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Spinal fusion: Hardware removal
Spine Health | Last Active: Mar 20 12:37pm | Replies (32)Comment receiving replies
Hi Jennifer,
Thank you for that information. I will definitely check them out. I was told by my surgeon that I will be doing just fine and the pain I had prior to my surgery will be gone. He said Nerves do not like to be touched so it will take some time to heal. But this pain from the equipment is terrible. I just want to rip it out! When I am in the lake and just standing in the water and the water is above my waist, I have no pain at all. I told my husband, that's it, I just need to become a mermaid and live in the water. LOL He laughed.
It is so hard to move around. I'm limited. I'm 57 years old and I've never been in a bad accident or lifted anything heavy that caused me harm. The Surgeon seems to think it could be from my pregnancies (I had two children); and or just me getting older. I informed him I also have MS but I'm in remission for 3 years now. I was diagnosed back in 2011, but my first symptoms were in 2001.
I don't want to be addicted to any prescriptions and there has to be another way to be able to try to live a normal life.
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You have my sincere sympathies for your continued pain. I had a revision surgery July24,2023, at Mayo. The surgeon removed my prior hardware from fusion on L4-5, then extended down L5-S1, in a minimally invasive fusion. He prescribed 3 months of wearing a brace, doing only walking, PT after that. I had significant pain after my first fusion, it felt better after a few weeks, then the pain worsened and never improved. I don’t know if this will be the answer, but I am improving, the pain is less now. I feel a release from something, was the hardware touching a nerve? I feel it was. But in any case, it can be removed in revision surgery, get some consultations! Wishing you the best.