RVing with Spinal Stenosis
Hi. I have had a bad back for a very long time. Recently my back pain has gotten much worse. I have had an MRI that shows spinal stenosis at L5, S1. Without medication I'm in so much pain that I...
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darsben wrote:
MY wife went to Laser spine institute and they really helped her. I recommend you send a copy of your latest MRI to them \. They review it and call you. They said they could help my wife and they did. Two people we referred were turned down as unable to be helped by their technique.
Expensive and NOT covered by medicare but worth it.
THREE hours after surgery she was better. Within a week she was excellent.
Gabapetin is usually for nerve pain. Have you spinal cord injury as well?
What is your daily dose?
Hi.
The Laser Spine Institute advertises on our local TV stations. Perhaps I should followup.
I am seeing a neurosurgeon. He isn't in a hurry to do surgery.
No, fortunately I do not have a spinal cord injury.
I started with three, three-hundred mg capsules per day. At first it worked great. At some point I became tolerant to Gabapentin. Currently I am on twenty-seven-hundred mg. To get relief from pain I have to take four capsules in the morning, then two capsules in the afternoon, and finally three capsules at bed time. Today I tried three, three, three and my pain did not go down to a level where I could comfortably drive until an hour after my afternoon dose.
My VA doctor told me that there are other medications that might work for me if Gabapentin fails to work.
I don't know if, or when, my neurosurgeon will decide to do surgery.
Safe travels. JD
