Severe lumbar spinal stenosis

I am getting third opinion from weill cornell.
My local surgeon is supposedly excellent but can give no assurances.
Main reason i would do it is to prevent further damage. I was told 10% get worse, 10 % are the same , and 80% have improvement. Sounds likeyou are in the 20% worse or the same, bummer.
When did u have it done?
Did surgeon screw up?

Hello, I had surgery for spinal stenosis in 2010 fused 2 to 5 with hardware in place. Now I am having a hard time walking. They say it’s due to the surgery. I use a tens unit and heat on my back at home,also PT from time to time.MRI showed my nerves were being crushed so much to my legs and in time would cause my legs to stop working ,so I took my chances and had the surgery.I believe it kept me from needing to use a wheel chair for many years.I can not walk far,use a cane due to loss of balance.I rent a scooter when I need to. I make the best of my situation.always could be worse.wish you all the best..

Thanks. So you were glad you did it because you got 10-13 years of normalcy?

Also, how did your level of pain change after surgery?

I whole heartedly second this recommendation. I tried numerous stains (always doing it on beaverton ski the doc wouldn't say it was due to overuse. Within a few days on each, I could barely walk.

Interesting thread. I am six months post L2-5 decompression and fusion. Arthritis. I had the work done at Mayo JAX with a neurosurgeon. Summary: The whole process was very challenging but now I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Here are some things I learned: (1) Every spine surgery is different and it's difficult and confusing to hear of other's experiences/results and infer you will have the same outcomes... good or bad. (2) I used a neurosurgeon and I would chose no other doc. (3) Generally - it took me three months to feel OK. At six months I'm back to being pretty active. It will take 12 months (I figure) to reach maximum recovery. (4) Despite the challenges, which were sometimes extreme, I'm thrilled with my results.

Strange story: Wife had bad back and radiating leg pain . Surgeon did basic laminectomy but also took out 3 spacers from spine Xray now shows spine completly misaligned and now pain is even much greater than before-Did removing spacers cause spinal instability

Has anyone been diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome?

Any comments: Surgeon took out 3 interspinious spacers from back and also did laminectomy for lumbar pain back an leg is it likely that spine now shifted was connected to removal of spacers-N ow surgeon say I can fix misaligned spine you need an oblique operation-dont think wife wants him again

I’ve had similar issues with spine .I have degenerative disc disease inherited from family . I started out with back surgery , injections , therapy , spine pain stimulator in my back . And finally got scoliosis and two months ago had to have a full scoliosis surgery every vertebrae from bottom of my neck down to my tailbone is fused with rods and bolts . and now recovering , so don’t mass around with your back get a special surgeon opinion I did , by the way the specialtiy back surgeon is the one that did my surgery took 14 hours. Hope I helped and not scared you . God Bless .