On 9/12/2012 5:16 PM, Cheryl wrote:
> On 9/11/2012 11:47 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> Way too many people with back problems want instant results so opt for
>> surgery, a big mistake. I'm very glad I heeded a second opinion and
>> cancelled my back surgery. I've since been told by several doctors
>> (not surgeons) that once one has back surgery they will need many
>> surgeries until they are a cripple in a wheelchair. I think you ought
>> to try the injections again, but a different doctor. The first place
>> where I had injections I got zero results, so I went to a different
>> group of doctors and it's now been five years and I'm pain free...
>> there were three doctors, each time a different doctor administered
>> the shot... I suppose they each used a different cocktail and a
>> different technique, all I know is that it worked. After a few months
>> I returned hundreds of pain pills to the pharmacy to dispose of. Good
>> luck.
>
> I understand what you're saying and wish it would have worked for me,
> and glad you have relief! Interesting about the different results from
> different doctors...

Sheldon, BTW, this was one of the diagnosis that caused the need for
surgery. Since one vertebrae slipped under another one, and PT wasn't
working to move it back into place, fusion was the only option other
than just numbing the pain with sterioids. And yes, permanent nerve
damage can be a result, and possible future surgeries, but at 49 we saw
no reason not to do the surgery so I can at least have some quality of
life. I literally wasn't able to walk but for short distances.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002240/