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Harrington Rod and lower back pain
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@anonymous106697 Did any doctor want you to go on medicine to increase your bone mass. I am on Tymlos, which is an injection with a very small needle into my stomach. I have to give myself injections every day. May bones are soft, found out from the 9 hour surgery on June 9th. It was a fusion from T-10 to my pelvis. The big problems was in my L-4, L-5 and S1 where I had severe pinched nerves or (stenosis) My surgeon told my husband that my bones for soft, but not as soft as her expected and told him I must have been in a lot of pain.
Have you seen a good surgeon that treats your problem. My surgeon at Mayo clinic in Rochester, MN was great and knew how to do my surgery. He had many qualifications. I don't know where you live or if you could get referred to a Spine Center. But they would need to be checked out, not all of the have good surgeons for spine issues.
Before my surgery I did everything I could I started out with a trainer at the Y and ended up with an epidural in my spine, I tried Yoga and swimming with the same results, I did PT and had many epidurals. Had an ablation that worked for awhile, but the pain came back so that's when I knew I needed surgery. My primary care doctor and pain doctor at Mayo said I needed the surgery. I'm 68 and I was afraid if I didn't have the surgery it would just get worse and I was right. Best wishes to you. I hope this helps.
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Hello, I hope you are feeling better now. Unfortunately, I, like many others, am a scoliosis patient having problems with my lumbar discs and vertebrae below my T2-L2 Spinal Fusion w/ Harrington Rod. (degeneration, stenosis, spondylisthesis, lateral listhesis,2 bulging discs, etc.) I am looking for a surgeon that has considerable experience in patients like me. I live in California, but I know how important it is to find a top surgeon. It would be greatly appreciated if you would share the name of your Mayo Clinic surgeon. (If anyone else was happy with your surgeon, info would be greatly appreciated, too,)
Thank you!
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I think I am lucky. When I had both my lumbar and neck fusion, I was told I had “good bone”. I have a couple of falls where I could have broken bones and did not. I had one where none of the ER or other docs who saw me could not believe I didn’t break my (pick one or more) foot/ankle/any leg bones or hip! Turned ankle about 4 or 5 steps up on basement stairs, carrying full load of laundry. Went airborne, somehow kept balance wheeling my arms, and landed (quite a distance) from bottom step with all my weight, UPRIGHT, onto my R foot and immediately collapsed. They finally figured out (Sports Medicine doctor) that I ruptured my syndesmotic ligament holding my lower R leg bones together. Was non weight bearing for ? month, then toe touch crutches. Eventually a walking boot for another month or more. It healed without surgery. Now it seems I likely have arthritis in foot and ankle, no surprise. Aches esp with weather changes. But, as I said to my primary, cheerfully - “They said my bones must be great!” Gotta take the good with the bad! Six and a half years ago.