Non invasive back surgery Posted: 03-20-08 15:48pm
On April 11th I am scheduled to have non
invasive back surgery. Fo years I have
been suffering and it has on lt gotten
worse lately. I went for a new MRI and my
disk had indeed torn and all the goop is
now on my nerve(feel great gotta tell
you).
I know that i am going to have a 1-1/2
incision in my back and they will use a
laser. I do not know much more about what
is going on. Has anyone else had this
done?
Also, ifyou had did you go under general
anastetic. there is a 50/50 shot i have a
condition taht could kill me if they gave
me the wrong meds under general anastetic.
did you just get sedated? that is what i
am going to ask for.
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RichT
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Posted: 03-20-08 16:55pm
Hello Beaniepie,
Welcome to this forum and the great people
who post and try to help others.
I wish you the very best in your upcoming
surgery.
You mention that they will be using a
laser - May I ask where you will be having
the surgery? Also Beaniepie, you may wish
to post your message on the Laser Spine
Surgery thread. Hopefully those that have
had laser spine surgery will also respond
to your questions on that thread.
RichT
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Citadel72
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Anesthesia at the Laser Spine Institute Posted: 03-26-08 13:31pm
Hi Beanpie,
Not knowing where you are going to have
your laser surgery, I can't definitively
say what kind of anesthesia they will use,
but if it is at the Laser Spine Institute
in Tampa, Florida, they will give you
Versed to relax you and a local anesthetic
at the incision point and that's all.
You will be escorted into a
state-of-the-art surgical theatre and
placed face down on a comfortable table
with a hole cut out for your face. You
will be given Versed about 20 minutes
prior to the surgeon entering the theatre
and the local about 10 minutes before the
incision. You will feel no pain and you
will be wide awake, conscious of
everything going on around you and being
done to you.
I had surgery there in July 2006 and it
was a wonderful experience. They talk to
you throughout the entire surgery using
you as a third diagnostic to ensure they
are zeroing in on the exact spot of your
problem. You'll feel pressure from time to
time and some warmth from time to time,
but no pain or ill effects. You'll hear
the laser turning on and off, but you'll
never feel it. A surgical nurse sits at
your head focusing on your facial
expressions and body language, asking you
questions and making small talk to
alleviate any remaining anxiety or
concerns, watching for any sign of
discomfort. The surgeon and
anesthesiologist will quiz you every so
often as well to assess your cognitive
reaction to the medication and laser
surgery.
They are truly professional in every
regard and supremely attentive to all of
your needs and fears. When the 45-minute
surgery is over, a nurse and orderly are
waiting just outside the theatre ready to
take you to recovery where you will remain
for 50 minutes during which the nurse
never leaves your side, answering
questions and checking your vitals. At the
conclusion of the recovery period, the
surgeon and anesthesiologist check your
sutures and bandages and your vitals to
ensure all is well.
After that's over, you're done. They wheel
you out to meet your relatives, talk with
them briefly, then down to your car or
taxi and instruct you to report back in
the morning for a recheck. At the recheck,
they change your bandages, showing you and
a relative how to do it for subsequent
changes. They provide you with a checklist
of things to do and avoid, plus a box of
bandages, topical anesthetics, cleaning
supplies for treating your wound and
several scripts for pain and antibiotics.
They will follow up by phone every week
for 3 weeks, then every other week for six
weeks.
Hope this has been helpful. If you have
any further questions or comments, please
write again.
I am Citadel72
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Backinpain
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Citadel72 Posted: 06-16-08 14:07pm
as for this thread and any whom reads this
thread understand that I believe that
Citadel72 works for a lobby type of outfit
in Florida and LSI is there client.
I believe he is a blog troll paid to write
positive things about LSI, he knows the
president of the company personally and
get his directives from him of what to say
when you ask him questions.
A word of caution when dealing with his so
called motives do apply.
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Citadel72
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Posted: 06-16-08 16:28pm
I do work for a lobbying firm in Florida,
but LSI is not our client; never has been.
They are represented by another firm. I
have addressed this with Mr. Backinpain on
numerous forums, but he will not accept
that and is conducting his own personal,
vile vendetta against LSI and maintains an
unshakable opinion opposite of mine.
I am not paid by LSI and I resent him
saying so and for calling me a TROLL and
other disrepectful insults.
I had cervical surgery there in July 2006
and I am grateful for their care and
attention which resulted in a positive
outcome greater than I could have
imagined.
I do not know the President of LSI
personally. I met him once at a wedding
for a mutual friend's daughter and he gave
me his business card which I mentioned to
others on another site; that's all. LSI is
in Tampa, Florida; I live in Jacksonville,
Florida. It's not a stretch to see how
that could happen.
Backinpain attacks everyone who posts
anything positive about LSI with peppered
profanity and calls them all manner of
slurs and vulgar names.
If you have any doubts as to this, you can
read his reprehensible attacks on people
on the TOPIX forum website using the url
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