@dabswquestions2 Hello and welcome to Connect. I found some discussions for you where you may connect with members are talking about spinal stenosis and constipation. After spine surgery, there may also be constipation issues related to anesthesia and pain medicine prescriptions. Compression of the spinal cord may be associated with bowel or bladder dysfunction. I am a cervical spine surgery patient for spinal cord compression and I did have trouble emptying my bladder. It was intermittent for awhile while my physical therapist was working on my neck and realigning it. When muscle spasms shifted my vertebrae, the symptoms re-occurred. Since my surgery, it was all resolved.

Myelopathy and constipation
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/myelopathy-and-constipation/
Spine Health - "Lumbar stenosis and bowel issues"
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/lumbar-stenosis/
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/spinal-stenosis/symptoms-causes/syc-20352961