Hi ladies
Well my surgery is done..the surgeon couldn’t do the balloon kyphoplasty as my bone is too tough from the radiotherapy and denosemab so he did a straightforward vertebraplasty instead..I think it’s similar..just shows the denosemab works !!
It’s early days to tell how well it’s going to work as everything’s sore at the moment...so please cross your fingers for me
Barb xx
Wishing you a speedy recovery Barb ! 🤞x
Glad your surgery is over wishing you a speedy recovery. Hugs
Wishing you fast recovery ❤️
Hoping you will soon be pain and discomfort free. Sending lots of healing thoughts and good wishes.Gigi
Thank you barb xx
Yes I hope it works out well Barbteeth. I had the same thing done about four months ago. The soreness went away after two days. Take care.
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That’s good to know..just taking painkillers so difficult to know how well it’s worked
Barb xx
Hi, Your feeling better? It may take some time for your spine to feel the benefit of the procedure, but hopefully, you have recovered from the procedure itself. Take care.
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I’m still in some discomfort around the area where the procedure was done..I’m assuming it may take a while to heal??.. hurts when I lean back or get up from a sitting position..I’m so impatient as I expected to feel little pain afterwards
Fingers crossed it will be ok..going for a reflexology session today so that’ll perk me up no doubt
I want the old me back...ugh this disease
Barb xx
Wishing you a speedy recovery!
Great news!!! I’d be curious to see how you feel in a few dats. My doctor has suggested it but then said since my spine in also crooked , that it may not help.
Hang in there!
Lynn
Thanks for letting us know! Susie's mention of feeling better after two days reminded me of something I read or heard a long time ago about pain often being the worst for two days after an event like surgery or an injury and then subsiding. I've paid attention to that for myself and it seems to generally be true. Did your post procedure written instructions include how to wean yourself off the pain meds? After a non cancer related surgery I ran into some trouble (withdrawal!) getting off pain meds as I stopped them abruptly not remembering that I'd been on pain meds before the surgery..... I didn't have a crisis exactly but did have to call the surgeon's office for instructions about how to gradually get off the pain meds. That's the only time I've had that kind of issue pop up but I sure remember that it happened! Our backs are sure important! I hope you are back to feeling strong and easily mobile soon.
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Actually nobody mentioned weaning off the painkilling drugs..I’ll just do that gradually myself..the strongest I’m taking is codeine at the lowest dose or 8/500 codeine to paracetamol..I hate the side effects..without going into detail!! So there’s no way I’ll continue unless desperate
Thank you for your kind words you always make me feel better
Barb XX
You might want to ask a pharmacist or RN at your doc's office about how gradually to taper off the pain meds. I am always curious about things so I looked up codeine withdrawal on line and didn't find anything about how to taper after short term use, just stuff about addiction. But it said that when codeine is withdrawn, the brain goes into a frenzy and you sure want to minimize that! I do remember once being told to reduce dosage of a pain medicine a little at a time and going in three day at a time blocks, for example if I was taking a pill every four hours, stretch that to five hours for 3 days, then every six hours for 3 days etc. Don't know if that is any help. But only using it for a few days after surgery should make it alot easier to withdraw than if you'd been addicted to it for six years! I may be over reacting because of my own experience of going off a pain med abruptly after surgery, and feeling awful and then calling my doctor's office for instructions about how to do it the "right way." I think I'd been on whatever it was for 4 or 6 weeks before surgery--not a terribly long time but the withdrawal symptoms were awful enough to sear the experience into my brain! lol This whole cancer experience is certainly enough to rattle anybody's brain!
So glad that's done, thinking of you, xFay
Fingers crossed for a speedy recovery!
Great - hope the surgical pain wears off soon and the op is a success. In my thoughts.
izzyf
Hi, Barb! That is so amazing! From what I've read, this procedure provides amazing results in reducing pain and increasing mobility. I pray that you are blissfully back on your beloved horse VERY SOON!! All the best always, Linda in Seattle XXOO
I'm hopeful you'll be back in the saddle in no time!
Fingers crossed and hope and pray it works for you. 😊
Sending you prayers for healing and lots of support for you and your horse.
Adding my thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery. Hoping the procedure exceeds your expectations and you have no more pain and great mobility.
Deb
All the best for a speedy recovery!!!!!
Wishing you a speedy recovery!
Hi Barb,
Get well soon! I hope you are soon feeling better and that your mobility improves.
Take care,
Sophie x
Speedy recovery Barb!
Prayers for healing! 🙏🏻💕
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