For those that don't know, I have several birth defects, and if it was not for Shriner's Hospital I would not be walking at all. I am considered 84% disabled and have been all my life. You would not know it to just see me though. I live on large amonts of pain killers, muscle relaxers and it was the biggest reason I smoked. Nicotine does offer some minor pain relief it is why I was so happy to find vaping. I was born with a very severe case of clubfoot, both feet were twisted and facing backwards. I had nine surgeries by the time I was 13 to get me walking somewhat normally. The fist time my heal touched the ground when I walked, I was starting High School a few months later. I am not telling you this for pity, I know how lucky I am and my pain has made me who I am today.
I have Lumbar Stenosis from a ruptured L5, my sciatic nerve is being pinched at the root constantly, non stop, all day, all night between two semi deformed vertabrae needless to say it causes me a great deal of pain constantly. Again I know I am lucky, I could be so much worse off. I am only talking about it here because I was asked to share and update some new friends here on ECF, this is the easiest way to do so.
So that is some back story and now this is the new stuff.....Just a cut and paste from my Facebook page....
Update: Just got off the phone and I am being setup to see my old Neurosurgeon. I not only have a nice sized cyst, I have now have multiple bulging discs as well......and not the old ones, new ones. So yeah, my pain level is very understanding if that is the case. I will be looking at back surgery, again and probably 4 months of recovery time. We will talk about the cyst at my appointment, most likely get a biopsy to make sure it is not cancer first. I will schedule the surgery AFTER Madonna on November 1st, as long as I don't need treatment for cancer of course. If that is the case, well I will figure out how to go one way or another.
I do not know the location of the damaged discs, but knowing me they are probably right above and below the ones I had surgery on in the first place. I could be out for a long time on this one if that is the case.
........and that is not even discussing recovery/treatment/testing of the cyst, how big it is, where is has gone to, what it's connected to...and so on. The next step is what we wanted, surgery....well, not what I wanted, really not looking forward to #17
We know two things, I am not out of the woods yet and the forest just got bigger and meaner.
KrasH
I have Lumbar Stenosis from a ruptured L5, my sciatic nerve is being pinched at the root constantly, non stop, all day, all night between two semi deformed vertabrae needless to say it causes me a great deal of pain constantly. Again I know I am lucky, I could be so much worse off. I am only talking about it here because I was asked to share and update some new friends here on ECF, this is the easiest way to do so.
So that is some back story and now this is the new stuff.....Just a cut and paste from my Facebook page....
Update: Just got off the phone and I am being setup to see my old Neurosurgeon. I not only have a nice sized cyst, I have now have multiple bulging discs as well......and not the old ones, new ones. So yeah, my pain level is very understanding if that is the case. I will be looking at back surgery, again and probably 4 months of recovery time. We will talk about the cyst at my appointment, most likely get a biopsy to make sure it is not cancer first. I will schedule the surgery AFTER Madonna on November 1st, as long as I don't need treatment for cancer of course. If that is the case, well I will figure out how to go one way or another.
I do not know the location of the damaged discs, but knowing me they are probably right above and below the ones I had surgery on in the first place. I could be out for a long time on this one if that is the case.
........and that is not even discussing recovery/treatment/testing of the cyst, how big it is, where is has gone to, what it's connected to...and so on. The next step is what we wanted, surgery....well, not what I wanted, really not looking forward to #17
We know two things, I am not out of the woods yet and the forest just got bigger and meaner.
KrasH
