Question:
I'm having a full tt in July my question is those of you who have major back pain
issues..did the pain go away in regards to your back. I was once 310 pound but now i'm 125 5'5. So you can imagine I have a lot of skin in the tummy area to be removed. The pain is getting unbareable and was wondering those of you who had the tt for this reason did the back pain go away after the surgery. My doctor has me on Ultraset and he has even up my dose but it is not working anymore. Just need some insight on this. Thanks everyone. Oh surgery is the 23rd of July. — sarah C. (posted on June 11, 2004)
June 11, 2004
I had my Panniculectomy in April and my back pain almost gone. Used to be I
could not sleep more then 6 hours because my back would hurt. Now when I
get up - no back pain. I am really looking forward to going to the
amuzement park - I know I will be able to walk around with out having to
stop and rest. Good luck on your TT.
— bbjnay
June 11, 2004
I had a full TT at the end of April and my back pain is virtually gone! I
have had years of pain due to the excess weight plus scoliosis. My lower
back would kill me after a night in bed and oftentimes it was excruciating
to try to turn over and get out of the bed in the mornings. But,
thankfully it's gone now! I only had 5 lbs removed, but evidently just
that amount of excess weight makes a big difference. Good luck!!
— Mary W.
June 11, 2004
Hi. mOst patienst do get a great relief of their pain after removing what
amounts to a 5-15lb weight off of their hips. Remember taht if you have
the muscles tightened with your TT you will be walking and sleeping
"bent over" for a week or two. This can cause temporary back
pain and tightness in some individuals but it resolves in a month or so.
— DrL
June 12, 2004
Back pain is pretty non-existent for me also now, post LBL. I have pretty
severe degenerative disc disease in 3 discs and a 4th one not far behind.
I had 19 lbs of skin removed and can honestly say my posture hasn't been
better in years. My muscles were tightened also but it did not cause me
any major pain or straightening problems as they were not all that
stretched out as I never had any children. Just the fact that the back
structure doesn't get pulled forward out of shape and compress nerves is
great. The back problems had even settle down quite a bit before the LBL
but the PS just made it a permanent improvement. My whole insurance
approval for the full extended abdomnioplasty was built on my low back
problems and years of doing meds and epidural steroid injections, PT etc.
I just made it clear that I understood it would not fix my low back but
that it truly was a logical way to help manage this condition and BCBS
agreed. I would have never been able to build medical necessity based on
rashes and infections etc., so for the first time in my life I was happy to
hav crappy discs.
— zoedogcbr
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