The car won the battle after all. I have multiple herniated disks in the lower back, which means awful pain from various mundane activities (running, bending down, direct contact between a hard surface and the lower back, among others). I'm a gimp at the ripe old age of twenty-two.

But life goes on. Physical restrictions only leave more time for writing.

Falcynn

United States3597 Posts

February 22 2008 05:24 GMT

Will it heal or is there going to be any serious permanent damage? I hope you're able to make a full recovery.

B1nary

Canada1267 Posts

February 22 2008 05:30 GMT

On February 22 2008 14:22 defenestrate wrote:
I have multiple herniated disks in the lower back

I dont know what that means but it sounds painful.

Night[Mare

Mexico4793 Posts

February 22 2008 05:30 GMT

yeah man, sorry for you. I hope you get better and sue the car driver. bastard (unless it was your fault)

Scorpion

United States1974 Posts

February 22 2008 05:37 GMT

On February 22 2008 14:30 B1nary wrote:

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I dont know what that means but it sounds painful.

Seconded. Explain more on these disks. It sounds like it hurt, but I'm just confused at what happened.

Caller

Poland8075 Posts

February 22 2008 05:51 GMT

disks are ring formations of bone and nerve that are in the back of the spine

when they are herniated, they essentially are misplaced, hence u put massive pressure on ur weak points of ur spine hence it hurts like a bitch.

il0seonpurpose

Korea (South)5638 Posts

February 22 2008 05:58 GMT

Hope you get better.

clazziquai

6685 Posts

February 22 2008 06:01 GMT

Wow I hope you get better and that nothing bad will happen to your body (permanently from this accident).

gwho

United States632 Posts

February 22 2008 06:39 GMT

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1) Caringmedical.com The doctor of that page also wrote the book:
2) "Prolo your pain away" - it's a very good read. short, easy to understand, and hope giving (at least in my case).
For a prolotherapistdoctor,
3) getprolo.com has a listing of doctors in your state and area that adminster prolotherapy.

im sorry to hear that. i really hope you will be better. but most likely, if you are seeing only a very mainstream doctor, he will recommend only a limited number of treatment options that are out there. rarely do such serious accidents go on to not have recurring problems. And many peopel waste their money. But there IS a treatment that gives lasting cure, and even make you stronger than before so you don't have to keep seeing doctors. it's prolotherapy.

prolotherapy stimulates the body itself to repair connective tissue - ligaments and tendons. they get poor blood supply normally (and so they are white, whereas muscles are red with blood) and so they have poor healing. maintream medicine has no treatment for strengthening and repairing connective tissue.

most likely with such a serious impact like that your ligaments and tendons are really messed up and could come back again and again if it isn't healed enough. it's common sense really, if your ligaments and tendons have been hurt, damaged, torn, the logical thing is to repair it, Not disceting discs, removing joints, inserting artificial metal plates, which mainstream doctors will eventually all resort to without ever presenting you the option of prolotherapy.

i myself am recovering from a back injurry, including herniated discs, fibromyalgia, damaged ligaments in the lowerback. I've gotten epidurals, physical therapy, all the race track. I put my faith in the doctors, and thought i was getting better, but when i got rapidly worse, and a few months ago and coulnd't run, walk, sit, and eventually couldn't lie down without pain i seriously got worried, and paniced. i started doinhg all sorts of research myself, and after seeing many doctors, and throwing away lots of money i came across prolotherapy. Proltherapy claimed to heal completely, no side effects, utilizes the body's own healing mechanism. and it claimed that the pain wouldn't return agian, and i would even be stronger than before.

i've gotten 3 months of therapy now, and i am approaching the 3 and halfmonth estimate my prolotherapy doctor gave me. i can walk again, and so much pain has gone away. If i had stayed with mainstream medicine, i wuld have already had discectomy surgery already. and that makes things even worse, because the force distribution is uneven, and excessive in certain areas.

i sincerely wish you well, as a fellow skeletal pain sufferer. You will want take a look at this website, that explains why steroid/cortisone injections make you worse, why surgury will mkae you worse, why antiinflammatories will make you worse, but how prolotherapy will CURE you forever.

1) Caringmedical.com The doctor of that page also wrote the book:
2) "Prolo your pain away" - it's a very good read. short, easy to understand, and hope giving (at least in my case).
For a prolotherapistdoctor,
3) getprolo.com has a listing of doctors in your state and area that adminster prolotherapy.

you can save yourself lots of unnecessary suffering of pain,money and treatments that make you worse. you may or may not see this post, but hopefully you do. if you ever feel at your endurance's and hope's end, realize that there is a post by a fellow sufferer pointing you in the direction that he himself got healed. and i can't be enthusiastic and even almost dogmatic enough about prolotherapy, because it works, and it also saves people form such a disastrous road that is all too common. If you are already too far down that raod by the time you read this, there is an alternative and it works.
Good luck to you.

fight_or_flight

United States3988 Posts

February 22 2008 06:44 GMT

#10

Wow, I couldn't imaging having my body screwed up at such a young age. I hope you can fully recover, and if not, hopefully they will eventually come up with some sort of procedure that can fix you up.

I guess at least it will give you a new perspective on life, you sound like you've already thought about it before this, I guess you will get a chance to do it some more.

DeadVessel

United States6269 Posts

February 22 2008 08:48 GMT

#11

That's horrible man

. Hope you're able to get back some semblance of a normal life soon.

blagoonga123

United States2068 Posts

February 22 2008 09:38 GMT

#12

I hope you can sue the guy.

HamerD

United Kingdom1922 Posts

February 22 2008 13:11 GMT

#13

that prolotherapy sounds pretty good, are you going to sue the guy or something?

Big condolences by the way

minus_human

4784 Posts

February 22 2008 13:33 GMT

#14

On February 22 2008 22:11 HamerD wrote:
that prolotherapy sounds pretty good, are you going to sue the guy or something?

Big condolences by the way

He's not dead you know

Flaccid

8832 Posts

February 22 2008 15:35 GMT

#15

Welcome to the 'bloggin on TL about getting hit by a car' club.

Here's hoping things recover fully.

fanatacist

10319 Posts

February 22 2008 15:39 GMT

#16

For those clueless about what a herniated disc is:
There are small Lumbar discs in between each of your vertebrae in your backbone that allow for smooth movement and remove friction between vertebrae. Normally they are supposed to be shaped like a perfect O when seen in a horizontal cross-section. The purple thing between the vertebrae in this diagram is the disc:

Here is what a herniated Lumbar disc is:

As you can see it can cause lots of problems when it's fucked up like that. Most notable things are back pain and leg pains, although more symptoms and a higher level of severity comes with greater injury.
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On a personal note, I'm very sorry to hear about your accident. It can happen to any of us at any time, it's unfortunate that it happened to you. Keep your chin up like you seem to be doing, and like you said, tragedy gives people something to write about. Hopefully you will recover as fast as possible, and if anything, it'll give you a unique view on life. We're here for you <3