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@lyndamercedes2003

Hi,
I'm Lynn. I'm 58 yrs young. I live in Dublin Ireland and work as a musician. I've had bilateral knee replacements which worked a dream and a Diam implant in my spine to help with degenerative disk problem. This also was successful. Now I find myself in awful pain which I'm try to manage temporarily with Oxinorm, prescribed by my consultant. I've done the physio, acupuncture, chiropractic etc things which no longer work for me. My options now, it seems are a spinal stimulator or fusion. I'm looking for help from anyone who has a similar problem and has had one of the above surgeries. I know the stimulator surgery is less invasive but how successful is it. Is there a huge difference between one surgery and the other.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Lynn

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Replies to "Hi, I'm Lynn. I'm 58 yrs young. I live in Dublin Ireland and work as a..."

Hello @lyndamercedes2003, welcome to Connect. Thank you for joining us from Dublin! You came to the right place to discuss pain and the various ways to cope/manage it with other members experiencing similar things to yourself. We are glad to hear that your knee replacements went well, but sorry to hear that your back/spine is giving you such trouble.

Here is a discussion taking place on Connect that you may want to check out and join in on:

- MVA - motor vehicle accident soft-tissue trauma, http://mayocl.in/2lhUx6H (this conversation contains conversations between members about stimulators

I think posing your question in this discussion also would yield great results. I look forward to seeing more posts from you in the near future Lynda!