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Old 01-18-2007, 09:03 PM
Kim Kim is offline
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Sharon
I know exactly what you are talking about. My back pain and the incisions there bothered me much worse after surgery than anything else did. I had very little incision pain in the abdomen thank goodness. I cant remember exactly how long it took to be able to lie comfortably in bed but seems like it was close to 3 weeks before that was possible. I did a lot of pacing at night when I would not be able to get comfry or woke up in the night.
I did find that one of the big long body pillows was a great asset in that. I could get on my side and have the pillow nexxt to my back and then prop one leg over it to break the tension in the sciatic nerve. Icould never get comfy with regular pillows. And it was such a pain moving them all trying to find a spot.
Heres to more healing for you.
Kim
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Herniated disc L5/S1 2000 Discectomy 10/2003 Rhizotomy 8/2004 and 3/2005Discogram 11/04 grade 7 tear L5/S1
L4/L5 Grade 5 tear with herniation and stenosis
Evaluated by Dr Blumenthal at TBI
2/2005 ADR 2 level recommended
2 level lumbar fusion
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