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Severe spinal stenosis: Would you do surgery?

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@sunnyflower

Hi Rachel! I'm sorry but I don't know what you're referring to? Oh wait, I think it's my 2 L4 and L5 back surgeries 6 days apart in the late 1990s? Yes, it completely erased my intolerable pain! All three of my discectomy/lamenectomies worked!!!!! The third was a fusion b/c I have spondylolisthesis and my vertebrae wouldn't stay in place so kept squashing the nerve/s. So much pain of such a severe degree for so long; probably 3 years all together as I they kept trying things like 3 steroid injections to see if it would shrink the disc or whatever they think. Geesh! Anyway, all fixed now except for the canal stenosis. That is more scary b/c it's inside the canal which houses the spinal cord and spinal nerves. I will have to keep my focus on the One in control of my circumstances and not my circumstances! That requires a lot of bible study and prayer. Hope you're still sane and having some victory over your circumstances. Warmest big hugs, Sunnyflower

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Oooops, so sorry Jen not Rachel!!!!!!! So many don't sign off w/ their names so I get really mixed up. As soon as I sent this I realized the error of my ways! Please forgive me, Sunny

@sunnyflower when is your next surgery?