by Pain Bad | Dec 13, 2021 | Back Pain
The inflammatory pain in the gluteal area that I wrote about in October and November has for the most part subsided now. I’d say things had calmed down a lot by December 1. I had taken the Prednisone, and that helped. But, I think the biggest help was really...
by Fusion Rehab | Nov 29, 2021 | Back Pain, Gluteal pain, Medication
November 29, 2021 So, I just completed the latest course of Prednisone. As I’ve discussed before, I’ve gone through the Prednisone scripts maybe four times or so since I had the major back surgery in August 2020. That was now 15.5 months ago. I’ll...
by Fusion Rehab | Nov 23, 2021 | Back Pain, Medication
Well, what can I say except it amazes me how well this anti-inflammatory pill works for me! If you’ve looked at this site at all you know that I had a major back surgery 15 months ago. It was a two level fusion from s4->L1. And, I must have been in pretty bad...
by Fusion Rehab | Nov 19, 2021 | Back Pain, Medication, Sleep problems
So, it’s in the title: 4th day back on Prednisone today on November 19, 2021. I see on Nov. 8, 2021 I say that the inflammation is finally going down. And, that was the case. And, I stopped taking classes because of the inflammation. So, I’ve been going to...
by Fusion Rehab | Oct 25, 2021 | Back Pain, Exercise, Gluteal pain, Spinal Fusion
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,...
