Thank you for sharing. This is the most updated video I've watched. Most of the videos were years ago. I'm also having a very similar surgery on October 8th. How long was it before you could be in a car for a few hours? Is sleeping on your side okay? Did you need any of the hip tools when you came home? For instance, raised toilet seat, graber, tools to put on socks, etc? My apologies for so many questions. Your video is a high help. I'm having my wife watch it. So she can be informed. Thank you so much for any help. God speed to recovery. Have a blessed and happy day! Ron
I have a more recent update and the 10 month update coming very shortly. This link should direct to my Spine playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLIMqHHxB0DtSZeCmIz8MiNng7L20VO4nq.html It was 3 or 4 months before I could be in a car for a long time. Sleeping on the side is fine. I personally have always had a problem with sleeping on my side for very long because the bottom arm, even when raised up would fall asleep. I used many tools at first including a raised toilet seat and used a walker to get up and down. I also used a grabber and that sock tool. Used a cane for stability for a while. Didn't really do PT until later and it was very helpful. slow but steady healing so don't get discouraged. Things are great now....so glad I had this surgery! Check out my other spine videos and feel free to ask more questions. Good luck!
Your experience is very similar to mine. I had the same surgery about 9 years ago. I was crushing a dead bush with my right foot when I felt a sharp pain near the back of my hip. I couldn't get out of bed the next morning, and I had to have the paramedics take me to the hospital. My first surgery only fused me from L2 to L3 about 10 years ago. The rod broke within a year, and I had a second surgery (with a different surgeon!) who removed the broken rod and extended the fusions from L2 to L5. I still have stiffness in my lower right leg, but I get monthly therapeutic massages to maintain my back health. I also use Gabapentin, but I don't really know how much it helps, as you said.
@@VAFZone To be honest, I don't remember, but I had to be cautious for a good while not to do anything strenuous until I was cleared by my doctor. I want to say it was about 6 months, though. Oh, one other thing that may or may not apply to you - do you have an adjustable bed? I do, and it's been a lifesaver! Whenever I go on a trip or a cruise, I wind up sleeping in a flat bed, and I always wake up stiff and sore. Not so when I'm home.
@@davidburrowes8678 Yes, since the surgery, I've been sleeping on our big, reclining couch (electrical recliner) and like you, I sleep reclined. Not ready to sleep on a flat bed yet.
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I had a transforaminal Interbody Fusion; screws and rods. It went well!
Glad to hear!
Thank you for sharing. This is the most updated video I've watched. Most of the videos were years ago. I'm also having a very similar surgery on October 8th.
How long was it before you could be in a car for a few hours? Is sleeping on your side okay? Did you need any of the hip tools when you came home? For instance, raised toilet seat, graber, tools to put on socks, etc? My apologies for so many questions. Your video is a high help. I'm having my wife watch it. So she can be informed. Thank you so much for any help.
God speed to recovery. Have a blessed and happy day! Ron
I have a more recent update and the 10 month update coming very shortly. This link should direct to my Spine playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLIMqHHxB0DtSZeCmIz8MiNng7L20VO4nq.html
It was 3 or 4 months before I could be in a car for a long time. Sleeping on the side is fine. I personally have always had a problem with sleeping on my side for very long because the bottom arm, even when raised up would fall asleep. I used many tools at first including a raised toilet seat and used a walker to get up and down. I also used a grabber and that sock tool. Used a cane for stability for a while. Didn't really do PT until later and it was very helpful. slow but steady healing so don't get discouraged. Things are great now....so glad I had this surgery! Check out my other spine videos and feel free to ask more questions. Good luck!
@@VAFZone very kind of you. Thank you
Your experience is very similar to mine. I had the same surgery about 9 years ago. I was crushing a dead bush with my right foot when I felt a sharp pain near the back of my hip. I couldn't get out of bed the next morning, and I had to have the paramedics take me to the hospital. My first surgery only fused me from L2 to L3 about 10 years ago. The rod broke within a year, and I had a second surgery (with a different surgeon!) who removed the broken rod and extended the fusions from L2 to L5.
I still have stiffness in my lower right leg, but I get monthly therapeutic massages to maintain my back health. I also use Gabapentin, but I don't really know how much it helps, as you said.
Wow. Thanks David. How long did it take after the second surgery before lower back pain went away and you could mostly do normal activities?
@@VAFZone To be honest, I don't remember, but I had to be cautious for a good while not to do anything strenuous until I was cleared by my doctor.
I want to say it was about 6 months, though.
Oh, one other thing that may or may not apply to you - do you have an adjustable bed? I do, and it's been a lifesaver!
Whenever I go on a trip or a cruise, I wind up sleeping in a flat bed, and I always wake up stiff and sore. Not so when I'm home.
@@davidburrowes8678 Yes, since the surgery, I've been sleeping on our big, reclining couch (electrical recliner) and like you, I sleep reclined. Not ready to sleep on a flat bed yet.
One more question, please. Did they go through your abdomen?
No, mine was through the back.