my fathers annular tear

[brensan]

Hi my name is brendan and i am enquiring about my father and his back pain, he has a L4,L5 bulging disc and annular tear in L4, S1 and S2
he explanes to me that he cant walk around for to long and that he spend around 5 hour on the lounge cause he cant move, trhe he end up in bed about 7:30 pm then he is up again at 1:00am then 2:00 am and again at 3:30 am aprox just to have a hot bath, now this concearns me cuz his doctor sais there is nothing they can do for him, and this concearns me cuz my father is a strong man a it is not normal to see him cry for the pain he is getting can anyone help me help my father anything at all would be appreaciated please e-mail me at ***@**** please i dont want to see my father like this for the rest of his life. thank you

[brensan]

hi good to hear back, he feel ther pain in his lower calfs and he describes it as sometime as pins and neeedles and and a strong ake that prevents him from walking, the hot bath relieves his pain for a short time and a theraputic massage and he also has 24 hour morphene patch and break through pain relife with mersyndol forte. he also had a spinal tap done doctors put the die through they said the disc where that bad the die just ran through his back then the doc stop the proceedure and said there is no more they could do for his back, he has been suffering for 5 years, he said he needs cructures to mobilise to take the weight from his back.

[giveitback]

Yes, I was not able to walk, sit or stand for long. I was previously a healthy, energetic active gal. I was in a car crash that caused a great deal of pain. I finally had surgery 5 days ago and have experienced no leg pain at all from the moment I awoke from anesthesia. One of the things fixed was a large annular tear. I don't have all the details on what exactly the surgeon did, but I will learn this on my post-op appointment Oct 29th. All I know is that the surgeon was able to relieve all of my nerve pain and discomfort.
What sort of pain is your dad having? How does he describe it (for example: burning/aching/weakness) Where does he experience the pain? What relieves the pain? What makes it worse?

[brensan]

i mean r u better now or do u still have problems?

[brensan]

so after all the time u spent unable to walk has the pain gone?

[nellieg119]

I also was told I have bulging disc and annular tear in C6-C7  L5-S1, I was told I dont need surgery, but it is sooo painful, my neck and back hurt ALL the time. They gave me CELEBREX and SKELEXIN, but that does not help. I'm only 38 yrs old and I am miserable!!!

[MARGARETG]

hello,,,,
im so glad to see your back, i hope it all went well, weve missed you.
can't wait to here how you faired and how good your going to be...
GOD BLESS AND PRAYER'S ARE YOURS

[giveitback]

I feel for your father...I just had surgery on an annular tear and woke up with NO LEG PAIN WHATSOEVER - I wasn't able to walk, sit, drive, etc. etc.  It is a real issue and kept me inactive for almost a year. Don't let him give up trying to find relief - he does not have to live in pain forever!
Cheers!

[brensan]

but then why wouldn't his doctor have picked this up?

[mike1105]

buldes and annual tears may not be the casue of his pain-- he may have muscular pain--tight hip flexors/postural pain.