The Thoracic Laminectomy I had in July this year to remove, what was believed to be a tumour on my spinal cord, in fact turned out to be a large benign cyst. The cyst was pressing on my spinal cord and giving all sorts of problems with my legs, ie (numbness from my knees to my hips, severe cramping and severe sciatica type pain across my buttocks and into my legs.) Due to my previous encounters with Bowel Cancer it was decided to investigate further and resulted in a complex operation called a Thoracic Laminectomy where parts of the spine are removed to get to the problem. This operation was and still is incredibly painful.
As usual with most invasive surgery I now have complete numbness across my middle back, which just adds to the numbness of my sides following the double lung surgery last year. The pain I am currently experiencing is due to the surgery on the Spinous process and muscles to get to the Cyst and after all the surgery it was discussed that this had nothing to do with my bowel cancer. I continue to be scanned and have regular blood tests. In order to eleviate the pain and give my back some support, Wendy trolled through the Internet to find a suitable back brace. A useful back brace was found and does give some relief whilst walking and standing for any length of time. This brace was discovered and sent from China but beware the Chinese XXL or double extra large is not quite what you expect !!!
Anatomy of the spine Go !!
As usual with most invasive surgery I now have complete numbness across my middle back, which just adds to the numbness of my sides following the double lung surgery last year. The pain I am currently experiencing is due to the surgery on the Spinous process and muscles to get to the Cyst and after all the surgery it was discussed that this had nothing to do with my bowel cancer. I continue to be scanned and have regular blood tests. In order to eleviate the pain and give my back some support, Wendy trolled through the Internet to find a suitable back brace. A useful back brace was found and does give some relief whilst walking and standing for any length of time. This brace was discovered and sent from China but beware the Chinese XXL or double extra large is not quite what you expect !!!
Anatomy of the spine Go !!
