New or old I'm not quite sure. I first discovered you all after a cervical spine revision in late 2000 and used you off and on until sometime in 2006. dropped off until about a month ago when deeply frustrated by the fact that a November 27, 2013 lumbar decompression L1 through S1 and fusion with rods, screws, cages - the works from l4-s1 has left me worse off after than before.
I am weak in pain and cannot walk more than 50 feet without much difficulty. however I am still doing my Internet newsletter which since the spring of 1992 as been my only source of income. consequently my medical issues are not my full-time occupation. I have been online a long long time. I joined the NJIT electronic information exchange system in June 1980. I did use another health related forum system off and on between 2011 and 2014. Gave up on that one because of no feedback. so far I have received no response here either and wonder what I'm doing wrong. I am definitely inpatient and jumped right into a 1200 word new thread in spinal disorders describing my current situation in some - perhaps too much? - Detail.
Would appreciate even general advice from anyone. issues right now are mainly an apparent inability to regain muscular strength after the very nasty surgery of about a year and half ago. I have had a bunch of tests none of which have been able to identify any specific situations that can account for my current disability. Perhaps the most appropriate area in which to ask questions could be one focused on physical therapy approaches to postoperative treatment of the lumbar spine.
The neuro muscular chief at the University of Pennsylvania whom I saw December can identify no ongoing denervation. he says I have multiple lumbo-scral radiculopathies and prescribes continued work out at my local gym. I just paid for a year's worth of 30 minute sessions three times a month with a trainer and have so far been unable to find the right mix of exercises that do not wind up making my situation worse. when this happens I slack off for about three days and generally feel better. something is going on in my pelvic area that I don't like. when I heard that's where it really hurts. Unable to walk without considerable bending forward and when I tried vertical stretching.... arms overhead fingers around the door top .... THAT exacerbated the pelvic pain.
I am weak in pain and cannot walk more than 50 feet without much difficulty. however I am still doing my Internet newsletter which since the spring of 1992 as been my only source of income. consequently my medical issues are not my full-time occupation. I have been online a long long time. I joined the NJIT electronic information exchange system in June 1980. I did use another health related forum system off and on between 2011 and 2014. Gave up on that one because of no feedback. so far I have received no response here either and wonder what I'm doing wrong. I am definitely inpatient and jumped right into a 1200 word new thread in spinal disorders describing my current situation in some - perhaps too much? - Detail.
Would appreciate even general advice from anyone. issues right now are mainly an apparent inability to regain muscular strength after the very nasty surgery of about a year and half ago. I have had a bunch of tests none of which have been able to identify any specific situations that can account for my current disability. Perhaps the most appropriate area in which to ask questions could be one focused on physical therapy approaches to postoperative treatment of the lumbar spine.
The neuro muscular chief at the University of Pennsylvania whom I saw December can identify no ongoing denervation. he says I have multiple lumbo-scral radiculopathies and prescribes continued work out at my local gym. I just paid for a year's worth of 30 minute sessions three times a month with a trainer and have so far been unable to find the right mix of exercises that do not wind up making my situation worse. when this happens I slack off for about three days and generally feel better. something is going on in my pelvic area that I don't like. when I heard that's where it really hurts. Unable to walk without considerable bending forward and when I tried vertical stretching.... arms overhead fingers around the door top .... THAT exacerbated the pelvic pain.
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