I’m less than 24 hours post op from back surgery in Japan. Who has questions?
Posted Feb 13, 2019, 11:53 PM UTC
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Current pain on a scale of 1-10?
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I’m at about a 4 I’d say. With drugs in. But I’m halfway sitting up now that they took out the drain. Fun note. I’m supposed to be up and walking on about 40 minutes. My pain scale answer might change then.
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Nope. No disc prostheses. I had a laminectomy. They cut some of the spinal bone away until the nerve is no longer compressed. It only took about 2 hours for the surgery. It was a success and I’m already, the next day, up and walking with a walker. I feel pretty good. Not a ridiculous amount of pain at all. Maybe I’ll feel worse tomorrow, but one day out I’m feeling quite good. Have to wear a corset/brace but I think it helps a lot.
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I had back surgery due to a disc, or vertebrae that was compressing a nerve that caused severe leg pain. My mobility was greatly limited by this. Medication helped for awhile, then stopped working. So here we are.
Yesterday I was diagnosed world by world as you relate. I gotta see a neurologist next week to get a final evaluation about the nerve status.
Would you tell me about the surgery? You got a disk prosthesis? How long did take?