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    I have No idea why I posted that, but the key lesson is don’t chat on the phone without leaving/closing the thread on TZ and absent mindedly touching the screen…


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    Quote Originally Posted by wildheart View Post
    Saw a surgeon last Friday, I have a narrowing of L4/L5 disc protrusion. Apparently 65% of males between 55 and 70 are likely to have this condition. Key hole surgery where they file out the narrowing to allow the nerves to be unaffected by the prolapse. To be honest I can't wait to get it over with, having lived with it for nine months. Paying for my past now, but at 63 I don't want to live with this amount of pain!
    I think a lot of people have the condition, but not all suffer as a result. One of my friends has the condition but has no ill effects from it at all.

    Good luck with the surgery. Hopefully they can do it via keyhole, mine has left a nice long vertical scar.

    Be prepared to not be able to do much following the surgery as you have to let things heal before you jump back into things. Take it slow and steady. I wasn’t able to start proper physio for at least 6 weeks following the op, though I was encouraged to be mobile, go for walks etc. The painkillers were pretty strong too!

    Good luck with it. If there’s anything you want to ask etc then feel free to PM me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bambam View Post
    I think a lot of people have the condition, but not all suffer as a result. One of my friends has the condition but has no ill effects from it at all.

    Good luck with the surgery. Hopefully they can do it via keyhole, mine has left a nice long vertical scar.

    Be prepared to not be able to do much following the surgery as you have to let things heal before you jump back into things. Take it slow and steady. I wasn’t able to start proper physio for at least 6 weeks following the op, though I was encouraged to be mobile, go for walks etc. The painkillers were pretty strong too!

    Good luck with it. If there’s anything you want to ask etc then feel free to PM me.
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    Still inconclusive. After a contrast MRI he's now convinced it's not the degeneration of L4 & L5 but something going on with L3 could be a cyst or a bulge but nothing sinister (he says).
    So now waiting again for another nerve block epidural so until then I'm off my face on pills.
    I'm fed up with it now and can understand why people end it all when things get too bad for them.
    I've not slept in my own bed now for months

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    Quote Originally Posted by reecie View Post
    You can ease a lot of it by doing the right stretches regularly. Much of time it is a muscle spasm that locks on the nerve that needs releasing. Particularly make sure your core is sorted. But it depends what is actually causing the issue. I managed the occasional bout myself until I got a slipped disk that was pushing on it. After 9 months of nagging agony it was fixed by an operation. This guy seems to have some good results judging by the comments and I have tried them myself and you can feel the effects in the right place



    Doing the various Piriformis exercises you can find should help. Also using a foam roller or the lacrosse ball for deep massage. But don't do something that makes it worse if the cause is not muscular.
    Superb. I noticed this thread having not seen it before.

    I was going to post this exact video.

    Brutal exercises with had me pouring ice cold sweat. But this fixed my pain for good.

    Hurts like hell but really really worth it.


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    I have my long awaited Spinal decompression surgery tomorrow, can't wait to be out of pain! Fingers crossed!!

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    Best of luck with it.

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    That is great news! Good luck with it and don’t forget to take it easy - for some weeks - before you start the physio proper.
    They should get you mobilised and walking a day or so after surgery and it’s gentle exercises and walking for quite a while before you can start being more active.
    One of those helping hand sticks is really useful for when you drop something.
    Best of luck.

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    Well I’m back home five days on and Sciatica free! Wow what a relief. 18 months of torture behind me. The surgeon said the nerve had started to calcify on the spine tube wall. He’s freed up the nerve around the prolapse and has ground out the channel to stop it occurring again.
    I have a few months of recuperation ahead of me, but can walk now without pain. The Nuffield Centre in Cambridge provided the opportunity for this, first class service!


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    Quote Originally Posted by wildheart View Post
    Well I’m back home five days on and Sciatica free! Wow what a relief. 18 months of torture behind me. The surgeon said the nerve had started to calcify on the spine tube wall. He’s freed up the nerve around the prolapse and has ground out the channel to stop it occurring again.
    I have a few months of recuperation ahead of me, but can walk now without pain. The Nuffield Centre in Cambridge provided the opportunity for this, first class service!


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    That is great news!
    Best of luck with the continuing recovery. Remember to take it easy and not rush back into things.

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    Good stuff. I know the feeling of relief after my op.

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    Thanks chaps!

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    To all my fellow sufferers: Have a rocking Christmas you bad backed bastards!IMG_8465.JPG


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    Quote Originally Posted by wildheart View Post
    Thanks chaps!
    How is your recovery going??

