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If anyone with lumbar stenosis they've had for over 5 years?
Spine Health | Last Active: May 26 8:07am | Replies (16)Comment receiving replies
@annie1
Mine was throughout the leg to foot down the thighs with severe weakness and balance issues. It would wake me up nightly with a level 6 7 pain aching and then burning. The last straw was when I couldn't bare weight or sit down at night so ended up in ER where they had already done mri's 2 days prior so they knew the issue gave me steroid pack and pre gaba and IV meds. This helped me get to surgeon and then the surgery.
There is a very long recovery so it should be your last resort. It is helping me so far.
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@dsonderhouse
Yes I heard it was a long recovery. Where did you have your surgery done and was the surgeon honest about how long the recovery would be in the pain in the recovery? In my experience none of them really tell you that but I know from the laminotomy I had which is a much less severe surgery the recovery from that was very painful. And then my symptoms came back after 2 months, so I don't want to go through that times 10. My pain is pretty bad though after I walk and some days like today I overdid it because there was an event I really love and then afterwards I was so happy I forgot everything and went shopping walked around carried stuff and now I'm in pain. But if I'm still going to be in pain after a massive surgery I don't see the difference. And how would I know if the surgeon is being honest.