I had surgery at Rush University Hospital in Chicago for CES on 6/16/21. Like u I had three doctors simply blow off my symptoms for over one year until I could no longer work and was on a walker/wheelchair. My “pain doctor” got an mri and said I had a lot of stenosis. He sent me for injections. That doctor tried to help but never told me I had CES either. By then I could not feel myself pee or poop. I was in a wheelchair. No feeling below knee in either leg. The first pain doctor sent me to his friend who was a neurosurgeon who told me 2 minutes after I walked in his office that I was fat and would die on table if I had surgery. ( by then I had lost about 50 lbs) he gave me a referral to a bariatric surgeon and told me to come back in one year! He never looked at me or my mri or the report. I went home and wanted to just die at that point. I would pray not to wake up in the morning. After a few weeks I called my orthopedic surgeon and asked if his mom needed back surgery who he would send her to. He sent me to dr Gregory Lopez at Midwest Orthopedics at Rush. We did surgery for CES 7 days later. I got back some feeling but still have neuropathy in both feet and calves. I also have reduced feeling in my saddle area. My surgery was 8 hours long. I had 8 laminectomies and L4-L5 fused. I still need other surgery but I am walking with a cane. Just had 1 st visit to dr fogelson at Mayo and will be going back for more tests in December. I do need to lose another 30 lbs. good luck to you!

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