Having a sook to strangers

[DeadStar]

Well i hurt my back last week and got the ct results today. A prolapsed disc... i paused for anyone that want to chuckle at the word prolapse like i did.

I have to have surgery and will be off work for months and to tell the truth im a bit emotional about it all :-( the only good thing at the moment is the drugs they put me on but they could become a whole new problem in the future.

rant out..

[Amazonian]

A sook to strangers ?.... We're not strangers

We really need to take care of our backs. We need to be aware of how we are using our body. It may take years of using your back the wrong way before it shows. We should be squatting more, and be carful of how we lift things. I recently did a manual handling course at work and i learned a bit from it. (I saw a resin skeleton with a prolapsed disc (formerly known as a slipped disc?!) and it made me cringe) .

I hope you can find something creative to do in your time off work DeadStar. Maybe take up a new hobby, or a short course on line ?!

All the best anyway hey

Edited June 30, 2015 by Amazonian

[incognito]

Hope u make a speedy recovery and u have a very sexy physio chick with HUGE perky Norks

[DeadStar]

thanks Am, i know not stranger but i just liked the title.

a online course could be good. i have wanted a change of scenery for a while now. lucky i have shit loads of sick leave up my sleeve.

thanks incognito, i have one of those lady type that have been blessed/cursed in the boobie department at home rubbing me with lotions already (medical necessity) . so with the pain i have been in in the last few days. i want a physio that knows what the fuck their doing. ok, also easy on the eyes

Edited June 30, 2015 by DeadStar

[Visceral420]

Hope surgery and recovery goes well DeadStar!
nothing worse than a fucked back!

V420

[DeadStar]

Hope surgery and recovery goes well DeadStar!

nothing worse than a fucked back!

V420

The pain from the back before the meds was like no pain i have felt before. The surgery has me freakin quiet a bit. Ive never had any surgery. No broken bones, no nothing. Maybe a few sprains from youth sport but thats it

[Visceral420]

I have had many surgeries, quite a few of them had me worried.
One of them I was awake whilst they cut into my jugular to feed a wire down through my heart....

But in the end they all turned out fine and i'm sure yours will too! Just gotta keep positive and do what the docs say, don't push yourself after a surgery.

V420

[theuserformallyknownasd00d]

Sorry to hear dude, back pain sucks balls! My pop broke his back when he was 29, can still walk but has had over 30 operations and many drug habits from it, he's all sweet now. He definatly passed the genes to mum and I tho, she has bouts of weeks at a time in bed cos she opened a cupboard wrong or something lame like that. Mines starting to get the same. I get trigger point and started yoga weekly.

One thing in fairly confident in is the docs abilities, they really looked after my pop well and I'm sure they'll get you back on track too matey hey! If they ever give you any sweet exercises or stretches that really help you let us know! I'm sure that'll be a while away tho.

Core strength really is so fuggin important, exactly like amz said hey! A few years of hard garden labour and bam there it was one morning and it's never left! Look after yourself Darkstar and Those massages sound alright ay ha

[FancyPants]

Aww lame, Deadstar my partner had a severely prolapsed (yeah hehehe) disc last year and after many excruciating months he was finally able to get his surgery after a couple of injections that didn't do squat. He felt a lot better after surgery but it still pains him if he doesn't keep limber and keep his core strength up. He goes to a chiro once in a blue moon but people have mixed opinions about that. I finally had my slightly slipped disc (L5-S1) confirmed after years of complaining about pain originating from there (which a highly recognised physical rehabilitation place didn't even investigate; one physio lady didn't even touch me just recommended I read up about how pain is manifested purely by the mind. I'm not even going to go into that I was so pissed off.

There are a couple of plant medicines which seemed to help ease the strain for myself, and some that seemed to twinge it further. I get regular leg/feet massages (reflexology when possible) and trial and error in what works for YOU is probably the best advice I could give Like Visceral, I've had many operations/procedures major and minor over the years and in general I've found the most annoying part is the fasting and waiting before procedure lol. I've not really had an unpleasant experience except for pain afterward, so be honest with your anaesthetist and nurse and tell them honestly how much pain you're in. I'm always honest about my opiate tolerance levels otherwise what they'd normally give wouldn't do shit for me and last time I ended up with I think 1200mc fentanyl as well as oxycodone. I just felt normal at that level. My partner was able to wean himself down from his targin (oxycontin + naloxone) comfortably enough over a period of time. So if that worries you there's plenty of info here about things that can help with that issue Also just ask.

So try not to worry, you're not alone, and coming from someone who's had a fucked back (partially paralysed) for 15 years now, there's PLENTY of things to do when - and IF - mobility becomes an issue Be easy on yourself and your body. Love it, nurture it, it's the only one you have for now...

Also before I stop rambling, swimming is AMAZING.

[El Presidente Hillbillios]

Man that really sucks. i hurt my back bad when i was a young un. Being what i was, i never went to the docs or anything and its played up heaps of times since.

