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<blockquote data-quote="lmf64" data-source="post: 543930" data-attributes="member: 7736"><p>Yes. I ruptured L3 L4 and L5. I dealt with the pain and near crippling fear of the surgery by living on vicodin and darvocet. We got the swelling out by using corticosteroids and once the swelling was gone I was fine. It flaired 3 times in 10 years and the first two times the steroids did the trick, the third time no such luck. For the next 9 months I took either a vicodin or darvocet every four hours just to be able to live. It took 9 months of fighting with the insurance company to get them to agree to pay for the surgery or I wouldn't have gone so long. The day after surgery I was walking the halls of the hospital and within a week I was walking 2 miles pain free. I was told right after coming out of the anethesia that I would have to have the surgery again, as doctor said might be one year might be 20 years, and I told them hell no I'll live with the drugs. When I went in for my recheck 2 weeks later I told him I would do it again in a heartbeat and I will. If I begin to have radiating pain again I will call to schedule the surgery again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lmf64, post: 543930, member: 7736"] Yes. I ruptured L3 L4 and L5. I dealt with the pain and near crippling fear of the surgery by living on vicodin and darvocet. We got the swelling out by using corticosteroids and once the swelling was gone I was fine. It flaired 3 times in 10 years and the first two times the steroids did the trick, the third time no such luck. For the next 9 months I took either a vicodin or darvocet every four hours just to be able to live. It took 9 months of fighting with the insurance company to get them to agree to pay for the surgery or I wouldn't have gone so long. The day after surgery I was walking the halls of the hospital and within a week I was walking 2 miles pain free. I was told right after coming out of the anethesia that I would have to have the surgery again, as doctor said might be one year might be 20 years, and I told them hell no I'll live with the drugs. When I went in for my recheck 2 weeks later I told him I would do it again in a heartbeat and I will. If I begin to have radiating pain again I will call to schedule the surgery again. [/QUOTE]
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