November 8, 2021 So, it’s great keeping a sort of pain diary. I suppose this public website is my pain diary. The good thing is that you can really put things in perspective. I know it was on October 5, 2021 that I first started feeling just a bit of the inflammatory pain concentrated in …
A month of inflammatory pain October into November 2021 Read More »
November 1, 2021 All the hip muscles First look at this diagram.. So, before I had a lumbar fusion, it was extremely easy for me to explain why I was experiencing pain. All the imaging and analysis had been completed. I could very confidently say, “I’ve got lower back pain—along with some other weirdness—because I …
Yea, so this feels like it’s been going on for a bit now. And, the pain level is definitely fading. But, there’s still enough there to get my attention and make me think about it. So, the pattern is that the inflammation arrives and lasts fr a while. And, this “a while” is starting to …
This is another one of those questions that I have a very difficult time finding any online information or answers. And, I know that I’m not the first person to wonder: Is there a somewhat easy way to get a 2nd opinion about an X-ray? For example, I recently had an X-ray of my fusion. …
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Sparse Internet info about certain topics So, there’s a lot of information I add to this blog simply because there are topics in my life that it seems other people haven’t published much information about. And, I want to put the info into the world. I do Google searches and read all sorts of websites, …
October 13, 2021 Now, that I’m 14 months into this thing…there’s a few things I realize now that I definitely didn’t know at the outset. It would have been impossible to know beforehand. I could only learn by going through the process. The rehab program’s got to be flexible And, as I sit here with …
Spinal fusion rehab requires frequent adjustments – keep it simple! Read More »
I’m using the term “lumbar ouchies” to describe the minor type of persistent lumbar pain that’s so minor you know it’s not an injury of concern. Yet, there is definitely a pain (inflammation, etc.) that’s lingering for days. And, it’s not pleasant. You’d most definitely be glad if it were to go bye-bye. But, ultimately, …
This is something that I find myself thinking about a lot. It’s not a complicated thing. Difference between good soreness and bad pain which indicates injury It’s about the difference between: 1. The very real and good and necessary soreness that results from a smart-sized dose of physical exercise. For instance, I play some basketball …
This post concerns my personal impressions of the different approaches I’ve noticed between physical therapists and my spine surgeon. This is something I’ve been thinking about. And, this is not a medical journal. My sample size is extremely small. I’m only one individual relaying my personal observations of how the opinions of my physical therapist …
I must remind myself to be thankful for what I’ve got I really really really need to remind myself that I’m living—for the most part—with little back pain these days. And, it wasn’t so long ago that I used to wake-up in such severe pain that I really didn’t want to even wake-up anymore. Yea. …
