1st August 2003
Sorry to hear about all your pain. You have come to the right place. A couple of questions,
1. how many doctors have you seen. I am not that familiar with the the Health care system in the UK but it is always best to see more than one doc.
2. Have you had surgery? for something like yours a lamenectomy/discectomy is a treatment. I beleive you said it was one disc. The Lamenectomy can usually be done using non-invasive laser surgery, that leaves only a small incision and a short recovery time.
3. There are other options. After reading a lot of posts about disk replacement, that might also be an option. I believe europe is the only place that does those as of now but from what I have read the proceedure seem to be a viable and good option.
On another note you have come to the right place there are some very educated and informative people on this board. I think a lot of people will be more educated in this than I am but keep your options open and do research. There are a lot of treatment options out there so find the one that fits you best. Keep us posted and I hope this helps.
Sincerely,
Lane
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18 years old no trauma but severe leg pain
traction for 2 weeks didn't work
Epidurals, steriods didn't work
1988 triple disk Lamenectomy L3-4,L4-5,L5-S1. good for about 6 months pain on and off for the next 12 years
EMG shows nerve damage right leg
Nov. 2002 Triple Disk Lemanectomy, discectomy L3-4,L4-5, L5-S1. WORSE. MRI shows scar tissue causing pain. Neurosergeon says nothing can be done.
Seeing PM doc on Neurontin 1800 mg daily stopped taking neurontin effecting job performace
endocet 5/325 everyday
1. how many doctors have you seen. I am not that familiar with the the Health care system in the UK but it is always best to see more than one doc.
2. Have you had surgery? for something like yours a lamenectomy/discectomy is a treatment. I beleive you said it was one disc. The Lamenectomy can usually be done using non-invasive laser surgery, that leaves only a small incision and a short recovery time.
3. There are other options. After reading a lot of posts about disk replacement, that might also be an option. I believe europe is the only place that does those as of now but from what I have read the proceedure seem to be a viable and good option.
On another note you have come to the right place there are some very educated and informative people on this board. I think a lot of people will be more educated in this than I am but keep your options open and do research. There are a lot of treatment options out there so find the one that fits you best. Keep us posted and I hope this helps.
Sincerely,
Lane
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18 years old no trauma but severe leg pain
traction for 2 weeks didn't work
Epidurals, steriods didn't work
1988 triple disk Lamenectomy L3-4,L4-5,L5-S1. good for about 6 months pain on and off for the next 12 years
EMG shows nerve damage right leg
Nov. 2002 Triple Disk Lemanectomy, discectomy L3-4,L4-5, L5-S1. WORSE. MRI shows scar tissue causing pain. Neurosergeon says nothing can be done.
Seeing PM doc on Neurontin 1800 mg daily stopped taking neurontin effecting job performace
endocet 5/325 everyday