I dunno if there is any decent science behind it or its magnificent placebo. but i would be pretty bad in winter withough MSM. Might be worth giving it a go at recovery stage.

[DeadStar]

Thanks for the info and well wishes guys and gals.

I see a good local doctor and they have made the process as easy as possible

[flora]

oh no that's awful to hear , and although i’m sure it will not provide you any relief to know, i think i experienced some kind of empathetic pain upon reading this.

had to go for a hot bath

i developed a stress fracture in lower back when i was 11 , and associated inflammation plagues
i do tend to feel physically weak when other people are hurt. although it has been said that i have a high pain tolerance myself.
makes me wonder how much of imflammation is physical tension created by my mental state or if i’m just good at usually pushing awareness of discomfort out of mind
i’d say its both...

but best wishes DeadStar, and ^ others ^

[DeadStar]

Flora, I couldnt imagine having a fractured back as a child. Theres to many puddles to jump in and to many trees to climb.

Ive found a candle lit bath helps with the pain. For some reason there has to be a lit candle :-)

Edited June 30, 2015 by DeadStar

[DeadStar]

I dunno if there is any decent science behind it or its magnificent placebo. but i would be pretty bad in winter withough MSM. Might be worth giving it a go at recovery stage.

I didnt know what MSM was so i had to look it up. I will have to add some sulphur rich food to my diet. Cant hurt eating a little more healthy.

I should get back into swimming also. I always thought i was a pretty shit hot swimmer and came home with a ribbon at school swimming carnivals

Edited June 30, 2015 by DeadStar

[DeadStar]

Just finished filling out a ton of injurt forms for work.

What a mind fuck that was.

A big vague endone medicated mind fuck.

But im happy now because its done :-)

[FancyPants]

Rectal endone does it better (although bioavailability is pretty good for an opioid). Don't be afraid of NSAIDs if you're getting inflammation involved with the strain. People seem to have funny ideas about discussing plugging, but there's a type of NSAID suppository that seems to work better in the local area (lower back) called indocid, caused me less gastric upsets.

Do you have any spasming issues?

[DeadStar]

Rectal administration of drugs sound to much like the start off a fun night out. I'd never of thought of plugging prescription drugs :-)

I get spasms when reaching for things and carrying anything heavier than a loaf of bread.

im waiting on a specialist appt so im still pretty much in the dark about the whole injury, healing process and medications involved. The gp discussed it a little but not much useful infomation.

[dajindo]

Man... When you get better, start lifting some weights. Do deadlifts and stuff.

Also improve your posture. I had a fucked up neck and it used to hurt 0-24 from too much sitting and stuff.

Now I can crash asteroids with my head.

Exercise really helps, that's my point.

Take care and hope you get well soon.

[DeadStar]

Will do and thanks.

I hope to start swimming first and take it from there.

Im taking this as a wake up call to start taking better care of my body. I still need it to take me places

[dajindo]

How did I not remember swimming. The most natural exercise. It can also be quite challenging, and at the same time puts the body at zero stress.

anyways.. take care

[Justin Credible]

All the best. I had to have surgery on my back after a work related incident and would not wish it on my worst enemy.

Take it easy with the oxy and valium, they be fun to mix with alcohol occassionly but a shitty way to live. Three years on that shit fried my brain more than a year on the acid.

Aye swimming is really good and take it easy with the weights...remember your core needs to be able to support your upper body so need to work on that first. Been able to walk is more important than a big chest and arms.

If ya need an empathetic ear I actually have 2 so dont hesitate.

[DeadStar]

Thanks ban man.

i know what you mean about alcohol and the meds. I had a couple of drinks with dinner that i cooked for my wife to thank her last night and i got a bit wobbly on the legs quickly.

The first day or two was fun to be taking endone but that wore off, so i cant imagine 3 years

[incognito]

Swimming is one of the best exercises for your back.

[ThunderIdeal]

 

Aye swimming is really good and take it easy with the weights...remember your core needs to be able to support your upper body so need to work on that first. Been able to walk is more important than a big chest and arms.

deadlifts (which were recommended in the initial mention of weights) are the appropriate sort of thing to go for, but ban man is right about taking it slow and in my view you'd be building strength for at leeeeast a couple of months (with occasional supervision) before touching any weights, and yes, walking around comfortably.

i think swimming is overrated but maybe it's the thing for you, i don't know, i assume there will be physio appointments after the surgery so really all of our advice is unnecessary.

how do they treat you anyway? fuse the vertebra?

[Sallubrious]

I've got a rooted back too, so I feel for you DS

Take it easy on the oxy man, I find that many GP's start you on a half arsed dose and then slowly crank the dose up until it gets out of control.

Depending on how bad the injury is disks can sometimes heal too. My ruptured disks weren't impinging on any nerves and they healed fairly well without any surgery.

All the best with it mate, I hope it works out well for you.