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Spine Health | Last Active: Oct 11, 2023 | Replies (52)
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@maddiemae I am a spine surgery patient and my fusion was cervical. Recovering from spinal fusion takes a lot of patience and care, and no doubt you are working at that right now. Because you bear most of your body weight at the site of your surgery, that makes recovery a bit more challenging.
Here is another discussion where you can meet other members who also had a fusion at L5S1.
Spine Health - Recent L5-S1 fusion
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/recent-l5-s1-fusion/
Are you seeing improvement yet since your surgery? When will you follow up with your surgeon?
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Thank you so much for your reply and I hope you're recovering well.
Your are so right about the care and patience required for recovery. I'm so worried that I'm not keeping my back straight enough during this process. I'll find out on October 27th when my surgeon will take an x-ray to check it.
In addition to this I need hip replacement and this is causing no end of pain but I'll have to wait 6 months for that surgery.
I hope you continue to improve daily.