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Location: ARKANSAS | I bought a little hollywood dunit gelding (6 yrs old) in the fall of 2013 that i was told was BROKE BROKE..well yeah he wasnt, anyway i rode him all winter to get him that way. I started putting him on the barrel pattern in the spring and then life kinda got in the way, through no fault of his, nor mine. i had to have a new pacemaker in may he got a cold in june and had a cough, then it was sooo HOT in july I did not haul. So in August i started hauling again. we hauled to a few shows and he was really doing well, however typical he thinks he knows way more than what he does, so i am not pushing him, i am just going through the pattern and making the pattern correctly and letting him gain the speed on his own. by the first of sept i take him to a big show and enter him of 600 plus horses and he wins the 4-d..well i am SUPER PROUD since this is 7th time ever be entered...NOW WHY AM I DEPRESSED??? We were hauling in our Square bales for the year..the 3rd bale i picked up, i felt something go in my back. it felt like stepping on a tomatoe and it squirting out the side..well i ended up in the hospital for 7 days, they finally did a mylegram and said i herniated a disk at L-4 in my back. The drs were i was at were a JOKE, so i got an apt with another neurosurgeon that is supposed to be the best in the state but its not till JAN 23, 2015!!! In the meantime, i cannot run barrels, and i know my horse is fine, cause i trust my training, but i just hate i am losing all this time with him!!! Has anyone ever had this type surgery before and have you come back after it??? Pain wise, yes the pain has lessened to where i can tolerate it, but i am a big CHICKEN, i dont wont to lift ANYThiNG, not even my saddle for fear of doing further damage to myself, and i guess i am to independent to ask anyone to do it for me..oh yeah and i cannot take the drs dope, it makes me sick, the strongest i can take is BC powder accross the counter..( i could never be a DOPER)
Edited by ladyelbert 2014-10-27 1:20 PM
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 Shelter Dog Lover
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| Ugg, so.sorry, he will be ready and waiting when you are healed ! | |
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 No Tune in a Bucket
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Location: Texas | I am so sorry this has happened, but I might be looking for the second best doctor in the state. Personally, I don't think that I would wait that long to see a doctor. | |
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The Advice Guru
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| I have a herniated c5/6 my pending surgical date is February.
My saving grace has been butrans patches and lyrica. I live in a fog, and mornings are tough, but the pain is tolerable where I can ride a little.
Something to pass by your doc to see if you could benefit | |
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| I had a herniated L4/5 that I waited a year to finally have surgery on, surgery was scheduled within 2 weeks of finally requesting it. I went from totally miserable to immediate relief. It was amazing, I call it my miracle surgery!
Unfortunately, I overestimated my strength and power and while I was moving a heavy tack trunk ended up rupturing that same disc. Now this time I was in a fetal position with spasms wracking my body every ten minutes. I have never ever imagined such pain. I was taken to the hospital where they tried to send me home with Morphine. After screaming in pain all night and unable to crawl to the bathroom I went back. They apologized and operated the next morning :) I had a huge rupture sitting on the nerve.
I am 18 mos out of 2nd surgery and did a 5K yesterday! I can ride and do anything I want, but will never lift or move anything over 50 lbs again. I know when I'm pushing it and will lay low for a few days.
So I guess it depends on where you are on the pain scale, but I wouldn't think you would have to wait that long. Although my dr definitely wanted me to try alternative therapies first (physical therapy, chiro, massage, injections etc).
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Location: ARKANSAS | So i go to my regular neurologist yesterday and she wants to send me to someone who will do steroid injections in my back till my dr apt in january..i told her NO! She tells me i have one ruptured disk and one buldging disk how am i gonna make it till january..i looked at her and said. Well its been a month, and i have 2 month to go. and i have made it this long i think i can make it a little while longer. She then asked me if i had plenty of pain meds...i laughed and told her yeah i got plenty since i cant take them they make me sick...she looked at me and said wow you must be tough..i said nope just a dumb BARRELRACER!!!! LOL thanks for responses everyone...its gonna be a long 2 months.!!
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Location: Got Lobsta? | I would try to get in sooner than later. This happen to me, I hurt my back and they talked me into sterioid injections because I wanted to keep on riding. HOWEVER I treaked my back just right and I went from walking with some pain to crawling on my hands and knees! The pain was almost unbearable! I couldn't take the drugs at all, I lived on Alieve. I finally got an "emergency" surgery appt 3 weeks after it happen. After the surgery I was brand new with no problems, I couldn't ride for 2 months which was during the summer. So I look at it this way, if I would have had the surgery instead of the shots (that did not work) I would have been in the saddle 3 months earlier. If you are going to do the shots, you better be careful because it could happen again. I went from crawling to walking in less than 3 hours. I have no regrets about the surgery! Good luck!! | |
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