Hi everyone
Hoping I will find people who understand here..
I had a L4/5 discectomy in 2016 and all had been fine since, in feb this year I couldn’t stand up one morning, turns out it has come back worse than before, this time the nerve pain in my leg, ankle and foot is awful. I am on very high dose morphine, found gabapentin, pregabalin didn’t help at all. Am unable to take amitriptyline etc. I also use CBD oil and a tens machine. Some days are still really bad pain wise, due to have my operation in January.
has anyone had a repeat discectomy and had success with nerve pain reduction?
also does anyone else have any suggestions to help with pain relief? I’m slowly weaning my morphine down also.
I’m finding it all massively stressful, I have a 3 year old, thankfully my work allowed me to work from home for now. Some days I’m very tearful when the pain is worse.
Thanks for reading, sorry it’s a bit long!
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