Saturday, May 27, 2006

Microdiscectomy One Month Update

I saw the doctor on Thursday.  I thought I was supposed to see the PA again, but the doctor suddenly showed up in the room.  He asked me how I was feeling.  I told him that I still had some leg pain, and before I could get to the bladder stuff, he stopped me and said that when he saw the nerve it was very irritated, red, and twisted.  He said it was going to take a while for the nerve to heal.  Then he did a brief exam - while I was sitting, he asked me to lift my left leg.  Then, he asked me to walk about fifteen feet into the hallway and back.  He said that I looked good and that I was 70% better.  I was mildly surprised, but I guess since he does these all the time (the waiting room is never not full), he sees something I don’t.  Yay!  I have a followup in mid-June, and the physical therapy folks are supposed to be calling me soon to set something up.  I can’t wait to feel like a normal person.  Oddly enough, I’m even looking forward to exercise.  I think it would help in a variety of ways, but mostly because right now, I have zero energy.  See how long it takes me to even get a blog entry up?  And I owe so many people email too.  If it helps, I write them every day, in my head. 

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1. Not to be negative or anything (I’m truly thrilled that he feels there’s been 70% improvement) but you know that you saw the physician instead of the PA so they could charge you $7500 instead of $2000 for that 15-minute exam, right?  Me, Leigh-Ann and Alan would watch you walk merely for the price of a nacho cheese pretzel.

   Helly  on  05/28  at  12:25 PM

2. Fortunately, the follow-ups after a 19k+ surgery are free, no matter who you see.  But, I’ll be expecting you to come watch me walk as soon as hockey season starts in the fall.

   Flippy  on  05/28  at  12:28 PM

3. Hi,

   
   I’m very interested in what you’ve got to say. I’ll keep reading through your blogs to see what was wrong with your back.

   I can deeply sypathsise as I have a herniated disc and it’s bad.

   Anyhow I’ve put up my experience so far on http://www.mylifemytravel.com.au/wolff

   If you’re interested I’ll let you know what opinions I get from the ‘experts’ once my MRI results are back.

   Cheers
   Matt

   Matt  on  06/12  at  09:45 PM

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