Bump to Dale...A little more info would help Mark and the others.
I know the results of my Discogram right away. It was not a picnic. L4-L5 was tolerable and I would have put it at a 6-7 pain level with Perocet inme. L5-S1 was a completely different story. As soon as the pressure and dye went in, I was screaming like a baby... We found the pain indicator (which is still there), but I didn't need anyone to tell me what the results were.
I wish you all the luck in the world as I am finding out very fast that it just plain sucks to lose you way of everyday living. We take so much for granted and then POOF, a reminder that we are not invincible after all.
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Martial arts for 25 years
Full contact MMA 7 years
Body building last 7 years
(no Problems)
4-07 Fall down step holding daughter
5-07 L5-S1 buldge MRI
9-07 L5-S1 herniation W/DDD and annular tear MRI
3 epidurals / 2 nerve root injection / 6 weeks of PT
8/01/2008 L4-S1 Posterior Spinal fusion only, using the PEEK ROD system. No Vertebral spacer and disc is still there. So is the pain!!!!
4 More weeks of PT and things are worse now than before.
I must train again.
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