS A CHANCE, not matter how small, that the horrible pain I lived with MIGHT RETURN.
NO GUARANTEES (or even promises).
I am NOT READY TO TAKE A CHANCE AT THIS POINT!
In the meanwhile, I have an appointment for a 2nd opinion with s vascular doctor as to why my feet are turning purple and what to do about it.
The podiatrist said that I could lose my toes if they become infected!!!!!!
Just waiting for this doc's office to call.
As the doctor said, I am not normal nor do I follow typical text book studies.
On the road, again, I go.

Ronnie (GRANDMAr)

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@grandmar I’ve come to realize that most of us are not normal! It really seems as if most people do not fit the typical with symptoms. I guess that’s why doctors have “practices”.

I’m glad to hear though that things are generally going better. I hope the vascular doctor is reassuring.
JK

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@contentandwell

@grandmar I’ve come to realize that most of us are not normal! It really seems as if most people do not fit the typical with symptoms. I guess that’s why doctors have “practices”.

I’m glad to hear though that things are generally going better. I hope the vascular doctor is reassuring.
JK

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@contentandwell
You are very funny!
I don't know if it's that most of us are not normal or that most of us are just individuals.
We are all different from top to bottom.
Like any kind of learning, we learn what is true for the majority.
I cannot imagine what it must be like to then have to learn about all the individual differences.
Guess why docs get the big bucks.
My neurosurgeon says he gets one patient each year who has 'typical' symptoms but are not 'typical.'
I am this year's winner!
Ronnie (GRANDMAr)

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@grandmar

Hi!
I went to the podiatrist to make sure my feet are "healthy."
She said the pulse was not strong at all and needed a dopler system to find it.
I will see her again, soon.
I am also going to a vascular doctor who is also a cardiologist.
When there is poor circulation in your legs, it can be poor around my heart, too.
Better safe than sorry!!
Ronnie (GRANDMAr)

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So happy you are seeing a cardiologist. Wishing you the best.

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Eye level is key. Even minor adjustments make major improvements. I am on my computer all day sometimes (for work). I put a foam wrist bar under my laptop to give it that little bit of height - and that little bit made a difference.

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@grandmar

Hi!
I went to the podiatrist to make sure my feet are "healthy."
She said the pulse was not strong at all and needed a dopler system to find it.
I will see her again, soon.
I am also going to a vascular doctor who is also a cardiologist.
When there is poor circulation in your legs, it can be poor around my heart, too.
Better safe than sorry!!
Ronnie (GRANDMAr)

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@grandmar I hope your heart is not involved. If it is what will the doctor do for that? Keep us informed. I am particularly interested because I always feel like I am around the corner from heart problems since both of my parents passed from them in their 60s, and everyone in my mother's family did also. So far, my heart seems to be OK.
JK

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@contentandwell

@grandmar I’ve come to realize that most of us are not normal! It really seems as if most people do not fit the typical with symptoms. I guess that’s why doctors have “practices”.

I’m glad to hear though that things are generally going better. I hope the vascular doctor is reassuring.
JK

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@contentandwell -- Thanks for the laugh JK! Medicine is a science, but a lot of it is based on luck and experience on the part of both the doctor and patient! Sometimes, we stay well, or regain our health, "in spite of" what the doctors got wrong! Just as an example, I was overdosed by an anesthesiologist (40 yrs ago), who gave me twice as much as he thought he was ... and 10 months ago, another anesthesiologist "accidentally" injected the right phrenic nerve and paralyzed my right diaphragm. I was to have surgery on my wrist ... I survived both experiences, luckily!
--Dee

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@danielad

@contentandwell -- Thanks for the laugh JK! Medicine is a science, but a lot of it is based on luck and experience on the part of both the doctor and patient! Sometimes, we stay well, or regain our health, "in spite of" what the doctors got wrong! Just as an example, I was overdosed by an anesthesiologist (40 yrs ago), who gave me twice as much as he thought he was ... and 10 months ago, another anesthesiologist "accidentally" injected the right phrenic nerve and paralyzed my right diaphragm. I was to have surgery on my wrist ... I survived both experiences, luckily!
--Dee

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Wow, Dee, are you sure you are not a cat with 9 lives?
You are right that some medicine is luck and certainly experience!
Can you imagine your surgeon, a woman, is standing over you with a knife and severe cramps and a bad attidtude?
Or the tech who was out partying and is bleery eyed and has to read the bottle of medication to be used?
I know the stories are endless and thank God you have lived to share them!

