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Reply With QuoteScottish-Irish is a strange combo. From listening to my bullheaded Grandfather, they really dislike each other immensely. I'm half Scottish, 1/4 Cherokee Indian and 1/4 Dutch.
This is a discussion on Who in here has alot of Irish in them? within the The Lounge forums, part of the Social and Support Forums category; Weird question lol, but from my research it seems that the irish seem to have alot of back problems more ...
Who in here has alot of Irish in them? Weird question lol, but from my research it seems that the irish seem to have alot of back problems more than alot of other ethnic backgroudns. Me personally, I have scotts-irish, which seems to be the worse, from moms side.
Riding 4 wheeler and playing basketball. Collide with guy in mid air and I hit concrete on one leg and then fall down. Wake up in pain cant move for few hours, fine few days later. Back never the same.
dec 2007 horseplaying with father, contained l5-s1 disc herniation with sciata on right leg, traction helps and time, pain free, diagnosed ddd l4/l5 and l5/s1
Re: Who in here has alot of Irish in them? Scottish-Irish is a strange combo. From listening to my bullheaded Grandfather, they really dislike each other immensely. I'm half Scottish, 1/4 Cherokee Indian and 1/4 Dutch.
Dave
Diagnosed with DDD in Nov, 2007. MRI, EMG
C3/4 C4/5 C5/6 C6/7
Surgery 06.04.08--C5/6 and C6/7 w/Prodisc
C4/5 deterioration progressing quickly
MRI on lumbar shows disc herniation at L5/S1, stenosis at L3/4, L4/5, spondylosis and DDD at L2 through S1 in July, 2009
Nerve Root, Facet Injections and Epidural every 3 months. Ongoing treatment for continued degeneration.
Re: Who in here has alot of Irish in them? My other half is cajun although dad claims they have some irish in them idk lol, but basically im half scott-irish according to moms side and half cajun on dads side yet i dont like crawfish which is a sin here lol
Riding 4 wheeler and playing basketball. Collide with guy in mid air and I hit concrete on one leg and then fall down. Wake up in pain cant move for few hours, fine few days later. Back never the same.
dec 2007 horseplaying with father, contained l5-s1 disc herniation with sciata on right leg, traction helps and time, pain free, diagnosed ddd l4/l5 and l5/s1
Re: Who in here has alot of Irish in them? Born in Liverpool so basically all Irish!
Alison 46 year old female
2012 Doing Rehab
2011 Sept 3rd Op Removal of old instrumentation and PLIF L4/L5 - L5/S1 both adr in situ
2010 May Discogram on L2/L3 & L3/L4
2009 May 2nd Op Failed revision fusion on L5/S1 with Charite ADR in situ
2008 Caudal epidural exacerbated nerve symptoms. Prolapse L2/L3
2007 L5/S1 Facet deterioration
2002 March 1st Op ADR Charite - L4/5, L5/S1
2000 Disc prolapses L4/5, L5/S1
Re: Who in here has alot of Irish in them? I used to think I had alot more Irish in me, but after studying my ancestry for the past 10 years, I have learned I have only a smidgen of Irish and am mostly Norwegian and English. Mother's maiden name was Doane, so there's the English. And my maiden name was Howe, but was changed to Howe from Ingebritson when my Dad's grandfather arrived from Norway. So living up here in Minnesota kinda explains the Norwegian connection! Lots of Norwegians up here.Oh, and I still have spine problems! Doh!
• January 2000 MVA passenger, used jaws of life to retrieve me, neck injury and months of PT
• June 2001 Bicycle accident, 2 compression fractures at T12/L1, Vertebroplasty Sept. 2001
• April 2006 right hip, labral tear and repair
• April 2007 3 level ProDisc @ L3/4, L4/5 & L5/6✷ ✷Lumbosacral transitional vertebra; Dr. Rudolph Bertagnoli
• July 2, 2008 ALIF & Laminectomy @ L6/S1
• July 30, 2008 re-opened 28 days later to remove bone cement that had leaked onto S1 nerve root
• August 2008 Pulmonary embolism, double pneumonia, collapsed left lung, re-hospitalized 1 week
• March 10, 2009 Right SI Joint Fusion
• April 27, 2010 2nd right hip arthroscopy to remove adhesions and release psoas muscle
• September 30, 2010 lumbar facet rhizotomy
• December 9, 2010 12 bilateral lumbar trigger point and steroid injections
• December 23, 2010 12 more bilateral trigger point injections w/o steroid
• February 15, 2011 ESI bilaterally in lower lumbar...relief only for few days. Considering 1 more.
Did Spinal Cord Stimulator trial from 5/11/11-5/17/11 with excellent results; Spinal Cord Stimulator surgery is Monday,
July 18, 2011
Re: Who in here has alot of Irish in them? My father's side is Irish and my mother's side is Black Dutch. And as I was told by my Grandmother, we also have a mere 16th Cherokee somewhere down the road from my father's side.
42 year old female
Hyperflexion injury to neck young 20's
2 auto accidents
Three neck surgeries:
7/2007 PEEK implant w/titanium plate and screws at the C4-C5 & C5-C6
4 EMGS/NCS showing radiculopathy at all levels mentioned
7/2008 nerve root injections 2 times
9/2008 revision C4/5 & C5/6 due to failure of fusion replace PEEK implant w/donor bone graft new titanium plate and screws
10/2009 stand alone Peek cage C3/4
Arthritis of c-spine c6/7/t1
loss of muscle tone in forearms and hands
Re: Who in here has alot of Irish in them? 50% Irish! My pops is a full blood!
Living in Pain for last 10 years.
Progressively gotten worse over the last 2 years.
Pain Killers, ER visits, Epidural shots, Chiropractor, PT -None take the pain away
Doctors say it is DDD / central canal stenosis / Vertebrae shifting
May 2010 having 2 level spinal fusion on L4-5 and L5-S1
Re: Who in here has alot of Irish in them? Im irish
C4-5: Mild disc height loss with central annular fissure. Small broad-based left paracentral disc protrusion. Moderate central canal stenosis-the disc protrusion abuts and mildly flattens the left ventral surface of the spinal canal.
C5-6: Disc desiccation with mild height loss.Diffuse discosteophyte bulge anduncovertebral joint hypertrophy, moderate central canal stenosis- Severe neuroforaminal stenosis bilaterally, right greater than left
Re: Who in here has alot of Irish in them? Yeh Baby! Though like most Americans that have been here a many generations, I'm such a mixed breed that I'm not sure there is any connection to where my ancestors were from. When we had a study of our ancestors in grade school, I had such a long list of countries that my ancestors came from that the teacher got tired of listening.
Diagnosis:
Degenerative disc disease throughout spine
Generalized disc bulging with mild narrowing of thecal sac in L2-L3, L3-L4, L4-L5, L5-S1.
Moderate spinal stenosis L4-L5
Foraminal narrowing
Recent compression Fx at T10,T11.
Treatment:
Spinal decompression 2007
Cortisone injection in lower back in 2010
Relieved of pain for now
Hope for ADR
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