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ColoManny posted:
I Had Lumbar Decompression L4-5 April, 2012, then gradually over the last few months I started getting mild leg cramps at night while sleeping and now I'm starting to get light spasms/iching around the ankles during the day. Not painful, but very annoying. My friend said that Dr. Oz, said to take Folic acid, tonic water, b6 and before bed, 2 tbl of apple cider vinegar in 8 oz of water. Tried Gatorate, Magnesium & Calcium Lactate, as recommended by my Chiroprator, but of no help. My Spine doctor has no solution or is of no help. Surgery went good, except for a little stiffeness in the morning while getting out of bed, but after moving around for 5 minutes or so, I'm ok...
2 Replies |Watch This Discussion | Report This| Share this:Leg Cramps When SleepingI Had Lumbar Decompression L4-5 April, 2012, then gradually over the last few months I started getting mild leg cramps at night while sleeping and now I'm starting to get light spasms/iching around the ankles during the day. Not painful, but very annoying. My friend said that Dr. Oz, said to take Folic acid, tonic water, b6 and before bed, 2 tbl of apple cider vinegar in 8 oz of water. Tried Gatorate, Magnesium & Calcium Lactate, as recommended by my Chiroprator, but of no help. My Spine doctor has no solution or is of no help. Surgery went good, except for a little stiffeness in the morning while getting out of bed, but after moving around for 5 minutes or so, I'm ok...
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I am now 54 years old. I have had Lumbar disc herniations for the last 8 years now with minimal problems with pain management medicatioins and lumbar epidural injections about every 6 months or so. I worked 6 to 7 days a week, up to 20 hours a day then. Two years ago I had tingling a couple of times a month in a couple fingers. It was decided that I had cervical herniated discs. I had surgery for cervical disc herniations (2) the srugeon with the promise that I would be 100% in 2 weeks or less, went into the front of my neck, moving everything to the side to reach the vertibrea. Since the surgery I have been unable to eat anything except for canned boiled potatoes and chocolate ice cream (2 years total now so far with no promise of ever changing). I have problems swallowing, due to them moving everything over to reach the vertibrea area and the size of the cage and bracket in front of it. I have had contstant pain and cannot move my head to either side or up or down very much. instead of removing the herniated discs, the surgeon decided to remove the vertibrea and put in a "cage" filled with the crushed vertibrea. it has, from what i have been told, caused the later thorasic discs below to herniate now. No one will sue a surgeon who says "I was in there and decided from my expertise that this is what had to be done". to this day, he has never even told me that he changed the surgical procedure! so....make sure you check out your surgeon very well. Currently I am having trouble sitting, walking, laying and eating. I am taking alot of vitamin d, etc., and am now having great pain and problems with my lumbar area discs now. Good luck!
Report This| Share this:Leg Cramps When SleepingI am now 54 years old. I have had Lumbar disc herniations for the last 8 years now with minimal problems with pain management medicatioins and lumbar epidural injections about every 6 months or so. I worked 6 to 7 days a week, up to 20 hours a day then. Two years ago I had tingling a couple of times a month in a couple fingers. It was decided that I had cervical herniated discs. I had surgery for cervical disc herniations (2) the srugeon with the promise that I would be 100% in 2 weeks or less, went into the front of my neck, moving everything to the side to reach the vertibrea. Since the surgery I have been unable to eat anything except for canned boiled potatoes and chocolate ice cream (2 years total now so far with no promise of ever changing). I have problems swallowing, due to them moving everything over to reach the vertibrea area and the size of the cage and bracket in front of it. I have had contstant pain and cannot move my head to either side or up or down very much. instead of removing the herniated discs, the surgeon decided to remove the vertibrea and put in a "cage" filled with the crushed vertibrea. it has, from what i have been told, caused the later thorasic discs below to herniate now. No one will sue a surgeon who says "I was in there and decided from my expertise that this is what had to be done". to this day, he has never even told me that he changed the surgical procedure! so....make sure you check out your surgeon very well. Currently I am having trouble sitting, walking, laying and eating. I am taking alot of vitamin d, etc., and am now having great pain and problems with my lumbar area discs now. Good luck!
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