Thanks once again for your altruistic service to those of in back pain. Yesterday, I actually had a pretty good day, virtually no pain in my butt and lessening in my lower leg. Pretty good bit of pain in both butt and leg this morning for a while after getting out of bed but better now after two Alleves and heat pad. The day before that, I was 95% convinced I had re-herniated. Your response as above keeps me optimistic. I don’t see my NS until 12/5 but I am fairly sure I can call my neurologist and get him to order the MRI with Gadolinium as you recommended. If re-herniated, there should be no problem in getting into see the NS for earlier consult.
At time of surgery, he had indicated that he was not a fan of PT as he had had pts. that had gotten into trouble by doing it. Walking was about all he recommended. He’s a good patient guy but you have to really pull info out of him which is why I do so much research on my own. I don’t have doubt that his surgery was as good as anyone could have done so that’s good. I do wish to goodness that he had mentioned that doing the “nerve flossing” would keep the scar tissue at bay as I would have been doing it religiously.
So…couple of additional questions. If the MRI shows scar tissue, is there anything that can done about it and will flossing at this point help? What can be done if there is seroma or hematoma or do those conditions just simply reabsorb on their own.