Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]oops - reply problem there.. On 7/25/07, Eric Korenman <faneuil@gmail.com> wrote: > > much thanks for sharing your experience. > > holding in there for now. > Eric > > > On 7/25/07, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > Eric - As a fellow sufferer, let me strongly support the advice > > you've been given about using surgery as a last resort. My problems > > are less severe than yours (no blown disk) but everyone I've talked > > to (doctors, my chiropractor, and fellow sufferers) gave me the same > > advice: avoid surgery until it's clear there is absolutely no other > > option. > > > > I normally avoid alternative therapies like the plague and I don't > > know if it's applicable in your situation, but chiropractic has > > worked well for me after only minimal results from physical therapy. > > > > Good luck and hang in there. It takes a long time to recover from > > back pain. > > > > Regards, > > > > Dick > > > > > > > > On Jul 25, 2007, at 1:45 PM, Eric Korenman wrote: > > > > > looking for sympathy and opinions. > > > I herniated my L4-5 disc this weekend. > > > Pain I NEVER knew existed.. Though a friend says childbirth is > > > still worse. > > > > > > Everyone I talked to (including my neurosurgeon) says conservative > > > therapy > > > is the rule. > > > "Hold off from surgery - it will get better. Surgery is an absolute > > > last > > > resort." > > > > > > Experiences? > > > > > > WTB: a new back > > > > > > Eric > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >