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Spine Health | Last Active: Apr 3 1:36am | Replies (8)

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@sbtheplumber1 - Yes to all your observations. Try the physiatrist angle.

There are many things I wish I'd known before surgery. That information probably wouldn't have changed my decision (I'm glad I had surgery about 80% of the time...and that's still improving at +10.5 months) but I would have been better prepared for the what-ifs.

Any particular questions I can help with now?

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I know the doctors don’t want us reading but when I see even the Mayo Clinic saying feet numbness, testicle pain anal pain after the fusion is an emergency why the surgeon would say nothings wrong instead of saying let’s check you out or I’ll send you to someone else instead of nothings wrong go get a stimulator. My sacrum is so tender I can’t lay on my back with feet going numb, twist a little the pain goes to the testicles and anus. Since the surgery the tailbone keeps getting out of align and I have trouble with the bowels not moving until it’s realigned. You never know which nerves going to strike so I’m having to use a cane. When Walking there is so much pressure in my back like a nerve pinched I can’t stand, I haven’t walked in a store since my surgery April 17 last year. Does any of this sound familiar? I’m open for suggestions or if you have a question I’m going to see him next Tuesday