OfflineHI how many of you are woken up after only a few hours sleep .by your back /leg pain? i have found that just before i wake up .my legs start going all aver the bed.then my hands are rubbing my back then i get hot then i wake.i bad pain.{my wife told me about the things i do wilst i am asleep!}.its bad enough being in pain but having to change the bedding as well is an insult!.since my last op {nov 07} my health has gone down hill.my pain is 10x as bad and i only sleep for 2/3 hours every night.its driving me mad!!.anyone like this??? tonyx
in 1997 i had my first op .it was i laminectomy at L4/L5 .then in Nov 2007 i had a revisit of the 1997 op and a bilateral discectomy at S1..i have DDD and spinal stenosis i have recently been diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome {i have the arterial type and i have an extra cervical rib .i have just found out that i have a partial L6 fused to my S1 and i have chrones disease in constant pain now for 11 years .i am married to kathryn i am 42 years old.
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wow, I hope that SCS works for you; what you described is pretty much the equal of stopping your meds, except I'm sure you're taking something.. You're 11 years into it so no advice from me other than to stay positive, know that there are always people on here who care if things like this are getting you down, and that you can always be happy, even in a bad situation. Hang in there!
JWM
L5-S1 7mm bulge with central canal stenosis and foraminal stenosis, sciatica, and DDD/spondylosis; L1-L2/L2-L3/L3-L4/L4-L5 all w/ 2-4mm bulges and DDD. ESIx2,etc
Meds: ALL generic, all 5 of them =) +MM
Ditto on praying the SCS helps with this!
"I tried to puree a rock...it didn't work..."
I feel just like you do straker i can only sleep a few hours what i have been doing recently is. I will stay up till 5-6 am then sleep for 3-4 hours its the only way i can get in more than 2 hours of sleep. Maybe your doc can help you with sleepers. My doctor said there to addicting for me so unfortunetly ive never tried them. I havent had 5 or 6 hours of sleep in i dont know 4 or 5 months now. Hang in there man.
i have the same problem. I use a fan directly on me all night and if i wake up i take an ativan to relax me or just get up for awhile and read. I rarely get 6 hours in a row. i sometimes take 5mg of ambien to give me that 6 hours of sleep. its rough i know- this has been going on for almost a year.
lisa
i sometimes go on a UK pain site its very good .and i asked the same question do you wake up hot and sweat? a lot of them did .it seams to be connected to your brain alerting you to a problem ..you wake up to attend to the problem.also most of us are taking oxycodone .one of the side effects is sweating..so its good that i am not alone with this one.!
in 1997 i had my first op .it was i laminectomy at L4/L5 .then in Nov 2007 i had a revisit of the 1997 op and a bilateral discectomy at S1..i have DDD and spinal stenosis i have recently been diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome {i have the arterial type and i have an extra cervical rib .i have just found out that i have a partial L6 fused to my S1 and i have chrones disease in constant pain now for 11 years .i am married to kathryn i am 42 years old.
Has happened to me on more then one occasion....The doc put me on AMbien along with amitryptiline.....Solved the problem the first night. Only problem is that a hurricane could roll through my bedroom and I wouldn't know it!
spondololythesis-DDD-Facet Arthritis- L-4,L-5-Bulging--4 Epidurals...Morphine Sulfate-Hydrocodone-Soma-Amitryptiline
"also most of us are taking oxycodone .one of the side effects is sweating..so its good that i am not alone with this one.!"
That's why I like this site.
I also have the same problem.
I wake up drenched sometimes!
10/2008 L4/L5 Laminectomy with bilateral discectomy and foraminotomy.
I suppose it could be worse. I could be laying on a grass mat somewhere in the middle of the Amazon with a witchdoctor chanting over me.
Recovering from back surgery is like renovating your kitchen and bathroom
at the same time. It takes a long time, costs a lot of money but eventually everything works out.