Hi Jennifer. Not sure what to do. Not looking forward to back surgery at all. Overall I am doing well I would think. I have a nasty low back pain and pain going down my rt leg to knee. Pain Dr has been ordering RF'S every 6 mo. Epidural steroids into my L4 and SI joint injections. But still leaves me with some pain. Not as much but some. By the end of the day my tailbone is so sore to sit on. Also I had spinal stenosis in my neck about 8 yrs ago and the levels below are going bad.when i first shattered my L4 in a boating accident I saw a Dr while in the hospital for 4 days,then was referred to there neurological dept. Same that did neck surgery. When I got out the office for my apts would never let me see a Dr. Only a P.A. even though I asked. 5 months after I called the director and she was furious. She was my neck Dr. She got me in with on of the back Dr. Did Ct scans as I have a neurostimulator. I ALSO have RSD in both legs. This Dr recommended I have a 4 level fusion front and back as soon as possible. I think because they didn't get me in to see a Dr sooner. I told her my concerns with my RSD she said I'd would not bother it. I am not that comfortable. I wanted to look into less invasive if I needed surgery. My primary Dr and neurologist kept pushing. So because I can go to other Dr on my plan, my Dr that diagnosed my RSD sent me to another Back specialist . He gave me recommendations but didn't think I needed surgery yet. So he basically said my back was healed and said if I need anything down the line to let him know. So needless to say for the past 3 yrs to the date July 7th. I have been limping thru. Last summer I got out of bed one day and I could not even stand on my Rt leg. Low back and leg hurt so bad. To stand to go to the bathroom I had to take dilauded and ketamine . Was able to do a MRI because of a new stimulator implant. Between pain Dr and pain clinic they decided to do 1 SI joint injection and I think we did 2 epidural. Pain was gone for awhile but has come back. Not to the point where I can't walk. But it hurts. I was referred to a ortho back Dr who has been known to be very good. He does noninvasive and open back surgery. I guess at that time I was not looking for back surgery. Just answers. He said my leg and back hurt and go numb because in the boating accident I compressed my spine so the disc's are all squished together and I need to keep getting epidurals. In those to shrink them. He also said if I was his mother he would not recommend surgery. There is so much going on they could make it worse. I sent my records to mayo after my 1st 2 Dr and Mayo said they could not do anything more than my Dr here could. So I dont know what to do. I just sit here getting epidural after epidural and SI joint injections. And RF'S. And still always have some sort of leg pain. And tailbone pain.

Jump to this post