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Has anyone suffered from lumbar spinal stenosis? Did you have surgery?
Spine Health | Last Active: Sep 13, 2022 | Replies (91)Comment receiving replies
Hi, here we are. January 2019. In Florida from Canada for the winter. Heard about minimally invasive surgery...consult and assessed to find severe impingement L5 nerves, accompanying stenosis. Bone spurs are a complicating factor and major surgery is recommended. ++++pain, numbness, tingling both legs, predominantly calves and feet. So I'm pretty discouraged. Canada jyst tells me "you are a chronic pain patient. That's it. That's all." I'm 70....my life can't be over already?
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@katie215 It sounds like your stenosis is at the nerve roots. There is a procedure called a foraminotomy to open up the foramen (spaces where nerve roots exit) where they approach from the side and don't remove discs. Here is an explanation https://www.spineuniverse.com/treatments/surgery/foraminotomy-taking-pressure-spinal-nerves. If you have spinal cord compression from stenosis, then you might be looking at a fusion after removal of a disc. I think 70 is young. Spine surgery is a long recovery, and I am so glad I did mine for cervical stenosis with spinal cord compression.
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@katie215 Welcome to our wonderful group Did you have the surgery? Was it open or non,-invasive? I ask as I had a L2fracture and now impinged nerves so I can relate to the pain I did find Tai Chi that has helped @Parus recommended Don Fiore for the instructor on You Tube