I hope the surgery is over and was a success.
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I hope the surgery is over and was a success.
Thinking of you both!!!!
And wishing you both the speedy recoveries!
:) I am back home! Everything went well! The first part of the operation went better than first time. Of course it was painful again, but shorter. I sure did NOT feel lonely in that operation room; there were at least 4 extra surgeons, who almost didn't stop talking in English! Why? They all were there to follow and learn all about this new kind of operation.
I am so happy that it is all over now. But I cannot tell yet if it will be a success, because the doctor still has to "activate" that neurostimulator. This will be done during an appointment on monday morning 11am.
Thanks for checking in. I think you had plenty of *company in spirit* too from all us PTers.
Lut! SIS! {{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}
I went to find a Welcome Home pic...but saw this and it looked perfect...
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Yippee! You sound great, Lut, we'll keep praying all goes well on Monday, too.
Good to hear from you, and I am glad to hear that things went better this time. I hope that you will find things are even better on Monday.
We are so glad everything went well this time. And hopefully life will get even better after Monday's appointment.
GOOD LUCK on Monday! Fingers crossed that this is the relief you need and it works like a charm!!! Glad you are home and doing fine too! As you can tell, we were thinking about you.
Lut, thanks for checking in with us and I'm glad to hear that everything went well.:) I hope that your doctor's appointment on Mon. also goes well and that you'll be painfree very soon. Please take care. (((HUGS)))
Prayers and good vibes on the way! :)
Awww Candace, what a super-sweet picture!! Thank you so much :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Catty1
Thanks dear PT-friends for caring so much about me, I am so thankful !!
Excellent news! good luck today too
Wonderful! Thanks for the update - hope all goes well today. ((((hugs))))
All went well this morning! My neurostimulator is working now. I have a remote control to put it on or off, higher or lower. This is what I was waiting for!!! :)
We're still keeping our fingers and paws crossed here that everything keeps going great for you hun. It sounds like you're adjusting great. Cadience sends you a big kiss and hug from her to you and the girls send headbumpies.
I'm glad your surgery is over and hope your feeling better:)
WOOHOO! And your own switch to flip!
SO glad it is working! *whew* a long wait for you...
Welcome back to life! :D
I'm SO happy to hear everything went well!!
Don't lose your remote!! :D
Same here and headbumpies from Cassie Cat, too. hughughughugQuote:
Originally Posted by mina'smomma
I hope the surgery went well for you both and you will be painfree after.
Now, rest up and get better! :)
Lut, I'm glad to hear that your neurostimulator is now working. I hope you'll continue to be pain free now.:) Take care. (((HUGS)))
SUCCESS!!!!! THAT'S SUCH WONDERFUL NEWS!
Lut, we wish you the greatest happiness in your new pain-free life.
Love, hugs, and purrs,
Pat and cats
Extra update
The pain in my leg is GONE GONE GONE !!! Halleluja!!
Of course not all my heath problems are gone; but I am OH SO HAPPY !!
Thank you to everyone who prayed for me! You ROCK !!
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That' awesome to hear Lut! I'm so happy!!!
I'm so happy for you Lut! :D
Lut, I'm so glad all went well for you. You deserve to be pain free and feeling great.
Thank you to everbody for all the well wishes and prayers. Once again, the power of PT prayer is amazing!!!! My surgery went well. Yesterday morning I was told that I have NO infection at all in my knee and the best news of all........he had a cancellation for tomorrow morning to put my new knee in!!! YAY!!!! Thanks for all the PT prayers!!!!!!!!
I came home last night for one day(my insurance wouldn't pay for me to stay there for no reason). I was thrilled to see my girls. They were happy to see me too. Their nursing skills are great!! I'll be going back tomorrow morning for another 3 or 4 days and I don't know how much time I can spend at the computer. Right now, I just have a spacer in there and no knee at all. It's not too safe for me to do anything.
