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Harrington Rod and lower back pain
Spine Health | Last Active: Oct 3, 2023 | Replies (72)Comment receiving replies
As you, I also had Harrington rods back in 1976 at Children's Memorial in Chicago. I have had neck pain since 1982 my lumbar started to give me fits when I reached around 40yrs. of age. I.ve been going to pain management for yrs. I just gave up on it because it's an endless circle of neck then low back. they cut me off on my pain meds so now I'm relying on Advil, which doesn't he4lp I guess I'll just live in pain. I refuse any surgeries because I have have had enough unless it's life threating NO SURGERY! I had T4/T10 at 48degree curve, I went through steroid shots, abulations I'm done. sorry your having problems just to let you know your not the only one in pain. good luck
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Lisa7777, so sorry. Your description sounds miserable. This war on pain meds does NOT help the people who truly benefit from them and can have functional lives with them. Makes me very angry both as patient and retired RN that suddenly “one size fits all”. Grrr. Don’t you wish you could give your pain situation to one of those higher ups for a month or so and see how they feel then? I don’t know the specifics of your personal situation. Is it possible you are a candidate for implantation of a spinal cord stimulator or implantable pain pump? Both very minimal surgical type procedures, home within hours. I only ask because I also refused more back and neck surgery. I refused to give up and sought out other pain management options. This SCS has helped my back/leg pain to a significant degree. Had trial in late Dec and permanent implant later January. I am walking and doing garden work again! I wish you the best of luck going forward!