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What are people's experiences with spinal fusion surgery?
Spine Health | Last Active: Feb 15 7:50am | Replies (174)Comment receiving replies
Seems like you should be better than "just hanging around". From my own experience and talking to others who have been rushed into spinal fusion with all kinds of promises, the end result is often no help. I actually felt a little worse 4 months after L5-S1 fusion, Interestingly, the orthopedic surgeon who did the fusion saw spondylothesis at that joint. No other radiologist picked this up. I believe I had had 2 or 3 MRIs up to that point. Makes one take pause. My best advice is to gat 2 or 3 other opinions.
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Thanks so much for your reply. Have never heard of spondylothesis but will ask when I am at the doctor on Monday.
I guess when you put this into the proper perspective. What was missing in my original posting was that on December 10th of 2020 I had a gallstone attack. Found out weeks later that I had been in a medically induced coma in the ICU for there weeks and needed up in the hospital for a total of nine weeks. All my muscles had atrophied and had to learn to walk, stand, eat and speak. My family was told my the doctors that I would not make it as my organs had begun shutting down. One doctor told my son that of the 52 people in the ICU, I was the sickest.
Had scheduled my original back surgery a week before my gall stone attack but that obviously has to be postponed because of my hospital stay. That operation was to be from S-1 to L 3 I believe. Shows what a difference a year makes.
In any event, I just thank GOD that I am still here. If I have to endure chronic back so be it. Will still continue to see if there are other treatments that might make my circumstances more tolerable