Stay well!!!!
Ronnie (GRANDMAr)

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@contentandwell

@grandmar I hope your heart is not involved. If it is what will the doctor do for that? Keep us informed. I am particularly interested because I always feel like I am around the corner from heart problems since both of my parents passed from them in their 60s, and everyone in my mother's family did also. So far, my heart seems to be OK.
JK

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Hi JK
I also hope my heart is not involved. My dad also passed from heart disease.
The last thorough heart check-up I had was in 2016.
Things were perfect. I do, however, have a 'normal' rapid heartbeat and I become tachy when I am under anesthesia.
My PCP figured that out by giving me Metropolol for 1 week before surgery, to slow down my heart and I do just fine!
I don't know what is going to happen with anything at this point. The doc has not yet called to set up an appointment.

But hey, it is the weekend!
Rejoice!!!
Ronnie (GRANDMAr)

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@danielad

@contentandwell -- Thanks for the laugh JK! Medicine is a science, but a lot of it is based on luck and experience on the part of both the doctor and patient! Sometimes, we stay well, or regain our health, "in spite of" what the doctors got wrong! Just as an example, I was overdosed by an anesthesiologist (40 yrs ago), who gave me twice as much as he thought he was ... and 10 months ago, another anesthesiologist "accidentally" injected the right phrenic nerve and paralyzed my right diaphragm. I was to have surgery on my wrist ... I survived both experiences, luckily!
--Dee

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@danielad Dee, yes it is a science but of course, they say a doctor "practices medicine" and has a "practice". I have no idea where that word came into use in regard to doctors but when you think about it, they can't possibly know everything. I think good doctors are learning new things all of the time, often from their patients' experiences. I fear doctors who think they are omniscient.

Your two experiences must have been frightening. Having twice the amount of anesthesia as you were supposed to get could have been a huge problem. I presume the paralysis of your diaphragm was temporary, thankfully.
JK

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@contentandwell

@danielad Dee, yes it is a science but of course, they say a doctor "practices medicine" and has a "practice". I have no idea where that word came into use in regard to doctors but when you think about it, they can't possibly know everything. I think good doctors are learning new things all of the time, often from their patients' experiences. I fear doctors who think they are omniscient.

Your two experiences must have been frightening. Having twice the amount of anesthesia as you were supposed to get could have been a huge problem. I presume the paralysis of your diaphragm was temporary, thankfully.
JK

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@contentandwell --
Hi JK, according to https://www.etymonline.com/word/practice:

"practice (v.)
c. 1400, "to do, act;" early 15c., "to follow or employ; to carry on a profession," especially medicine, from Old French pratiser, practiser "to practice," alteration of practiquer, from Medieval Latin practicare "to do, perform, practice," from Late Latin practicus "practical," from Greek praktikos "practical" (see practical).

From early 15c. as "to perform repeatedly to acquire skill, to learn by repeated performance;" mid-15c. as "to perform, to work at, exercise." Related: Practiced; practicing.

practice (n.)

early 15c., practise, "practical application," originally especially of medicine but also alchemy, education, etc.; from Old French pratiser, from Medieval Latin practicare (see practice (v.)). From early 15c. often assimilated in spelling to nouns in -ice. Also as practic, which survived in parallel into 1"

In other words, a Medical or Attorney "Practice" (as a noun) is a place (office) where Medical or Legal actions take place.
However, a lot of fun can be had, by using the verb "to Practice" ... Practice before you kill someone ... Practice to be a better lawyer ... Etc. etc... Stay well JK!
--Dee

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