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Fractured L1 vertebrae has interrupted and changed my life
Spine Health | Last Active: Sep 13, 2018 | Replies (26)Comment receiving replies
I am so sorry, pain is very wearing. I have been taking Norco for years. After having the 17 vertebrae fused I was told not to return to work. After months of recovery I did. This was a major mistake, as getting through each day was just miserable. When I was working I was taking 8 Norco a day. Luckily for me it never made me sleepy but obviously my body became addicted to it. I haven’t worked in over 6 years now and since leaving work I went down to 4 Norco a day. Like most everyone else, it does not take the pain away, just allows us to function as normally as possible. Unfortunately for me, I am on a blood thinner due to having had aortic vavlve replacement surgery way back in 2001. Being I have a mechanical valve the blood thinners are for life and because of this no anti inflammatoires for me! Actually this is a nightmare for me because anti inflammatoires would allow much more relief. I am sick of these pills and am now trying, very slowly this CBD oil. I am hoping that this will work and my goal is to get off Norco. I have cut back by half a pill, so down to 3 and 1/2 per day, wish me luck.
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Pain Pump and catheter in your spine sounds like a lot of surgery. I see the doctor Monday.
Thanks so much, I will look into this.
YES VERY MUCH LUCK TO U ....PPL WHO HAVE ABUSED TAKING PAIN PILLS HAVE REALLY MADE IT HARD FOR US TO GET WHAT WE NEED FOR PAIN RELIEF ......I KNOW THE PAIN PILLS ONLY RELIEVE PAIN MABYE FOR AN HOUR OR SO ,BUT I DO NEED THEM ...I CANT MAKE IT THRU THE DAY IM IN CONSTANT PAIN .....MY DR IS IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP WITH ANOTHER ORTHOPEDIC DR .....THE ORTHOPEDIC I HAD SUGGESTED THAT MAYBE FACET JOINT INJECTIONS WOULD HELP ....AFTER MAYBE A MONTH OF GIVING ALOT OF THOUGHT ...BECAUSE I WAS SCARED IT MIGHT MAKE PAIN WORSE ...I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO MY WOMANLY INSTINCTS ...SURE ENOUGH I HAD 4 INJECTIONS ON LOWER BACK 2 ON RIGHT TWO ON LEFT ...THIRD INJECTION. MUST HAVE HIT A NERVE CUZ I FELT HORRIBLE PAIN FROM SIGHT OF INJECTION TO MY FOOT ....ALWAYS HAD SCATICA NERVE PAIN BUT THIS HAS MADE IT SO SO MUCH WORSE .....AFTER A FEW MONTHS STILL HAVING ALOT OF PAIN HE TELLS I MUST HAVE HAD A BAD REACTION TO STEROID .....I TOLD HIM WHAT HOW LONG WOULD THAT LAST ....HE DIDNT GIVE ME AN ANSWER BECAUSE HE KNEW WHAT HE DID BUT WOULDNT ADMIT.....SORRY SO LONG ....ANYBODY YOU MIGHT TALK TO PLEASE REALLY THINK ABOUT THESE INJECTIONS DO ALL YOUR RESEARCH AND I PRAY YOU ALL HAVE AN AWESOME DR ....
@isabelr yes those injections do hurt I felt the steriod for 3days before I had relieve hope you feel better
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Talk to your pain control doctor about a pain pump. Must be a pain control doctor , they are usually anesthesiologists. I was on many types of pain meds until my implant and I got my life back. A catheter is placed in your spine and the small pump is in your tummy. It is refilled approx. every 3 months with a needle. Not really painful and they will numb the site if you ask them to. I don’t find it necessary. The medication goes to the area where the pain is. Because the medication is intrathecal it does not cross the blood brain barrier and therefore your speech is not slurred as well as other side effects of oral meds. The pump also has a device that you can hold over the pump and give yourself an extra dose of medication if you need it. Limits are set by the doctor. No more failing drug tests if you go back to work. As a matter of fact once you have a pump implanted you and your doctor will discuss what meds you can take and you will be drug tested intermittently.