I have lumbar foraminal stenosis after having minimally invasive surgery at lumbar 3 -4. I think that's lumbar anyway I had severe stenosis for 7 years before I had the surgery because I didn't want to do fusion and I finally found a surgeon who only did laminotomy. I felt great only for about three and a half months after the surgery then I started getting my symptoms back plus neuropathy and my left foot. Now I have nerve damage they say. I'm scheduled to meet with a surgeon at Brigham women's hospital in Boston which is supposed to be one of the best spine centers. Good luck to all of us suffering with this horrible condition and if anyone has any suggestions about doing minimally invasive versus larger surgeries I'd like to hear about it. I'm very wary about having fusion because I have severe osteoporosis.