I just wanted to update and thank everybody. I agree with Lut-----PT ROCKS!!!! :) :) :)
I'll update when I can. I'm gonna miss my girls again but they are in good hands with family and friends. :)
I'm so happy for you! You sound so good and to have your furkids as nursemaids is just the best. Add PT prayers to the mix and ya can't lose. :)
Gret, great, great, great, great news! :D
Great news all around! :D
Of course, you had the best care:
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Originally Posted by Catty1
I can see you both are in good hands with great Doctors like that. :)
Yippee! Now you can get back into the swing of things & enjoy life again! I'm very happy for you, Lut.
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Daisy & Delila's mommy, that's great news, too. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...kies/hands.gif How long till they can put a new knee in?
Great, great news! I think you will enjoy the coming spring very much :)
Rachel (bless her heart) reminded me this morning that you had this procedure. I had completely forgotten.
Are you still happy and comfortable? Anything about it that you wish were different?
Is the stimulator implanted in your hip with the leads elsewhere?
How long did they make you be inactive after the actual surgery? Do you remember? Seems like I read 2 weeks for the permanent surgery and my doctor's office told me 2 days with the trial. That is a lot of time off of work, but so worth it. I've had every kind of injection (epidurals and facet) and none gave me even a minute's relief.
I am going through the trial for the SCS for 4 days beginning August 4. Mine will be directed at my upper back/neck, where I have so much pain, even after having disk replacement surgery on two disks last year. I am excited, but don't want to get too excited until we see if it works. If it does, then I will go through with the surgery as soon as it can be scheduled with my neurosurgeon. My pain management doctor is doing the trial run and will perform the procedure in his office. My doctors do not believe in treating my pain with heavy narcotics because I have arthritis and it will only get worse over the years and the pain meds will lose their effectiveness.
I would love to hear your thoughts about this since I am facing it in a little over a week. You can read about mine at www.controlyourpain.com .
Logan
Aw Logan, I wish you ALL the best with your operation!!! I wish the same fantastic result as I have gotten!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Logan
Yes, I am still oh so happy with the result! My life is so much more comfortable!! My stimulator is on my hip, on the left of the backsite. It never annoys me at all! It is connected with electrodes, which are situated behind the bone marrow all the way at the height of my lowest backrib.Is this translated well??? So your stimulator will treat your neckpain? Mine is treating the pain of damaged nerves I got because of a hernia between disc L5-S1.
I don't know what you mean with your question about being inactive after surgery... :confused: . I was in the hospital during 2 days, and I was able to do a little homework after a few days. It took me a while though to get my strenght back, because I had been inactive for such a long time..........
You say that you have got all possitive injections, both facet and epidural. Same thing with me!! It almost nEVER gave me relief too! I was pretty desperate at that time, and so unhappy:(.
But, since the succesful placement of that neurostimulator, My life is back on tracks!!! No more nerve-pain there, strenght in muscles is back, and I was able to get rid of nearly 20kg, a weight I had put on because I had to take so much strong meds years ago!!
Dear Logan, I wish you ALL the best!! I will pray that it will all go as good as for me! I know, the first round went wrong for me, but second time it was perfect!! I will be thinking of you sweety!!!:love:
ps.you may always pm or e-mail me if you need more information!! I can give you my mobile # too if you want!!
Oh thank you, Lut. You give me hope!!! It has been 2 years, next month, since this round of pain began and it has gotten increasingly worse. My leads will be implanted in the vicinity of C5-C7, so a bit higher than yours. I am so anxious, Lut. I want it to work so badly. I think my situation is so much different than yours as i am able to do things. I just suffer for it afterward; like today when I just had to mow the grass. I can't seem to learn my limitations.
I got the website wrong, earlier. It is www.controlyourpain.com . That's where I read about post surgery recovery being 2 weeks. Here is what it said:
Post Operative. During the two weeks following surgery, it is important to use extreme care so that appropriate healing will secure the implanted components and close the surgical incisions:
Do not lift objects of more than five pounds.
Do not engage in rigorous physical activity such as twisting, bending, or climbing.
If new leads were implanted, do not raise your arms above your head.
We'll see what happens. If you want to, send me a private message or email with your information. I can email or call you with an update after the procedure. I am nervous and excited at the same time.
Thanks again, Lut.
Logan
These limitations are absolutely correct Logan!! The worst one, in my opinion, was that I wasn't allowed to raise my hands above my head...! Not easy to wash hair!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Logan
I will send you a pm!