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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I found the doctors here in our area to =
be the
opposite of what I'm hearing here. They clearly are able in many cases =
through
microsurgery to fix disk problems. However in my case the surgeon tried
everything else in the book before he would even talk to me about =
surgery.
First, physical therapy, anti-inflammatory drugs, two epidurals into the =
disk
area. All this time I was pushing him to just fix the damn thing. =
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In my case I had very little pain in =
the back.
Instead the pain ran through the butt area, down the inside of my leg to =
the
knee. The sciatic nerve area! In addition when I stood for over 10 =
minutes pain
would start in my hip, right at the joint. This got worse and worse till =
the
time to pain was only 5 min. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So I'm pushing this poor guy to =
fix the damn
thing, please do surgery. Here's the results of his help. The sciatica =
pain went
away completely with the shots to the back. Took about two weeks for the =
steroids to take full hold. As for the hip this was still there. He =
suggested a
direct shot into the hip for that. Two weeks later it was better. Four =
weeks all
pain was gone and I have not been able to bring it back by walking or
standing. He suggested taking some of the natural joint drugs such =
as
Flex-O-men... It has really helped. Two problems that looked like =
one.
Fixed by a surgeon, wanting to do the right thing. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My suggestion, stay away from clinics =
doing lots of
surgery. Florida is famous for one, that has hundreds of complaints =
filled
against it. You can find this on the internet. People attend their =
seminars
across the country and go there to get taken for $$$$$$ and even more =
than one
surgery. Take care find a good local doc with nerve experience. Listen =
to
him. Go here to learn more. <A
href="http://www.spineonline.com/ =
">http://www.spineonline.com/
</A> , Rich</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=bigda@gte.net href="mailto:bigda@gte.net">David =
Andersen</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 05, =
2003 2:58
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Back problem</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>on 2/2/03 1:07 PM, <A
href="mailto:HazenBannister@cs.com">HazenBannister@cs.com</A> at <A
href="mailto:HazenBannister@cs.com">HazenBannister@cs.com</A> =
wrote:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=2>Hi list,<BR> I had a MRI done this =
past week
on my back.I hurt it moving a piano ( I think ),and I have a
hearneated(wrong spelling) disk.Has anyone ever had this problem,I'm =
looking
for some experienced advice.<BR>Thanks =
much,<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT
size=2>Hazen Bannister</FONT> <BR><BR>Had the same thing in '91; =
PLEASE get a
2nd and a 3rd opinion; don't let them just cut on you; there are many =
things
to try other than surgery to coax the disc material back into the =
disc: yoga,
physical therapy, acupuncture, strengthening the stomach muscles, =
relaxation
therapy, anto-inflammatory drugs----be a proactive medical consumer; =
the back
surgeons usually only want to get paid, cynical as that sounds. =
Heads
up.<BR><BR>David Andersen </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>