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Originally Posted by ian
I'll definitely update my progress as I go through my surgery and recovery.
Sounds like you've got some desiccated discs going on. The 'light' represents fluid. Black means their devoid of fluid. What many doctors don't realize is that a persons films alone aren't a good indicator of why they're in so much pain. I'm becoming less and less patient with doctors in the US.
Ha! "Live with it." Classic. Makes me want to poke a doctor in the forehead repeatedly with a toothpick and each time they complain tell them to live with it.
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Hardest part is how nobody relates to what you're going through. The wife, while supportive, just has no clue. And Kaiser is absolutely disappointing, from their spine 'specialist' to the PTs to my GP. They just don't even seem very educated at all.
Looked at my friend's MRIs yesterday who is my age(45) and was disappointed to see all his other discs look really bright and tall. I thought perhaps they would be deflated like mine and that mine were more the norm. Not so.
Will be nice to get the Euros to look at my MRIs/X ray and get feedback from them.
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Weightlifter since 12 years old, now mid-40's and figuring out this wasn't such a good idea.
Chronic back pain started in 2010 while shrugging weights that a 40 yr. old shouldn't even try.
MRI in 2012 showing L4/L5, L5/S1 herniations and L2/L3 bulge.
L5/S1 taking on new shape, chronic sciatica, etc.
DEXA bone scan performed 5/7/14 showing mild osteopenia.
Surgery performed July 9th, 2014, Dr Clavel, hybrid three level lumbar.
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