Spinal Stenosis Treatment

[The Boatyard]

Article from the Courant: "'The second course, then, is typically an epidural injection...to numb the nerves that are being affected...that can provide a lot of patients with relief, but...after about two months, the pain will return.' A two-month relief from the symptoms, however, could help Calhoun return to guide UConn through the rest of the season."

Any hope of a Calhoun comeback?

 

[The Boatyard]

"Calhoun vows return to coaching"

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas.../jim-calhoun-vows-return-battling-back-injury

 

[suzyq]

Article from the Courant: "'The second course, then, is typically an epidural injection...to numb the nerves that are being affected...that can provide a lot of patients with relief, but...after about two months, the pain will return.' A two-month relief from the symptoms, however, could help Calhoun return to guide UConn through the rest of the season."

Any hope of a Calhoun comeback?

You guys crack me up. Have you ever had a needle injected into your back? It's serious,sometimes it doesn't work at all, and sometimes it makes it worse. I wish only the best for Caoch but can we refrain from the medical treatment threads? He'll be back when he's back.

 

[prankster]

Enough of this weak shh it....

This is a top University for crying out loud....

With a school of Engineering and everything.

We need one of those chairs that that Captain Pike used in Star Trek...right now!

Fit it to Calhoun and watch him communicate, on the sidelines, using those green amber and red lights.....

 

[FluxTZ]

Phil Jackson had a custom chair made that he could sit on and travel with to help with his back pain. Maybe Jim can borrow it since its no longer being used.

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[Edward Sargent]

You guys crack me up. Have you ever had a needle injected into your back? It's serious,sometimes it doesn't work at all, and sometimes it makes it worse. I wish only the best for Caoch but can we refrain from the medical treatment threads? He'll be back when he's back.

You are totally correct about the steroid injection. I've also seen it makes things worse because of immediate pain relief allowing the person to go back to doing things that even further aggravate the condition. Surgery can also be tricky and isn't always successful either. I am happy to see that he's foregoing UCONN Med and looking to Boston and NYC. In the latter I would hope that he is seeing someone at the Hospital for Special Surgery. Nothing against UCONN Med, but I would rather be at one of the top orthopod hospitals in the world for the surgery if it was me. (BTW it was my wife and her hip replacement has been nothing but spectacular). This is a really painful condition really painful. I hope he is okay but wouldn't be surprised if he opted to retire.

 

[Catsailor]

Enough of this weak shh it....

This is a top University for crying out loud....

With a school of Engineering and everything.

We need one of those chairs that that Captain Pike used in Star Trek...right now!

Fit it to Calhoun and watch him communicate, on the sidelines, using those green amber and red lights.....

As the years go by I think of Cpt Pike chair often. I've had dibs for at least a decade. I want the aliens with the BIG cerebral cortex too in a package deal for the sexual fantasies, revisiting my yute so to speak. I just didn't know how to make my dream come true.

I'll get my son on it, UConn Engineering BS, MS he's in Switz working on his phud or PhD. Sent him screen shot of the BEER-making People Stupid for thousands of Years (priceless and never gets old). Most of the geeks in the AI lab loved it, especially the Germans...however the Middle Eastern guys and the Chinese needed Cliff notes.

Thanks for the chuckles Prankster always makes my day.


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[nomar]

My grandmother had spinal stenosis and got injections for years. As Edward Sargent wrote, it's an extremely painful condition.

The injections usually work to provide relief, but like the article says, the effect wears off after some time. If you bypass surgery, you're basically forever reliant on the injections. It won't heal by itself, so you're just treating the pain.

 

[HoopsHoppy]

The period of relief (at least in my case) shrunk with each shot. A good surgeon (one you have real faith in) produces a positive result that is (for at least the two years since my operation) lasting with only minor limitations on activity.

 

[SallyH]

The period of relief (at least in my case) shrunk with each shot. A good surgeon (one you have real faith in) produces a positive result that is (for at least the two years since my operation) lasting with only minor limitations on activity.

In my case, the injections did very little and the surgery lasted about a year before the pain came back, but it it less. I still need medication to control it, though.