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    Quote Originally Posted by bambam View Post
    How is your recovery going??
    Seven weeks pain free! Just started swinging a golf club. I was very lucky, I had an amazing surgeon. He stated I was heading towards a wheel chair! So pleased I had the operation. My sciatic nerve was calcifying on the vertebra wall. No way manipulation or exercise was going to shift it. If anyone wants the surgeons details, just PM me. Best £9 K I have ever spent!

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    Quote Originally Posted by wildheart View Post
    Seven weeks pain free! Just started swinging a golf club. I was very lucky, I had an amazing surgeon. He stated I was heading towards a wheel chair! So pleased I had the operation. My sciatic nerve was calcifying on the vertebra wall. No way manipulation or exercise was going to shift it. If anyone wants the surgeons details, just PM me. Best £9 K I have ever spent!
    That is great to hear! Sounds like you got it sorted in time. Great stuff and best wishes for your continued recovery.

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    Just got back to this thread and read your update.

    I am absolutely thrilled for you.

    Having had spinal fusion in 1982 and a microdiscectomy in 2004 I know exactly what pain you had been suffering from and the ridiculous relief when it's all gone.

    scooter

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    Quote Originally Posted by scooter View Post
    Just got back to this thread and read your update.

    I am absolutely thrilled for you.

    Having had spinal fusion in 1982 and a microdiscectomy in 2004 I know exactly what pain you had been suffering from and the ridiculous relief when it's all gone.

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    Update.
    I,m now 4 weeks after my operation and on no tablets whatsoever.
    Seems as usual I'm an awkward arse, after a CT and MRI I was found to have haemorrhagic facet joint cysts growing in my spine.
    The surgeon that was going to do it said he was passing it over so the op was done keyhole although they did open it up larger as it took longer than expected.
    I,m getting slight tingling down the legs but assuming it's part of the healing but we will see.
    After 2 years of banging Tramadol, Morphine, Diazipam etc etc its quite unreal to be having a clear head to see things.
    A week in Fuerteventura has helped and done me a world of good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by blackie View Post
    Update.
    I,m now 4 weeks after my operation and on no tablets whatsoever.
    Seems as usual I'm an awkward arse, after a CT and MRI I was found to have haemorrhagic facet joint cysts growing in my spine.
    The surgeon that was going to do it said he was passing it over so the op was done keyhole although they did open it up larger as it took longer than expected.
    I,m getting slight tingling down the legs but assuming it's part of the healing but we will see.
    After 2 years of banging Tramadol, Morphine, Diazipam etc etc its quite unreal to be having a clear head to see things.
    A week in Fuerteventura has helped and done me a world of good.

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    That sounds like very good progress after just 4 weeks.

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    Yes, I was surprised as well. Early days.

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    Sciatica

    Quote Originally Posted by blackie View Post
    Update.
    I,m now 4 weeks after my operation and on no tablets whatsoever.
    Seems as usual I'm an awkward arse, after a CT and MRI I was found to have haemorrhagic facet joint cysts growing in my spine.
    The surgeon that was going to do it said he was passing it over so the op was done keyhole although they did open it up larger as it took longer than expected.
    I,m getting slight tingling down the legs but assuming it's part of the healing but we will see.
    After 2 years of banging Tramadol, Morphine, Diazipam etc etc its quite unreal to be having a clear head to see things.
    A week in Fuerteventura has helped and done me a world of good.

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    Jealous of your holiday location. So pleased it has got you off the meds! And out of pain


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    Quote Originally Posted by wildheart View Post
    Jealous of your holiday location. So pleased it has got you off the meds! And out of pain


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    Cheers, it had to be done. Mrs B booked it whilst I was under the knife. Knowing I'd be 4 weeks on by then. Really enjoyed the rest and the plane/resort was half empty.
    Concerning today I've had more nerve tingle down the left as it was the right they operated on.
    The left vanished when the right took over and I'm apprehensive that the surgeon may not have got all of it and the left is a different thing anyway.
    I've had no news as to an update as the Dr was in surgery when I was discharged. That's my only complaint the not knowing but I'll get Xmas over and be on the case asking what was done and to what extent.
    Was happy they managed keyhole and the surgeon wanted to do it as he'd never seen this before as its quite rare.

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    Update.

    I've started to have the odd twinge in the right thigh but the physio isn't overly concerned and a meloxicam every other day and exercise seems to be keeping it at bay.
    The specialist binned me off 2 weeks ago from my appt so now awaiting another email with a time so I can question him about the procedure and how it went

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    Pleased your making progress Mr B. I'm 5 months pain free now. I mowed the lawn and cleaned the windows at the weekend. Unfortunately I have Covid now, which has laid me low. Illness is never ending!!

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