i am finding this information very helpful. I was diagnosed with spinal stenosis almost a year ago. I was fine when I went to bed. The next morning when I went to get out of bed, every step was excrusiating. It must have taken me at least 5 minutes to get to the bathroom. I went to emergency. I was given an x-ray and sent home with morphine and directions to call them if I had not heard from the MRI dept. in the next 2 days. I called and then given an appt. for the MRI. I can't have a CT scan as I have a pacemaker. The L4 and L5 were identified as the problem. I was referred to a doctor but I was told it would take up to a year to see him. He surprised me and called me early. I was given the choice to stay on the medication I have or have surgery with no guarantee of success. I am taking 2 Tramadol and 2 Gamapetin 4 times a day. When I started it was 5 times a day. I have been given no advice as to what exercise I should be doing or avoiding. I did what I called a good day's work of house cleaning before Christmas. I also made the mistake of lifting/pulling a heavy flower pot. I paid for it as I was in pain for the next 2 weeks. The medication was giving minimal relief.
I live in Canada and due to the pandemic a lot of elective surgery is backed up. In the meantime, I would like to find out what I should be doing regarding exercise, etc. I used to spend about 40 minutes a day walking my dog. Now I am reluctant to go too far fear of what might happen.
Until my pacemaker in 2020, I was healthier than the average person. e.g. very few pills, went to the chiropractor about once a month. The treatments weren't holding about 2-3 weeks before the attack.
I had not heard of laser treatment for spinal stenosis until I started checking the "back pain" section here. Any advice or recommendations would be appreciated. I am going to start checking out the track record of my surgeon and I am going to see if I can find out anything from my medical carrier about him.