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Has anyone suffered from lumbar spinal stenosis? Did you have surgery?

Spine Health | Last Active: Sep 13, 2022 | Replies (91)
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@amandajro

Hello @westcom. I am sorry to hear of your spinal stenosis and neuropathy.

I wanted to help you more easily connect with other members who have had similar experiences so you will notice I have moved your post into an existing discussion on spinal stenosis. Members such as @eileenpetko @kaptainkat @windyshores and @jenniferhunter may be able to share more.

What symptom did your neurosurgeon say was not a typical symptom?

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kaptainkat | @kaptainkat | Aug 21, 2022

I don't know that anything in particular was atypical, just the damage is rather extensive. There was a 'comment' about SOMETHING at every junction in the 'report' on the MRI.

In the past few months, I have also learned that my sore hips are NOT an ilial but the result of three bulges at the top of my lumbar.

Thanks to PT, the pain lever has dropped from 12.5 (on a scale of 10) to about 5. And when I started I could barely walk 20 ft, and now can do 200.

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westcom | @westcom | Aug 22, 2022

The gluteal and posterior thigh nerve pain is not typical and I have no leg pain which is typical. I have an upcoming EMG which hopefully she’d light on the origin of nerve pain. Jennifer’s replies were very helpful. Thank you.

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