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Mystified. Moving pain below waist and in both legs
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This sounds so much like a pinched nerve caused by spinal stenosis. Something I have been dealing with for 3 years. I am now scheduled to have decompression surgery next month. I have a lot of the kind of pain that you describe.
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Good luck with the decompression surgery. I had that done about 11 years ago (I'm 70 now). The procedure is called a laminotomy - holes were drilled in the back of my S1, L5, and L4 vertebrae. This created more room for the sciatic nerve, removing arthritic spurs to reduce stenosis, all without the need for fusion and leaving the integrity of the vertebrae intact.
It sounds like this is what you're having done. The surgeon can also trim a ruptured disc (discectomy), or in my case, remove the part of a ruptured disc that was present in my spinal canal.
All the best! I think this is the most conservative surgery for the back to treat sciatica and stenosis. As I recall, it didn't require stitches. I did get pain in my leg and difficulty sitting down for 3 or 4 days after surgery. The sciatic nerve doesn't like being bothered - even though it stays, or should stay, intact. Like any surgery, there are risks. I hope your surgery gives you the same relief I got.
Joe
Joe