Hey everyone,
I've posted a few times now and there is so much good advice you all have to offer so I thouht I'd see about this one.
I just had anterior spinal fusion T12-L4 on 1/4/06. Was in the hospital for a full week, in the ICU almost that entire time. I've been home for almost 3 weeks now and I figured sometime soon the pain would start to lessen and start to fade away. Well it doesn't seem to be at all. If anything it seems like the pain the last few days has gotten worse for me. I'm stiffer than I was last week, and its so hard just to get out of bed to walk to the bathroom much less do all the walking I'm supposed to. Sitting is very painful, standing for more than a few minutes and walking is too so it seems my only option is laying in bed, but that gets boring and painful too.
I just would have thought at almost 3 weeks out of the hospital I'd be feeling so much better by now, but it seems its just hurting more.
I hear about some people getting off their pain meds and back to work soon, and right now I can't even imagine missing one dose much less getting off them all the way.
With the advice of Linda I'm going to call my doc on monday to see about upping my dosage or trying something new. But any advice on how long it took others to feel better would be so nice to hear.
Thank you!
Shelly
I've posted a few times now and there is so much good advice you all have to offer so I thouht I'd see about this one.
I just had anterior spinal fusion T12-L4 on 1/4/06. Was in the hospital for a full week, in the ICU almost that entire time. I've been home for almost 3 weeks now and I figured sometime soon the pain would start to lessen and start to fade away. Well it doesn't seem to be at all. If anything it seems like the pain the last few days has gotten worse for me. I'm stiffer than I was last week, and its so hard just to get out of bed to walk to the bathroom much less do all the walking I'm supposed to. Sitting is very painful, standing for more than a few minutes and walking is too so it seems my only option is laying in bed, but that gets boring and painful too.
I just would have thought at almost 3 weeks out of the hospital I'd be feeling so much better by now, but it seems its just hurting more.
I hear about some people getting off their pain meds and back to work soon, and right now I can't even imagine missing one dose much less getting off them all the way.
With the advice of Linda I'm going to call my doc on monday to see about upping my dosage or trying something new. But any advice on how long it took others to feel better would be so nice to hear.
Thank you!
Shelly
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