BG Medical: post doctoral visit.

[Chun Liroy]

So I finally got x-rays and an MRI done on my back, and I just got home from the visit where the doctor reviewed my MRI. I have a lot of mild bulging discs in my lower-mid back, I think it was something like T1-T11, with 10-11 causing stenosis (I think that's what it was), I have the MRI disc but left it in the car ~.~. So pretty much just gonna take pain medicine since the pain isn't that severe. I was wondering if anyone had this problem and if/when/how it could possibly get worse as far as the discs bulging more and what would be the result of this?

[Chun Liroy]

:/

[ZarakiKujata]

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[MarkM.]

Maybe it's lupus...

Seriously though might want to check into spinal decompression, should be able to google it and find a practicioner in your area that does it, can't hurt to try.

[xerodok]

Get advice from the doctor & have him recommend to you a chiropractor for therapy/pain.

[Chun Liroy]

Yeah I have physical therapy I have to go to as well as some motrin for the pain, what I was wondering is how hte progression will work.

[MarkM.]

Progression will vary from person to person. It depends on how good or bad of shape you are in, how bad it is, etc etc. But definitely like mentioned, consult your doctor before you go see anyone.

[Nekio]

Eventually you're going to need surgery. Bulging discs almost invariably compress the spinal cord (you already have some stenosis) and need to be removed.

Your best bet is to get plugged in with both orthopedic surgery and physical therapy asap. They may not do the surgery right away but at least they will know you when the time comes that you need to go to the OR.

[Nekio]

P.S. You're only 19? What the fuck have you been doing to get bulging discs that young?

[Stumblingdrunk]

P.S. You're only 19? What the fuck have you been doing to get bulging discs that young?

being wrong 6,833 times will weigh anybody down.

[Nekio]

I gotta stop putting those golf balls on those tees.

[Chun Liroy]

P.S. You're only 19? What the fuck have you been doing to get bulging discs that young?

Yeah.. I haven't played many sports either, baseball when I was really young, then wrestling and track in middle school and that's been it. Sucks dick :/ Like I said I went to the doctor and he said what they would do is inject fluid to cushion the discs pretty much, but since they aren't causing me much pain that he would rather prescribe motrin and physical therapy for now and when the pain gets worse, to do something about it. Main thing I came here to ask how and possibly when it will get worse.

[Abandon]

Blahblahblah Sucks dick :/ Blahblahblah

WE HAVE A WINNAR

[Weeks]

The best advice anyone can give you is not to do any of the things suggested thus far in this thread.

[Kaeko]

Back pain is one of the most common complaints, yet it's notoriously difficult to treat. You may hear anecdotal stories about how they went to a X or took drug Y and got better, but there have been very few large scale studies that show the effectiveness of any treatment for most chronic back pain.

Here's an AP article that came out like not even a week ago about the over-treatment and inability of Western medicine to solve back pain issues:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/..._nsRgD9G769OO0

It sucks when you pay to see a doctor and they just hand you some motrin, but there's very little medical literature to support any particular treatment definitively. It's pretty much 'treat the symptoms' I think. Constrast this with like diabetes or congestive heart failure where you can find 100s of meta-analysis on statistically proven treatments.

[Chun Liroy]

Back pain is one of the most common complaints, yet it's notoriously difficult to treat. You may hear anecdotal stories about how they went to a X or took drug Y and got better, but there have been very few large scale studies that show the effectiveness of any treatment for most chronic back pain.

Here's an AP article that came out like not even a week ago about the over-treatment and inability of Western medicine to solve back pain issues:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/..._nsRgD9G769OO0

It sucks when you pay to see a doctor and they just hand you some motrin, but there's very little medical literature to support any particular treatment definitively. It's pretty much 'treat the symptoms' I think. Constrast this with like diabetes or congestive heart failure where you can find 100s of meta-analysis on statistically proven treatments.

Yeah thanks for that it was an interesting read. I've had the back pain for quite some time now, I don't even remember when or how it started. I wasn't really concerned with how people dealt with their pain or what they used to do it, etc etc. Just more of: will it get worse? And is there anything I could do to prevent it getting worse. Not to mention if it gets worse would I need to get surgery.

The best advice anyone can give you is not to do any of the things suggested thus far in this thread.

I don't think I properly explained the circumstances, or what I was looking for.

WE HAVE A WINNAR

ohu.

[miokomioko]

1) Get the problem vertebrae fused together.
2) Spend 4 months laying in a bed recuperating.
3) Spend another 6+ months in physical therapy
4) ???
5) All better~

[Boyiee]

1) Get back surgery
2) feel great for a while, good decision
3) year or 2 later, worst pain of your life, why the fuck did you get surgery
4) Get surgery again!
5) ???
6) Back problems for life!

Pretty much everyone I know that gets work done to their back, has problems for life. The real question here, is are the problems worse for life with/without the surgery! We'll never know! Thats why it's so fun! Chiropractors will fuck you up by the way lol. It's less profitable to actually fix your back as opposed to just temporarily fixing it, getting you to come back for years.

[miokomioko]

Chiropractors will fuck you up by the way lol. It's less profitable to actually fix your back as opposed to just temporarily fixing it, getting you to come back for years.

It's a conspiracy!

You could say the same thing about anyone who has a specialization that the laymen can't and will never be able to home-remedy and on whom many rely on. Auto mechanics get a bad rap for the same reason. I would say it's more profitable to just fix people's shit so they recommend you and your clientèle grows exponentially.

[Chun Liroy]

I didn't plan on going to a chiropractor, I've h eard bad things about them.