Back pain

[TPC]

Epworth Hospital over here in Richmond were amazing mate! C5-6 disc was blown out pressing against my spinal cord so they removed it/caged it/fused it. The majority of pain though down my right side/arm was from arthritis bone growth choking nerves deep inside. They gave all that a grinding back whilst in there and instant relief from the moment I woke!


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Do you set off the metal detectors?

[MB]

Nah mate, all good, standard metal detectors are fine but no more MRI’s allowed in the future was warned. Magnets must be too strong and can pull what minute bits of carbon are in there I guess?


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[Hodge]

Seeing this thread and seeing what some of you poor buggas went through scares the shit out of me.
90% of blokes in my industry develop f****d backs at some stage due to nature of this job.
Climbing tall ladders and towers leaning back , lugging heavy tool bags etc...

I really hope I don't add to the percentage.

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[mudnut]

Faaar out @MB And you drive up and down that bumpy dirt road every day. I feel like a wimp now!

[jack]

Now I have back pain every day with Sciatica down my right led and I am trying to deal with it without tablets but it is not easy.
I have been told that I will probably need a back fusion operation at some time but do not like the idea of losing the mobility in my lower back but as I get older I probably will have to get it done.

Hi Tony,

My wife suffers from Sciatica to the extent that she has difficulty walking at times. She went through the medication, physio, and cortisone injection path with no positive result.
Several years ago a specialist anesthetist recommended a caudal injection, as surgery was the next resort she decided to try the injection first. It's done while in a CT scanner and it had pretty much immediate pain relief.
Since then she has had caudal injections every few years, sometimes they take three weeks to show improvement other times its nearly instant.
Not sure if this works for everyone but for my wife it was a life saver, might be worth checking out.

Cheers

[TPC]

Hi Tony,

My wife suffers from Sciatica to the extent that she has difficulty walking at times. She went through the medication, physio, and cortisone injection path with no positive result.
Several years ago a specialist anesthetist recommended a caudal injection, as surgery was the next resort she decided to try the injection first. It's done while in a CT scanner and it had pretty much immediate pain relief.
Since then she has had caudal injections every few years, sometimes they take three weeks to show improvement other times its nearly instant.
Not sure if this works for everyone but for my wife it was a life saver, might be worth checking out.

Cheers

Thanks Jack, I had not heard of that but will ask my doctor what he thinks.

[threedogs]

just a selection of what Ive had implanted there were 2 of those 3/8th bolts the wire were for electrodes,
like others couldnt have an MRI cause of metal in my body. at last metal free and pray the load bearing MRI shows up something

My advice AVOID SURGERY AT ALL COSTS.
Ive had 19 just to fix the first and thats not counting all the spinal taps etc Ive had

[MB]

Crikey.....they are truly massive John, you sure must be glad they’re out now mate!
The MRI for me was to see what others could not and then come up with an action plan together once found. Heavy cortisone tablet doses were trialled for 30 days and in that time my pain and function loss escalated out of control along with a horrible roid rage personal reaction.
As a last resort surgery suggested was chosen by me and has been thankfully successful for nearly 3 years now, touch wood! Of course it is unfortunately always a risk and one I was more than willing to take at that ugly time in my life.
I do truly hope this new technology kindly suggested by you John can help your situation and many others no doubt! Best of luck mate!!


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[Clunk]

Yep back pain is a bastard, and I really feel for all those that have to endure it day in, day out.

I have ok days, bad days and really shit house days. Especially when every other single joint in my body wants to join in the fun.
There's a high possibility that my vertebrae will fuse together themselves, so try to keep that at bay with exercises, stretches, pain meds and various anti inflammatorys. Although i try not to take anything if I can help it.