G_Needs_Help

- Hey everyone, this is G. I'm a 33yr old Irishman living in Australia
- Tore L5S1 disc in an accident righting a catamaran*
- While righting the small catamaran, i fell backwards in to the water in the process of righting it, I spun violently, to the right to get away from the hull thinking it would hit my head
- I Ended up tearing (Annular Fissure) the disc and getting a slight bulge on the right. No nerve impingement.
- I have spent over 3 years trying to recover from this
- The more I try, the worse it has gotten
- I suffer bi-lateral SEVERE nerve pain 24x7 as well as general lower back pain.
- It would appear that the tear in the disc led to a leakage of proteins that cause trauma to *the S1 nerve.
- I had an Artificial Disc replacement in June 20011 in an attempt to stop the pain.
- The operation was successful, however the Bi-Lateral Nerve pain did not get any better
- I have just done a trial of a Spinal Cord Stimulator from Boston Scientific
- It was moderately successful with a improvement and reduction of pain of approx 35% over the 13 day trial
- I am about to trial another stimulator that work at 10,000Hz, which means that no 'parasteshia' is felt - Maybe this will give a better result
- I have spent the majority of the past 1 and half years lying down. I spend almost every day lying down and studying (To keep me sane)

- Every thing I do in my life causes a reaction of incresed severe pain.
- I can only sit for Max 1hr and then will have to lie down again
- I take huge amount of painkillers to suppress the severe pain daily 400mg Tramadol,80mg targin,30mg Endone, 600mg Lyrica, 150mg Endep
- When I say it's 24x7 I mean 24x7...base level severe
- I wake up in the mornings after 8-10 hours sleep and have to get to my painkillers quickly as my legs are burning off me
- I am here to ask is there any one or thing I may not know of or someone who can help. Please!
- I was 29 when this happened and as you can imagine it has had a catastrophic effect on my life. I cannot sit, I cannot work, I endure severe pain daily. I need help!