I woke up this morning to gray light in the bedroom. That was great! Every other night since the laminectomy surgery, it has been pitch dark right about the time the pain meds wore off around 2:30 am. Read more →
Category: Lumbar Laminectomy Surgery
A surgery recovery essential – Grabber
Back surgery recovery means no bending or twisting. General surgery recovery can easily mean limited mobility. How do you pick things up? My wife has a different problem, she can’t reach the top shelf easily. She solved that with a Pikstik which I promptly stole and subsequently found the limits of while realizing how beneficial it is for me now. Read more →
L5-S1 Laminectomy, Day 5 – Setback Day
After my best night of sleep so far, things started out pretty well. This is the fifth day after my L5-S1 laminectomy (back surgery). Read more →
Pain Killers do More Thank Kill Pain – Percocet
I’ve just had an L5-S1 Laminectomy (back surgery). When the disk fully herniated, there was immense pain. Post surgery, there is also a lot of pain at the spot of the procedure. For both, the prescription is Percocet. It does take the edge off the pain, but there is more to it. Read more →
L5-S1 Laminectomy, Day 3
Or should I say morning 3? What a night. I barely slept. It is the third day since my laminectomy surgery. Read more →
L5-S1 Laminectomy, Day 2
Day by day reports? I’m bored. A laminectomy procedure means you need to take it very easy for a while. Read more →
L5-S1 Laminectomy, Day 1
Today I had laminectomy surgery on the herniated disk in my L5-S1. 10 days ago I was in the most pain of my life, that is when it fully herniated. The results, on top of the pain, included numbness and loss of muscle control. Read more →
L5-S1 Laminectomy Surgery, What and Why?
I had a Lumbar Laminectomy Discectomy surgery. From my understanding, this means lower back (lumbar), some of the Lamina bone is removed (Laminectomy) and some of the damaged disk is removed (discectomy). Read more →
Time to dust the site off again
My neglected blog site is going to get dusted off for all of the wrong reasons. I’ve had a few posts I’ve meant to do, but as the original purpose of this was to document my microfracture surgery. We’ll that is going well, but I herinated a disk in my back and am staring at the prospects of surgery now. Read more →