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tpm Wrote:

bigtrucker Wrote:i had a total of 10 therapy sessions and 4 injections.

10 therapy sessions and 4 injections doesn't sound like enough treatment to call it failed. I personally have had well over a hundred therapy sessions and over 10 injections. I am a year since my last ACDF with fusion that to date has not fused.
I continue with therapy and will be having another series of injections in the very near future. My injury date was May of 2005
Hang in there BigTrucker and don't give up the fight

Ps: Bet my truck was bigger than yours

tpm thank you for the response. i am 1yr post op dr says he is not a big fan of phys. therapy and there is not much more that can be done.

they cut my payments but the treating dr and pain mang. dr have not realesed me.

its in the hands of the judge now

how much you wanna bet lol

[Still in Limbo]

Here's My Example Trucker: I had a Microdiscectomy/Laminectomy at L5/S1 in 1/05 and it was Found that My S1 Nerve Root on My Right Side was Crushed. Scar Tissue filled where They Removed the Half of the Disc, attached itself to My S1 Nerve and then Encapsulated the Crushed S1 Nerve Root, so it will Never Heal. I had Countless PT and Work Hardening Sessions, 36 Total Shots into the Nerves around the S1, (Scar Tissue Density wouldn't allow the Shots Directly into S1) and also had a Total of 10 Second Opinions. No One will Re-Operate, too much of a Danger of Paralysis, All Common Treatments Failed, and I Ended at MMI and Seeing a Pain Management Specialist. I also due to the Surgery was Diagnosed with Retrolethesis, and My Arthritis had gotten Severe due to the Inability of Correct and Normal Exercise. It was Then that I was Diagnosed with Failed Back Surgery Syndrome, and Chronic Pain. What Cycler has Mentioned above is True, There is no Direct Definition, it's Usually Based on the Dr.'s and Their Diagnosis of the Individual Patient. Maybe that will Help a bit More, I know it's Confusing, and not Easy to Accept as a Condition You Must Learn to Live with!!