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07-10-2005, 04:03 PM
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Hi all. Sorry I've been gone from here for a while, but getting back to life has taken a lot of energy and time (including pt 3x weekly). I'm hitting the three month mark this week, going in next week for the x-rays to send to Zeegers. I believe I'm now pain free. I wanted to go off all my meds last month, but my doc said my vitals were elevated which indicated pain underneath the pain meds, and wanted me to stay on until I stabilized. I bought one of those little home machines, and it looks to me like things have calmed down. So this week it's time to go off everything. By the time I get my x-rays next week, I hope to be medication free. I'll let you all know on the report, but based on the way I feel I believe everything is A-Okay. I can't feel any pain. I can touch my toes. I can twist and stretch with no pain. I've increased my lifting slowly to reasonable amounts. Sitting and driving (even in unbearable LA traffic) doesn't hurt. My flexibility is almost to what it was in my pre-back pain days. So that's the report and I'll keep you posted. I expect a little ugliness this week going off the meds -- but I've only been on pain meds for four months so hopefully it won't be too brutal. I got my back, back. Now I want all of me back -- body, mind, spirit -- and a full life. So .... here we go.
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Melody L Beattie ADR L4-L5 and L5-S1 April 15, 2005 Thank you Dr. Zeegers and my fellow spineys on this forum     
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07-10-2005, 04:15 PM
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Um! I would not do the twist too much Melody
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ADR Munich 26th July 2002 L5/S1. Aged 75 now Your best asset is your health My story is here http://www.adrsupport.org/alastair.html Thank goodness for Dr Zeegers I am painfree I am here to help,I live in the UK I now run the UK spine site and can be contacted at www.adrsupportuk.com/
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07-10-2005, 05:06 PM
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Excellent Mel glad to hear you are doing so well. Keep up the progress. Sure must be comforting having all the decision making and ultimate surgery behind you. Now you can just concentrate on getting better. Good Luck.
Todd
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DDD L4-L5 L5-S1 numerous conservative treatments positive discogram looking for relief
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07-10-2005, 05:37 PM
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Melody
That's wonderful to hear! Good for you!  No pain. Wow! What a concept!A word of caution: It only took me two or three weeks to take enough Percocet to give me two yucky days of withdrawal when I quit. As you've probably seem, I'm sure, people react very differently to pain meds and going off them and your results may certainly vary! If you feel really crummy, don't hesitate to back off more slowly or consult again about possible strategies to mitigate your symptoms. I sincerely hope there's no pain under the meds and you come out of it smelling nothing but roses!
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03/09/26 - Ruptured L5-S1. Years of pain, discectomy, research into anatomy, hardware, clinical trials, facilities, surgeons, techniques, insurance. Attempts at ProDisc, Activ-L trials. Now, low bone density. D'oh!!! At 61 years, no longer qualifying for trials due to my age (chronological, not physical or mental). 2009 - Working on improving bone density or getting rich so I can go to Germany, where medicine and insurance have gone beyond the Stone Age.
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07-10-2005, 11:42 PM
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Melody,
Nice to hear you're making steady improvement. I'm tapering down the meds as well; been on opiates for years. My PM has me on a very gradual tapering schedule that will have me off meds completely. Here's to hope (clink). God bless, 3 Level Jeff
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15+ years back pain w/ advancing disc degeneration. 2002-2 level lumbar IDET w/ Nucleoplasty (very unsuccessful; huge setback) Three level lumbar Charite (L3/4, L4/5, L5/S1) with Dr. Zeegers in Munich, Germany: 2/25/05 (successful) Two level cervical Mobi-C (C5/6, C6/7) with Dr. Zeegers (successful) Laser Facet Coagulation (left side: L3/4, L4/5, L5/S1 & sacral) with Prof. Dr. Reul (significant reduction in remnant lumbar & sacral pain)
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07-11-2005, 09:43 AM
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What an uplifting update Melody! It really gives those of us just a few weeks out hope for the future! Keep up the good work and my prayers will be with you this week...hopefully it's not too bad
John
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Injured back at work 10/02. Lots of P/T, pool therapy, blocks, multiple epi's for DDD L4-L5 & herniation. Had Charite ADR w/Dr. Montgomery 6/23/05 and am currently living almost pain free!
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07-11-2005, 05:00 PM
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How wonderful that you're doing so well!Your story, like so many of the others, is a real help and inspiration. Good luck getting off the meds.
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Cervie trying to avoid 3-level fusion
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07-11-2005, 10:09 PM
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Sounds like an amazing recovery --that great!
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7/05 EMG/Nerve Conduction Tests 8/04 Disqualified from ADR clinical trial due to severe osteoporosis -- getting treatment 3/04 updated MRI 11/2000 IDET L 3/4, L4/5 1/2000 Discogram numerous epidural injections physical therapy
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