Hello, I had laminectomy and fusion of my cervical spine ( stenosis) 12/2016 and lumbar spine (unstable scoliosis and herniation) 12/2017. I also had osteoporosis which gave me more than a year of relief from the two surgeries before the lumbar area developed "lucencies" and a hemorrhagic cyst impinging on the nerve root caused sciatica in the left leg. In 1/2019 I had hardware screws replaced with larger screws and instrumentation down into my pelvis for S.I. pain and the removal of the cyst did nothing to alleviate the sciatica. Six months later I developed adjacent segment disease above the lumbar L-10 which caused a herniation there to press on the nerve root sending radiculopathy severe pain into my abdomen and chest. Also the cervical spine had developed herniations causing myelopathy. After over 3 1/2 years of pain, P.T., epidurals and RFA I finally had surgery again to extend the cervical instrumentation down to T-1 and the lumbar up to T-8. It stopped the thoracic spine radiculopathy pain in my chest and the myelopathy from the cervical herniation. Now I'm recovering from this surgery hoping that I finally will find relief in spite of rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis,
spondyloarthritis, DDD and osteopenia. I'm just writing my experience to show what can happen with back surgery at it's worst. I wish you luck with your decision.