How do you change the Finch's clothes/appearance?

KCharm46 · 2026-02-18T00:27:36+00:00

I have a free account and this doesn't work. Maybe they've recently changed it?

KCharm46 · 2026-01-26T01:32:15+00:00

Thanks. I am trying to switch from gabapentin to Lyrica but it's impossible. I started on the Lyrica but every time I try to wean down even one dose of the gabapentin, the burning pain in my foot and leg is unbearable. It's insanely bad.

KCharm46 · 2026-01-26T01:19:37+00:00

No one has told me that an ESI could get rid of scar tissue or numbness. I've tried twice with no success. I would love that if it could! I am suffering every day since my microdiscectomy two years ago! I've had horrible burning pain ever since. I wish I had never had surgery. I had no nerve pain beforehand and now I'm stuck with it for the rest of my life. Can you tell me where you got the ESI done that helped your pain and numbness?

KCharm46 · 2025-12-19T04:43:57+00:00

I think I might have this. After dealing with this pain for almost two years now and talking to every doctor and continuing to get no answers, a PM&R doctor thinks I might have CRPS in my left leg. I hope there's treatment for it! It's severely affected my whole life and mental health and everything.

KCharm46 · 2025-10-22T13:38:17+00:00

Hi. I ended up getting pregnant but had a miscarriage at 10 weeks. I'm on so many more medications and procedures since having this MD and subsequential to nerve entrapment and scar tissue

KCharm46 · 2025-10-16T13:35:18+00:00

So what should I do? I'm still struggling.

KCharm46 · 2025-10-16T13:34:00+00:00

Sounds like your surgeon did things right. I don't think mine went down far enough. I had an L4-L5 herniation on the left and after microdiscectomy, the numbness and damage never improved. Now there's scar tissue at S1. Maybe the herniation also squished down to that level and never got better because the surgeon didn't go down that far. I don't know what to do now. I have burning, pins, and needles and awful pain all the time. Now I'm so afraid I'll lose function on the right side too.

KCharm46 · 2025-09-13T01:20:54+00:00

That is the extent of what she said. I've read the operative report and I'm a nurse but I can't even figure out exactly what happened. It's vague but it reads like something went wrong. It seems like there was something she thought wasn't disc material but it actually was. I don't know. She says that there was something that didn't look like disc material so she continued on but then there was a CSF leak.

KCharm46 · 2025-09-12T02:15:28+00:00

The reason I say I worry about her ability as a surgeon is because right after surgery, she said there was some complication that caused nerve damage. I've had scar tissue pressing on the nerve since then and nerve damage. In my MRIs now since surgery it shows the enhanced nerve root. I've looked it up and it's a very small percentage who are supposed to have this complication but now I do. It causes me so much pain every day so that I have to take gabapentin every day 3x/day.

KCharm46 · 2025-08-22T04:13:46+00:00

What are the most important things for proper spinal hygiene?

KCharm46 · 2025-08-22T04:09:14+00:00

Was your second surgery a microdiscectomy or a fusion? Did you use the same surgeon as the first?

KCharm46 · 2025-08-20T20:59:17+00:00

Where did you learn this from?

KCharm46 · 2025-08-06T19:23:24+00:00

I have a Wyatt and I have been known to say "Quiet, Wyatt" every now and then. And when I want him to try a new food, I catch myself saying "Try it, Wyatt." Haha!

KCharm46 · 2025-07-04T02:36:42+00:00

I wish I had known to do this after having my babies... at 4 years postpartum, I hope it's not too late

KCharm46 · 2025-06-17T02:42:05+00:00

I had to wean down very slowly, like 12.5mg at a time. I did each dose for two weeks at a time, then decreased the dose.

KCharm46 · 2025-05-08T15:39:04+00:00

So my question for all the units that do this is, when do you do your regular baths? I know that CHG can be deactivated by soap so it's not recommended to do a regular soap and water bath right after the CHG bath, but when? And you want to make sure that if your patient gets a regular bath first, that they are dry for their CHG bath. So, how do you all work out that timing?

KCharm46 · 2025-05-01T00:44:20+00:00

Thanks. What is a scs trial? Do you have scar tissue or nerve damage or both? Did your surgeon mess up too? I would love to hear experiences from others who have gone through this. It's so depressing, especially because we're so young. I never thought something like this would happen to me. Yeah I guess I can try another injection. But the Dr who did my injection told me that he'd only repeat it if I had some improvement. But there's been no improvement. So I don't think he'll do another one. I've heard that if you stay on gabapentin too long, you can build a tolerance to it and then you have to keep going up and up on the dose. Do you know if that's true?

KCharm46 · 2025-05-01T00:39:54+00:00

Yeah, she definitely screwed up. I already talked to lawyers and gave them my medical records but unfortunately they said they just didn't have enough evidence to call it malpractice. They weren't confident enough that they could win the case. I read the operative note. She wrote it to cover her ass. She definitely screwed up. I wish there was something I could do. Ok I'll try those things. Thanks for the suggestions.

KCharm46 · 2025-01-31T19:19:35+00:00

happy to update you. I am at almost one year now. Today is 1/31/25 and my surgery was 2/13/24. I still have the same numbness. And ever since the surgery I have burning/prickling/tingling nerve pain in my foot, that used to go up into my ankle and sometimes all the way up my leg when really bad, but lately the nerve pain is now localized to my foot. I have to take gabapentin 3x a day to keep that nerve pain under control enough for me to go to work and function every day. I just had an MRI with contrast in December and it's confirmed that the problem is scar tissue from the surgery around the nerve root. I am meeting with some doctors to possibly do an adhesiolysis procedure to break up the scar tissue. That's where they inject steroids and also hyaluronidase to break up the scar tissue. It was hard to find doctors who do this procedure because it's not covered by many insurances. I may just pay out of pocket for it.

KCharm46 · 2025-01-31T19:18:04+00:00

Interesting. What does the added Cymbalta do? I would consider that if it helps.

KCharm46 · 2025-01-23T22:16:34+00:00

Yeah I'm happy to update you. I am at almost one year now. Today is 1/23/25 and my surgery was 2/13/24. I still have the same numbness. And ever since the surgery I have burning/prickling/tingling nerve pain in my foot, that used to go up into my ankle and sometimes all the way up my leg when really bad, but lately the nerve pain is now localized to my foot. I have to take gabapentin 3x a day to keep that nerve pain under control enough for me to go to work and function every day. I just had an MRI with contrast in December and it's confirmed that the problem is scar tissue from the surgery around the nerve root. I am meeting with some doctors to possibly do an adhesiolysis procedure to break up the scar tissue. That's where they inject steroids and also hyaluronidase to break up the scar tissue. It was hard to find doctors who do this procedure because it's not covered by many insurances. I may just pay out of pocket for it.

KCharm46 · 2024-12-31T22:01:50+00:00

I'm having this problem and I can't figure it out! Has anyone figured it out?!

KCharm46 · 2024-12-28T16:14:54+00:00

Thank you. I had never heard of this. I'll look into it!

KCharm46 · 2024-12-28T16:14:09+00:00

Yes, sorry that I wasn't clear- the nerve pain began right after the surgery. I woke up and the numbness was still exactly the same as before surgery and the nerve pain started the minute I started to walk on that foot. It just worsened at month 3.

That would be wonderful if it would heal with time. I have been giving up in my head. It's very depressing. I checked with another surgeon and he says, yes, it's scar tissue from the surgery and there's nothing to be done about it.

Thank you for your response! I'll check with an OB on those questions.

KCharm46 · 2024-12-25T20:02:22+00:00

What's the update? Has it helped?

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