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This is a discussion on Well, have 3 Oxycodone 5 mg. to last me a week within the Pain Management forums, part of the General Spine Discussion Forums category; Well, thank-you Justin and Mark for your replies and suggestions on trying to manage my pain more effectively. At this ...
Well, thank-you Justin and Mark for your replies and suggestions on trying to manage my pain more effectively. At this point, I only have 3 days to Wednesday, so that is the good news. Right now, I am wearing the one 25 mg fentanyl patch, w/ really no short acting meds left. I am having a very difficult time having it adhere properly. Yesterday one fell off for the first time and I didn't even know where it was. So I had to put another one on. Recorded that. Eventually found the other one, when it became stuck on the bottom of my neighbor's shoe, who had come over! Disposed of properly. I still don't understand why I am not getting relief from it. Maybe I am, but I'm not noticing it, because my pain levels are still high. Hopefully, Wednesday will help calm things down.And Mark, I will mention the Amitriptyline to the Doctor too. I have never been on anything like that. Thank-you guys again.
• 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
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Justin Averna
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- 1994: Football Injury, Severe Hyperextension
- 1997: Snow Skiing Injury
- 3/7/1997: Laminotomy L4/L5
- 1999 & 2003: Motor Vehicle Accidents (not at fault both times) --> Grade V Annular Tears L4/L5 & L5/L6
- 11/15/2003: 2-Level ProDisc® L4/L5 & L5/L6*, *lumbosacral transitional vertebra --> Dr. Rudolf Bertagnoli
- 4/2008: 4.5 years pain-free before "new" leg pain
- 5/14/2009: Dynamic Stabilization System L4/L5, Dr. Rudolf Bertagnoli
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