Hospitals

wish i could help like i mentioned could it be your l3/4 that's now prolapsed?

im hoping for your sake that this new surgeon will investigate and sort you out,
your old surgeon probably didn't want to admit the faults that may have occured

love clare xxx well not long now getting butterflies xxxx

Hi Wend,

Getting a second opinion is the right thing to do and I hope they can give you the information you need. If surgically the fusion was a success - which is a possibility I am sure there are other avenues they can suggest to get you sorted out. Do keep us posted xx

I just wondered if anyone on here had seen the spinal team at Bath RUH as I am going next week for a second opinion. I am quite nervous as my old consultant wasn't the best and still claims my fusion was a success even though I am left in constant pain. Surgically he says he fixed me so therefore he has done his job. Surely this would be like a GP giving you medications but if they made you worse just saying oh well I did my bit, you now get on with it. He was such a charmer 🙂

Wend x

ahh wend, its so unfair after what you've gone thru' and had done, i suppose all docs are like that, a gp can always change a persons medication, but a surgeon cannot undo a major operation if a surgeon has done their job, in most cases thats it, then on to next patient, if its a spinal operation gone wrong painwise then its a referal to pain management, and hopefully they can bring some relief, but its hard i know:(. i'm wishing you luck for next week,:) daveyam xxxxxxx

Hi Daveyam

Just wanted to say thanks, I will post what happens at my appt on Friday.

Wend x

I just wondered if anyone on here had seen the spinal team at Bath RUH as I am going next week for a second opinion. I am quite nervous as my old consultant wasn't the best and still claims my fusion was a success even though I am left in constant pain. Surgically he says he fixed me so therefore he has done his job. Surely this would be like a GP giving you medications but if they made you worse just saying oh well I did my bit, you now get on with it. He was such a charmer 🙂

Wend x

When I was offered a fusion I was told that I may not end up pain free and in fact it may be worse and that I may also end up in a wheelchair, I refused the op. The reason I mention this is because it seems that you have had the op and sadly have got unwanted results, in fact not that different from me without the fusion.
Just because mechanically the fusion works and there was no infection or long term problem it is wrong for the surgeon to discount pain as if it does not matter. After all presumably pain was the main reason for the op? So in major terms the op was a failure!

When you go to the new guy, I would make a list of all your questions, concerns and worries. Also write down what you want from the meeting and what results and when.
I find that I can get tongue tied and get distracted by the surgeon talking about some other aspect I am not concerned about and then it's like "time's up!"

You may be able to get a referral on the NHS to Mr Knight who specialises in Failed Back Syndrome as the NHS could be seen to have caused this problem?

roll on friday!

hi wend, roll on friday, and praying you can get some answers! congrat's on your 24th anniversary!. thats an achievement these days! its our 25th anniv in sept, if i'm resonably better i want to take my wife away for a couple of days. like you said, our other halves have a lot to put up with!. i'm hoping my 2nd scan app, having one with dye, lands this week! going to keep pestering them, as i always have done for years with differrent hospitals!.never gets you anywhere most of the time anyway!. blimey the weathers gone a bit cold! my eldest daughter and her b'friend flew to switzerland last monday,it was touching 90 degrees for most of the week, it should be around 70, she hates the heat,hence the destination,i told her to go up a mountain to cool down lol:D. yes do let me know how you go on at hosp on friday.

bye for now,daveyam,xxx!

Thanks for all your replys as always it's nice to get support from others. Cassie I am already working on the list you mentioned as am used to consultants bamboozling me with science then having no time for my questions. This time I will sit on him if I have to 😀
Daveyam that's funny about your daughter, I do hope she climbed a mountain to cool off lol. Tashanie a second opinion has been needed for a while now, but probably won't get much this week, I think until they do there own MRI they won't comment on my past treatment.

Take care everyone.

Wend x

Hi Wend,

Whilst I can't offer an opinion on the spinal team at Bath RUH, I am here to offer my support, and hope that you get the answers you require, and the help you need 🙂

Let us know how you get on.

Thanks Jimmy 🙂

Wend x

sent reply.

hi wend,hope your'ok, i've sent you a reply.:)

daveyam x

hi wend,hope your'ok, i've sent you a reply.:)

daveyam x

Hi Daveyam

I haven't received a reply, where did you post it??

Wend x

hi wend!

hi wend, good luck for today:), i replied with my answer to your private message page, just as you sent your's to me.

take care, daveyam x

Hi Daveyam

I haven't received a private message from you :confused:

I do know that I had problems when I first used it and thought I had sent a message but twice I hadn't. It was so annoying as had to retype it.

Could you try again please 😮

Also I will let you know how I get on tonight as my appt isn't until 4.30 and I then have at least an hour journey home. I think it's gonna hurt!!

Wend x

will re-do it

hi wend, will rewrite it, i must have sent it to myself with another short note that i sent in reply to your's i'm really sorry about that, it was the first time i had tried to send a message:o,ooops!

take care,daveyam,xxx:)