Cjdegood

Dr. Corenman
well.. 7 weeks post op yesterday and feeling rather stable now I must say. That part is fantastic!! still have terrible pain down the back of my left leg and foot..the tailbone area is still just as sore and i have given up riding in a car even with several different tailbone cushions. X-rays last week did show the hardware all in place, so that was good news. I have been working from home, which does require sitting at a desk, but since i am remote i can get up and alternate between walking and standing. At least now i can get relief by laying down, where before surgery the only relief i could find was hot tub. Sleeping is definitely not an issue now. I am truly hoping it was all fixed and i do not have to go through that surgery again!! Back is still very sore where they went through, but was told that would be sore for a while. Starting PT next week too. If i can just get rid of the tailbone pain when sitting and the leg and foot pain it would be great! patience i guess. They did get XRay of my neck as well as i have been experiencing some issues. They said that no significant stenosis showed so that was good. Here is what i am dealing with and maybe i just need to go to primary doctor and see what it could be… it may be completely unrelated to spine. Neck hurts cannot turn to the left all the way.. when pushing my head down to my chest it gives me relief, but if i try and look up with head towards my back, it is very painful. i am also not able to lift my left arm above my shoulder too much without pain. Index finger and thumb go numb, but not constantly.. the pain i was experiencing going down my arm a couple of weeks ago has also let up some. i have been dropping items alot lately so trying not to use my left hand to pick anything up. already lost 2 of my favorite coffee mugs. I have changed pillows, sleeping position of my head etc, pain in the neck still the same. I did not mention any of this to the Dr. pre surgery as i just wanted the back fixed and that was all i wanted to focus on.. then after the hard recovery i really did not want to bring up anything new. i am currently taking gabapentin 300mg 3x and muscle relaxer at night for the leg aches, and a new medicine he put me on called APAP-Caffein-Dihydrocodeine.. never had that before but was what they gave me when i told them i could not take norco and work at the same time. i had other questions but i have already gone on too long. Will write again after my next follow up appt. in September. Thank you for listening and always answering.. wishing near Colorado.

i forgot to answer part of the question..my left leg is not numb.. but still weak and i cannot put my full weight on it due to the burning going down the back of the leg. I was told this burning pain in my leg, would be the nerves.. and will take time to heal. I am on Gabapentin 300mg twice a day. I actually had to call the Dr. office Monday and request something for the leg pain as it was waking me up in the middle of the night. I also have Norco 10/325mg and Flexeril 10mg. I only take the latter as needed every 8 hours..so max i take is 2 times a day if needed.

Good morning
I am now home and still recovering from the 360 Fusion on the 23rd. I did end up staying in hospital for 6 days due to complications with my bladder. This was awful. I could not release and if i tried it was extremely painful and nearly passed out from it. So they had to put catheter in 3 different times. They did a CT and said i had an ileus?? not sure what that is but they kept me over the weekend with the catheter in. the following Monday morning they removed it, but i wanted to go home so bad they released me since i could release a little bit..not completely pain free but not extreme either. I got home and that night i had to go to emergency room at St. Josephs in downtown Houston. They did put a catheter in and it released 1400ml. I went home with it and still have it today until i go back to the urologist on monday for a test. I had no idea that this could happen! i am still very tired and cannot stand or sit for very long. Laying flat feels the best. I hope things are healing properly and i can be rid of this thing and start trying to be normal again. I do think my back will be better.. not as achey. Thanks so much for all of your help i truly appreciate it. Heres to hoping i can get this cath out next Monday!