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Suggestions for care o disk pushing on spinal cord at L4

Spine Health | Last Active: Sep 13 12:38pm | Replies (7)
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@besmith57

I saw the pain specialist yesterday for terrible pain in my lower back. I had a double spinal fusion in 2022. Steroid injections don't work at all. She tells me I have very bad degenerative arthritis at L3-5. She ordered an MRI with contrast to see if any procedure would work for me. I can't stand or walk for more than 5 minutes. Does anyone have knowledge of this and can it be treated with surgery or medication? I can't imagine living like this for the rest of my life. TIA

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rjjacobsen | @rjjacobsen | Sep 13 10:58am

I have no personal experience with this except my wife had a triple fusion at the L3 through L5 which included rebuilding at least one of the vertebrae with a mix of her bone and cadaver bone. She also had a nerve root pinched for which they augered out the arthritis to stop the pinch. She had that done in June 2023.

She still sleeps in a recliner because the back can't handle the bed - still does PT and is now doing a senior exercise class to rebuild strength. She actually moves pretty well though.

I suspect (and I think your pain management specialist does also) that there's still something possibly orthopedic that's causing the ongoing pain. It might be worthwhile to have an orthopedic specialist look further if you haven't done so already

Sorry for your situation. Wish I had better ideas.

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