Hello Dr I have cervical myelopathy and myelopathy and facet athropy l4l5l5si and mild levoscoliosis apex 3 facet athropy and thoracic t5t6 I have spinal stenosis ataxia gait problems
Dr. Kimball did my L4/5 disc replacement and L5/S1 fusion in December of 2016. Prior to surgery I was mostly bedridden for a year and a half, suffering severely from 2 torn discs. The tremendous pain is absolutely indescribable. After surgery it was a long, arduous road to recovery. I was in PT for approximately a year, but it was nothing compared to what I was suffering with prior to surgery. Being laid up, my leg muscles had atrophied and I was incredibly weak. You’re spine can take you out fast. Before my injury I was very athletic, kickboxing, weightlifting, 5K obstacle courses, and I was training for Tough Mudder. It was in training that I injured myself, but I had no idea so I was “pushing through the pain” and caused greater injury. It actually took about a year and a half (late 2012-mid 2014) to get the proper diagnosis, in fact I was diagnosed with something altogether different from a different specialist. Thankfully I was referred to an amazing pain specialist, who noticed my degree of pain didn’t match what I was referred for. He did additional testing and found its true source. I had interviewed 2 neurologists/surgeons and an orthopedic spine doctor, they were a big fat no. My pain specialist then referred me to Dr. Kimball and I knew immediately I was in good hands. I still have pain, but it’s manageable. I’m no longer bedridden, and haven’t been since surgery. Praise God for putting me in the hands of an amazing doctor(s), every single day I’m thankful for what Dr. Kimball has done for me 🙏🏼♥️🙏🏼. I hope he uploads more videos (without the music, lol), because he has so much knowledge to share!
Absolutely not. It won’t stop the disc from excreting the highly acidic material irritating all in its path. Removal of the disc is the only solution once it’s torn.
So sorry to hear. Unfortunately, I think many people are in the same boat as you. Very sad as we all just want to help ourselves. But plummet ourselves into a further worse situation. I hope you are doing better.
Is it not true that if you have spinal compression that you are damaging your cord and it doesn't come back if damaged or worn away ? Yes you can release compression but the cord as it is at the release stage is the cord you have - it can be minimised by the compression ? Leaving decompression too long could be a mistake ??
I had my hardware removed 2 weeks ago. For those in chronic pain, including pain in your legs, consider the removal, I received two opinions, the first Doctor refused to take out the hardware claiming the pain was not due to hardware, how wrong he was, the second doctor removed the hardware, and yesterday is the first time I spoke to him regarding the surgery, turns out there were 4 loose screws, I’m still sore from incisions, but to have the flexibility again after almost 5 years is absolutely amazing, and I am not waking up because of the leg pains( sleeping in cradle position, I would feel almost no back pain, but the pain running down my legs would not let me sleep well. Now I’m sleeping the whole night. A sign that perhaps your screws may have come loose, was at least for me, a clack, clack, clack feeling in the back.
I had my hardware removed 2 weeks ago. For those in chronic pain, including pain in your legs, consider the removal, I received two opinions, the first Doctor refused to take out the hardware claiming the pain was not due to hardware, how wrong he was, the second doctor removed the hardware, and yesterday is the first time I spoke to him regarding the surgery, turns out there were 4 loose screws, I’m still sore from incisions, but to have the flexibility again after almost 5 years is absolutely amazing, and I am not waking up because of the leg pains( sleeping in cradle position, I would feel almost no back pain, but the pain running down my legs would not let me sleep well. Now I’m sleeping the whole night. A sign that perhaps your screws may have come loose, was at least for me, a clack, clack, clack feeling in the back.
@@WhatsEvenRealAnymore No, it increased my pain level for sure, I would not do it over again, sorry if this is not what you were hoping to hear; I tried the electric current surgery, I can’t think of the name now, what a mistake that was, the battery that gets surgically implanted became infected, 3 months of anti-biotic treatment for mersa ( spelling?) , so I’m back to square one, it could have been much worse so I thank the lord that he protected me from having the infection travel up my spine
@@Cross75777 Very sorry to hear everything you’ve gone through. I believe you are talking about the spinal cord stimulator. Thank you …thank you for mentioning that. My mom’s spine surgeon said shes a great candidate for it. I will tell her to avoid it. Your honest is very much appreciated. The only way out of pain is the truth and to find ways that help. Do you believe any alternative methods would help?
My spine surgeon told me that, I had fusion surgery and I’m worse off than before, just saw my pain doctor today, now I’m on a week of prednisone and oxycodone and lyrica. I’m not sure what to do, I’ve had 3 back surgeries two by the same doctor. I’ve had back pain sometimes acute for nearly 40 years, I’m 69 now.
I am so disappointed to see that no one from CarePoint Neurosurgery responded to your comment. 40 years of pain is terrible. I hope that you find a better surgeon but its unlikely to be with CarePoint ie this channel.
Sometimes small things add up would it be possible to combine a Coflex with several small mini disk replacements instead of one big one. The entire surgery could be done from the laminectomy space. Even if it did eventually fuse completely it would out last a simple fusion, and since they are elderly it might be the right measure.
