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TO Julliette, i understand what your saying , after id written what i wrote i thought to myself i was being abit thoughtless , i was confronted with surgery last october because i felt that i could no longer tolerate the pain and felt that id tryed everything also , id signed all the papers in a pre op meeting a couple of days before the due date of surgery and had psyched myself into getting the operation on my herniated disc , where they were goin to slice of part of the disc , but i kept getting vibes that it wasnt the right thing to do maybe it was paranoilia i dont know , but since then ive been goin to the gym and whilst the pains always there , i think well at least im getting around etc . I suppose my own views on surgery are flamed by my own fear of it , im glad to hear that your doin well , with the pain thing i can fully understand where your coming from and no one should have to live in pain and as you and others know here in these forums theres nothing that compares to the pain associated with sciatica and disc bulging its debilitating mentally and physically it wears you down and when you think your at your lowest it gets worse and we plod on trying to ignore it which is impossible , its a life of suffering that i didnt forsee , maybe it makes us stronger as people for there must be some good that comes with every wrong in a balanced world , for me it has to be that it has opened my eyes alot more to other peoples suffering weather its old age or disability to me where all struggling just on different levels , im glad to hear your doin well , take care .
Dave

Hi Dave
Thanks for your reply - I am a firm believer in going with your gut feeling - if something wasn't feeling right about your op then you were right not to go ahead. Some nervousness is to be expected - but if I had really 'felt' that it was the wrong thing to do I would no way have gone ahead!!
I know what you mean about constant pain making you appreciate other things in life - I found that I was really appreciative of a 'good' day and made the most of it!!
I am doing well in my recovery so far and am working with the physio on gym exercises to hopefully build up all my muscle groups to give extra support to my back and prevent my dodgy disc at L4/L5 from herniating and ruining all the good work that we've done at L5/S1!!
Good luck to you too - keep up all of your good work!!
Juliette

Cortisone / anesthetic injections are often used as a diagnostic tool to identify if the area injected is the cause of your pain. From my experience, if they don't give immediate relief, they have either not ijected you into the exact area or that is not the area that is causing the pain.
I had a specialist that insisted that my pain was coming from my facet joint, so proceeded to send me for one of these injections into the facet joint. I came away in the same pain & feeling nauseous to boot for a number of days & feeling very flushed.
The result should have had him search for another reason for my pain, but be was convinced that was my problem & didn't listen to me when I explained that my pain felt more in my hip/pelvic region.
Eventually I saw another Dr that did listen & sent me to another orthopod who correctly diagnosed my problem, being the Sacroiliac joint. I have since had a number of these injections into the SI J & each time I have felt immediate relief which I have been told confirms that they have correctly found the cause of the pain.
I hope that helps & that you are not too long finding an answer to your pain.
Can I ask how your injury occured?
Have your drs done X Rays or scans to determine your bulging discs?
kind regards
Jules

Oh how i know how thatsfeels!physio agravated the issue.. if you are in the inner west i strongly suggest you look up innerwest oesteopathy.

all the best

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