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@gailb

My name is Gail, I'm 68 years old, and i have lived my entire adult life with chronic back pain. I just had a back surgery (12/22/16) to cut off and remove the part of my L5-S1 disc that was pressing on my spinal column causing acute pain on my left side. It's good to have a forum for discussion.

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Jen, Alumna Mentor | @sandytoes14 | Jan 26, 2017

Welcome to Connect @gailb I'm glad you reached out on this forum. I have had chronic neck pain for more nearly 25 years. My doctors say fusion on C3-C4 will mean a year or so of possible relief but then I would need C2 and C5 done also. Odds are 50/50 that it would help the pain, so I'm waiting a bit longer. Have you had relief from the surgery?

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