Good evening @nellie52starr, nice to see you on Connect this evening. I am just wondering how you have been managing for 6 years . Was this a laminectomy? Was it in the lumbar region? What had you expected to happen....to be relieved of pain and discomfort? To have greater strength and mobility? In order to be able to respond from a base of knowledge, I will need a little more information so that I can introduce you to other members who may have walked down the very same road.

I have been fortunate to have had two spinal fusions....one lumbar and one cervical. Both have been life changers for me so I know it can be done.

I find it pretty amazing that you have been waiting for improvement all this time. There are ways to secure help and resources available especially from teaching hospitals and clinics like Mayo Clinic. Do you feel like you must stay with the same clinician?

Let's also get the test results out........are you ready for that by sharing them? What do they show you? Connect is all about learning by sharing. with other patients, And sometimes shouting encouragement helps to.

Do you live alone at this time or have help at home?

May you be free of suffering and the causes of suffering.
Chris