Hi Sharon,
I sorry your surgery has been so painful. I'm six weeks post-op myself, and while it appears that I've had an easy time than you, there were days that I thought I had jumped from the frying pan into the fire! I could only sleep on one side or occassionally on my back if I padded the bed into exactly the right shape for my back. But there were days that from morning to night I saw a big improvement, and days where I slipped back, but never all the way. It does take time, and now at six weeks I'm pain-free.
My doctor, my GP, suggested taking high doses of Vit C throughout the day, and Vit E and a multi amino acid to help with the healing. She also recommended Wobenzym N, a natural anti-inflamatory. I found that taking 6 tablets 3-4 times a day between meals would greatly reduce my pain without any side effects of prescription pain killers or anti-inflamatories.
Good luck! Alan.
1996 ruptured L4-5, microdiscectomy and laminectomy
2006 L4-5 Activ-L ADR, L5-S1 STALIF cage fusion, Dr. Zeegers
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