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Post by span870 on Jun 17, 2015 21:44:50 GMT -5
It pours. Many of you know I had back surgery to fix a herniated and torn disc. When the disc herniated it compressed on my sciatic nerve and permanently damaged it. Had first surgery to fix herniation, didn't relieve pain. Option was spinal cord stimulator. If any of ya ever had a tens unit on, its the same thing but internal. Got temp one put in and worked great. Took that one out and had to heal up. Meanwhile I developed a growth on my ear tip. Went to doc, cut it off and came back cancerous. Went back after and had permanent spinal cord stimulator put in. Worked for couple days and then slowly worked less. Went back today and the leads on my spinal cord moved. Have to go back in for surgery AGAIN to have them moved back to original place. AND... Now I have a swollen lymph node under my ear that has to be removed because of the cancer growth on my ear. The cancer isn't a bad one if that makes sense. Doc basically says we just keep cutting until its gone and your done. So to sum it up, 6 surgeries in less than 6 months. Wife keeps freaking out and can't understand why I'm not. Keep telling her like I tell everyone else, why worry about stuff you can't change. It is what it is. And that's why I compare my body to a 20 year old car. It's nickle and dimeing me till death. ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png)
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Post by deadeer on Jun 17, 2015 23:25:07 GMT -5
Great attitude to have. So many people worry themselves to death, literally. As stated, you can't change some things, you just gotta ride it out. A big good luck to you and hope your run of bad luck ends soon and good luck replaces it. Hang in there.
Jay
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Post by featherduster on Jun 18, 2015 5:11:01 GMT -5
Hang in there.
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Post by chubwub on Jun 18, 2015 16:28:45 GMT -5
Oh well, tell her the spinal cord stimulator beats the alternative. We did some cardiac research with those about 3 years back on canines and those leads just pop right in there even though quadrapeds have much tighter spaces between the vertebrate. I hope the leads behave themselves this time and stay put.
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Post by span870 on Jun 18, 2015 18:42:17 GMT -5
Oh well, tell her the spinal cord stimulator beats the alternative. We did some cardiac research with those about 3 years back on canines and those leads just pop right in there even though quadrapeds have much tighter spaces between the vertebrate. I hope the leads behave themselves this time and stay put. There was reason they moved not pertaining to the surgeon. Surgeon I have is awesome.
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Post by span870 on Jun 18, 2015 19:27:20 GMT -5
Oh well, tell her the spinal cord stimulator beats the alternative. We did some cardiac research with those about 3 years back on canines and those leads just pop right in there even though quadrapeds have much tighter spaces between the vertebrate. I hope the leads behave themselves this time and stay put. Did you put them in dogs for pain relief?
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Post by chubwub on Jun 18, 2015 19:56:23 GMT -5
Oh well, tell her the spinal cord stimulator beats the alternative. We did some cardiac research with those about 3 years back on canines and those leads just pop right in there even though quadrapeds have much tighter spaces between the vertebrate. I hope the leads behave themselves this time and stay put. Did you put them in dogs for pain relief? No. This is what we did m.circ.ahajournals.org/content/120/4/286.short
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Post by span870 on Jun 18, 2015 20:29:07 GMT -5
Okay. I've read some about that. Was wondering if you used it for pain relief how the dog reacted. That would be funny as all get out seeing that reaction when the stimulation hit. Awesome work there. What outcome did you all have.
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Post by duff on Jun 18, 2015 21:29:03 GMT -5
You're a mess....
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Post by chubwub on Jun 18, 2015 21:53:15 GMT -5
Okay. I've read some about that. Was wondering if you used it for pain relief how the dog reacted. That would be funny as all get out seeing that reaction when the stimulation hit. Awesome work there. What outcome did you all have. Actually while finding the stimulation threshold on the SCS if it was too high it would make the skeletal muscle twitch and they would look like a dog that swallowed a clock in a cartoon and started ticking. Completely painless but some found it more concerning then others. The results should be at the bottom but I believe the SCS worked even better then medication and meds plus SCS for improving ejection fraction and reducing arrhythmias. I believe the SCS is already starting to be used for this application on the clincal side as well for particularly severe HF cases. As always researchers are particularly interested in the mechanism so perhaps one day it will be reduced to just a pill you can take instead of having to have a surgery.
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Post by span870 on Jun 19, 2015 7:24:13 GMT -5
What blew my mind on the whole stim thing was that the "pain" is still there. I asked him, so this short circuits the nerve and the pain is gone. Doc told me that actually the pain is there and that the stimulator hides the pain. Only thing that worries me is with the physical labor that my job entails is me hurting myself or doing more damage to the nerve and not knowing it. He pretty much explained to me that once the nerve is damaged, its damaged. There is a chance to heal sometimes but it's like at a rate of 1mm a month.
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Post by span870 on Jun 19, 2015 7:24:33 GMT -5
Tell me about it. I blame you and the old man. I think it stems from carrying full bodies and chasing geese out of fields. Just a guess.
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