Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Sorry to outshine the blue dress-----
Mom went to the doctor yesterday and he told her she had used up all her alternative options besides surgery. He will go in there and just remove the damaged or deteriated disc and free up the canal where her nerve is that is causing all the pain. He guaranteed to get rid of the leg pain with that procedure. He feels he does not need to perform the fusion part because her back pain is not that great. If later in the future it gets unbearable then he would proceed with that option. Right now this surgery would require one night stay and about a week of bed rest .In about a month she should be ready to go. If you added the fusion part we would be talking about alot more recovery part. We are just making sure this is the surgeon we want to use and trying to decide on a date. Mom must have been excited because her BP was 201/87...finally it went down to 197/? . He told her to keep her eye on that. The doctor also asked her if the pain got worse when she went into a store shopping ....and she said "no........ I don't think so " but if Daddy would have been in the room he would have jumped up and showed the doc how FAST she walks when they do walk into a store. He says "her pain just goes away!"
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I can just see Joe, walking real fast to show everyone how Eva can walk when shopping. The doc told me that I have Spinal Stenosis also, but they had me do a bunch of exercises laying on my back and try to do them 3 or 4 times a day. I don't do them that often but I try to do them when I first get up every day. So far it has helped.
Good idea. I am sure I have the same thing as well as Sylvia. (if she reads this she will know she does--now-ha!). Exercise and physical therapy is the first step to prolong the other options as time goes on.
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