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Hell yes I've had it 3 times but my chiro always straightens me up. No meds ever.
It fell on me Brett.. lol... I was under that pile of bricks with a floor joist in front of my chest and another behind my back. I was talking face to face with my buddy when it started coming down, he yelled "feet don't fail me know" and went one way and I managed to turn 90* before I was pinned, otherwise I'd have taken a joist and tons of brick on each shoulder. Next thing I heard was "I don't even know his parents phone number"! and I yelled back don't give up on me yet! My work helmet was in 100 pieces, my buddy actually ran over and put an arm under each joist and probably lifted over a ton to slide me out. Ambulance put a bandage on my arm, never took me to the hospital and then the foreman came along slapped 500 bucks in my hand and told us all to get off the street and pointed at the tavern on the corner!bigdad you should elaborate on what happened with you and that building! Hopefully this will all be a bad memory soon..
Amazing story. Glad you are still here. My faith tells me and I believe when it’s not your time it’s simply NOT your time.It fell on me Brett.. lol... I was under that pile of bricks with a floor joist in front of my chest and another behind my back. I was talking face to face with my buddy when it started coming down, he yelled "feet don't fail me know" and went one way and I managed to turn 90* before I was pinned, otherwise I'd have taken a joist and tons of brick on each shoulder. Next thing I heard was "I don't even know his parents phone number"! and I yelled back don't give up on me yet! My work helmet was in 100 pieces, my buddy actually ran over and put an arm under each joist and probably lifted over a ton to slide me out. Ambulance put a bandage on my arm, never took me to the hospital and then the foreman came along slapped 500 bucks in my hand and told us all to get off the street and pointed at the tavern on the corner!
Sciatica is kicking my ***. Been 9 days crawling around and laying on my back. I would not wish this on anyone. Feels like someone is tearing the muscle off my *** to my ankle. Today I got put on different meds. Hopefully they work as I am only sleeping a few hours a night. Just wondered if any others have had it..
I was normal.. before all this. A week of meds messed me up but now back to normal. Believe me if I could **** this away I would! Quote of the day right there!BTW Brett, back to the subject at hand. Have you had a good dump lately??? Mine back acts up the most when I'm backed up... somehow that adds pressure to the nerves.
**Now my 85 y/o dad has just been going thru a bout of back pain,I was normal.. before all this. A week of meds messed me up but now back to normal. Believe me if I could **** this away I would! Quote of the day right there!
I used to get it bad 2x a yr. It was always when the weather would change from winter to spring or fall to winter. I could almost set my watch by it. Gett that little tingle right at the beltline and it didnt matter if I took a week off and did nothing. It would hit when I reached for a soda and would take me to my knees, from then on spent the next week on my stomach, would take an hour to get to knees to go to the bathroom and god help ya if you sneezed or coughed.Wish you the best, I haven't had it that bad, it was my hip flexor causing the issue, couldn't stand up straight for a few days. Wife told me I'd have to piss sitting down, I leaned my head against the wall behind the toilet to piss for 3 days, I won that battle. Again get better soon.
Over 10 years ago, my doc sent me to neurologist due to worsening back pain and neuropathy. After many tests, the neuron says I have spinal stenosis and degenerative disks. After 2 years, I told my doctor that I was about ready to go to Mayo Clinic or something. He says to give the neurologist another try. After more tests, he says well there's good news and bad news. Bad news is you have MS, good news is you're getting it at your age. Like it doesn't matter that much, cause you're going to die soon anyway.I got retired at 60 with a 15mm bulge on my L3L4 which they finally got to shrink after the 6th bilateral injection. But by then the stenosis in the L3L4 and L5S1 had worsened and now at 74 the right hip has a double tear which locks it up. I take a ton of Gabapentin like 3400 mg a day. If I don’t then within a week I’m back in a wheel chair. But it doesn’t make me loopy.
Sounds like arthritis, barometric pressure and humidity are a factor.I used to get it bad 2x a yr. It was always when the weather would change from winter to spring or fall to winter. I could almost set my watch by it. Gett that little tingle right at the beltline and it didnt matter if I took a week off and did nothing. It would hit when I reached for a soda and would take me to my knees, from then on spent the next week on my stomach, would take an hour to get to knees to go to the bathroom and god help ya if you sneezed or coughed.
When I move from Houston to Austin it never bothered me again ,even in Co and Ga. As soon as I came back to Houston it hit again. Only thing I could tie back to it was the humidity.
I hope you get some relief, it sux!!!
Dennis what exactly did he do? I have talked to a couple of surgeons and never really got a warm fuzzy from either one. The answer for both was the same, fuse some discs together, open up the vertebrae around the nerve opening and add pins/rods to support the vertebrae. The epidurals would last almost a year when I first started getting them but now I am down to six months and it takes 4 shots rather than 2 like it used to. Really not a fan of surgery but might not have a choice at some point.Got epidurals for years. About 10 over 10 years. They stopped working.
Saw Dr. Rustamzadeh in San Jose. Rust ahmza day. Out patient surgery fixed me. Should have never suffered for years. Crawled on the floor, couldn’t work or wipe my ***. Didn’t sleep for 5 weeks. Was thinking about…thought it was curtains. Think of a wire passing through the firewall and chafing. That’s what the nerve was doing. As soon as I woke up, I knew it was solved. Dr. Rustamzadeh walks on water. Thank God for modern medicine.
No, not arthritis, I had a gang box full of tools fall off the back of a 1 ton flatbed truck I tried to stop and keep it from landing on a guy working the lift gate when I was 17 and jammed my back. Years of chiropractors then suddenly it stopped, didn't have 1 issue for 15 yrs, until I came back to Houston. Been lucky it has sense settled down for the last 10 and hasn't locked up.Sounds like arthritis, barometric pressure and humidity are a factor.
My aunt and uncle lived on Vancouver Island British Columbia. They would come for a visit, sometimes she walked with two canes when she arrived. After a couple of weeks she would start to walk without a cane.
Can tell when we are having a pressure drop quite often.
I have'nt had the unfortunate experiences of allot of the folks here have had. But I have had it act up, and agree about the pain. Do you by chance carry a wallet in your hip pocket? If you do ,move it . Doctor advice to me years ago, suprisingly it worked within a week. Good luckI was normal.. before all this. A week of meds messed me up but now back to normal. Believe me if I could **** this away I would! Quote of the day right there!
Not sure exactly, but thought he honed out the passage and realigned the nerve. Wish I had done it years earlier. Amazing relief. It was consuming my life. Get opinions or see my Doctor.Dennis what exactly did he do? I have talked to a couple of surgeons and never really got a warm fuzzy from either one. The answer for both was the same, fuse some discs together, open up the vertebrae around the nerve opening and add pins/rods to support the vertebrae. The epidurals would last almost a year when I first started getting them but now I am down to six months and it takes 4 shots rather than 2 like it used to. Really not a fan of surgery but might not have a choice at some point.