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I'm having a fucking pain (8/10) that makes sleep almost imposible. Any recommendations would be needed

tigerlilly wrote:Well, I'm not a doctor, but it sounds like you have a ruptured disk in your neck.

check this out it has some helpful information:
http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?top ... urn_link=0

Tiger, that's so useful. I must be optimistic and not dull as I am with such pain. It's somehow difficult but I must do it

Kudos to Tigerlily. Good Luck to OP. Get a GOOD surgeon for a consultation; ask athlete friends, and query physical therapists for their opinions about the best surgeons. They see a lot of botched jobs.

For my wife, a microdiskectomy in the lower spine was day surgery, and the pain was gone after. For my boss, a collapsed subarachnoid space in the cervical spine put him in the hospital for about 2 weeks. It varies a lot!

What's OP

I must to wait my doctor to come from holidays so I'm taking the pils he's said and putting ice in the area when it hurts the most. It's somehow hard but I could be improving with time and those cares. Perhaps when doctors come from holidays I could be attended by a overhaul specialist

[quote="Diego Sahagún"]What's OP

OP= original (first) poster

In this case the "OP" is you.

I hope you are able to get some relief soon.

Best regards,

Woodie

Now they say that 90% of back injuries get better on their own, given time and caution in exercise.

Just got back from vacation.

Sorry to hear this, Diego. All is not lost. This is the area that my husband hurt, at nearly the same time you did, sounds like. Here is what we discovered:

1) This is what our doctor basically told my husband "If you go easy...it will fix itself. If you had come in right after your pain started, I would have recommended surgery. But since you have gone so long with this pain, you can obviously handle it. I'll see you in 3 months and we will reevaluate."

2) Do not lift anything! I lift all heavy objects for my husband, (suitcases, etc.) so his back will not become worse.

3) The doctor gave him little exercises to strengthen his back. I'll see if I can get those for you. They might help.

4) My neighbor explained it like this, which I found to be a useful illustration: "Your disk is like a jelly filled donut. The donut was pressed and the filling oozed out. The filling is now touching your nerve, that is why it hurts. The body will reabsorb the oozed out filling, in time."

6) My husband liked this book:
"Do You Really Need Back Surgery?" by Aaron Filler. Here is the link:

http://www.amazon.com/You-Really-Need-B ... =1-1-spell

7) Try to go easy on the pain relief meds. They are really horrible for the liver. I saw the liver of a dead lion (dont ask) that was on pain relief meds. It was black and pot marked to hell.

My husband finds sitting too long is the worst thing (eg: long airline flights, car rides, etc)
He finds standing up now and then helps.

Hope some of this is useful
Feel Better,
TL

Thanks a lot my good friends Woodie, Moapa and Tiger. I don't know what to say now

Well, these days I'm sleeping on a sit position or similar. Tonight I tried to sleep with an only pillow and I awoke at 4:30 AM having a hard pain (8/10). It's been a real mess, believe me

Perhaps I'm getting better but this is slow and I'm well prepared for it. This is the first night in August that I'm in SP before going to bed

I leave anyway

Good luck, and I hope you find some peace!

good night! sweet dreams

Thanks mates

Diego, the discs can bulge without leaking their fluid. That's obviously better than leaking. Sure it's true they can heal by themselves. Be sure not to compress that side.

I get some trouble in the lower back when I go at things too hard, though use a technique of elongating myself when lying down in bed. And we all "grow" in our sleep, or when lying down. The load is released from the spine, which helps any bulges in the donut discs to shrink back.

So don't pack carry, dig, heavy lift etc. And when carrying, carry equally weight on each side. Not carry the shopping all on one side. Think before you act, as reaching forward and lifting even a light load at arms length subjects the spine and frame to high stresses. So be gentle with yourself.

Keep up the extended rest, walk, and over time, some months it is possible to recover.

I know it Ray, thank you very much anyway