So anyone else had a back surgery due to a herniated disc? Here is the rundown of what is causing me to have one.
Oct 14, 08 I fell over 12 feet off a mountain while elk hunting and then walked threw water that was up to my chest another two miles back to camp (not an approximant distance). Then made the hubby and his brother go in a change while I hung our meat up and the tarp to get it out of the rain that just had to start right after I fell and was still pinned under the log. By the way its great having two southern paramedics who are brothers saying the exact same thing at the same time to make you laugh while your face is pouring out blood to make things just a bit better...
The list of injuries from that lovely fall was in order of occurrence sprained ankle right foot stopped the fall on a rock then launched me forward, dislocated knee, broken nose, 2 cheek plates (opened my eyes just in time to see my rifle bolt bust into my face), torn rotator cuff and nerve damage to my right arm (my rifle caught above the down log), and severe back pain.
4 days later made if off the island and to an docs where the ball got rolling for my nose to be fixed as I could not breath out of it at all. Never an easy feeling with the nose doc says whoa while looking at your nose and then calls another doc in saying take a look at this!
Anyhow got that fixed first and was sent to and MRI of pretty much my whole body, not fun for a claustrophobic, large chested person let me tell you. So April 29, 09 went back to docs to be told about rotator cuff and that nothing was seen in my lower back and that it must be nerve damage. So physical therapy, acupuncture and a million back adjustments by the local doc brings you up to two weeks ago . I got out of a friends car took one step and collapsed to the ground. I could hardly walk my lower back was kicking by behind! We were 100 miles from home with things that needed to get done so I hobbled in and out of the few places we went and then went home.
Three days later after not being able to get up or down much less walk without the help of my husband I went the 100 miles to a new chiropractor. I thought I would just get another adjustment and be fine but this time the Dr asked to see any and all MRIs that I have had after hearing how I hurt my back. 3 hours later the Dr pops the disk in and in less than 2 seconds says here is your problem you have two severely herniated discs, the Radiologist even put it in the notes here, look its even tear dropped down. After calling another Dr in to show him how bad the herniated discs are and talk about the other place that dropped the ball we go over treatment options and some passive resistance adjustments and I could hobble with out assistance!!!
So I am now just waiting for the scheduling to work out and I am L.A. bound for a Non-traumatic discetomy! Talk about how far back surgeries have come I will be an outpatient procedure and will only have a 1/8 of an inch incision, and I even get to be awake! Im just happy that I dont have to have the old open surgery where they remove a part of vertebrate and have a 4-6 incision.
Oct 14, 08 I fell over 12 feet off a mountain while elk hunting and then walked threw water that was up to my chest another two miles back to camp (not an approximant distance). Then made the hubby and his brother go in a change while I hung our meat up and the tarp to get it out of the rain that just had to start right after I fell and was still pinned under the log. By the way its great having two southern paramedics who are brothers saying the exact same thing at the same time to make you laugh while your face is pouring out blood to make things just a bit better...
The list of injuries from that lovely fall was in order of occurrence sprained ankle right foot stopped the fall on a rock then launched me forward, dislocated knee, broken nose, 2 cheek plates (opened my eyes just in time to see my rifle bolt bust into my face), torn rotator cuff and nerve damage to my right arm (my rifle caught above the down log), and severe back pain.
4 days later made if off the island and to an docs where the ball got rolling for my nose to be fixed as I could not breath out of it at all. Never an easy feeling with the nose doc says whoa while looking at your nose and then calls another doc in saying take a look at this!
Anyhow got that fixed first and was sent to and MRI of pretty much my whole body, not fun for a claustrophobic, large chested person let me tell you. So April 29, 09 went back to docs to be told about rotator cuff and that nothing was seen in my lower back and that it must be nerve damage. So physical therapy, acupuncture and a million back adjustments by the local doc brings you up to two weeks ago . I got out of a friends car took one step and collapsed to the ground. I could hardly walk my lower back was kicking by behind! We were 100 miles from home with things that needed to get done so I hobbled in and out of the few places we went and then went home.
Three days later after not being able to get up or down much less walk without the help of my husband I went the 100 miles to a new chiropractor. I thought I would just get another adjustment and be fine but this time the Dr asked to see any and all MRIs that I have had after hearing how I hurt my back. 3 hours later the Dr pops the disk in and in less than 2 seconds says here is your problem you have two severely herniated discs, the Radiologist even put it in the notes here, look its even tear dropped down. After calling another Dr in to show him how bad the herniated discs are and talk about the other place that dropped the ball we go over treatment options and some passive resistance adjustments and I could hobble with out assistance!!!
So I am now just waiting for the scheduling to work out and I am L.A. bound for a Non-traumatic discetomy! Talk about how far back surgeries have come I will be an outpatient procedure and will only have a 1/8 of an inch incision, and I even get to be awake! Im just happy that I dont have to have the old open surgery where they remove a part of vertebrate and have a 4-6 incision.
