Laminectomy experiences

Yes I had the electric shock pain! What it was signaling was the grinding between my vertebrae or the deterioration of the disc in my spine compressing on the nerve root. If you’re at that point, you need to have diffusion surgery sooner rather than later. When the pain stops. It means the nerves have been crushed to their demise And you will never be able to resurrect them. So my suggestion is you get into seeing an orthopedic surgeon immediately — maybe a different one if you don’t trust the first one— I had four—-have the fusion if they all agree. You need to have the hardware in there to hold the vertebrae apart from each other so they don’t weigh down and crushed the nerves. It can take up to 10 years to heal if your nerves have been crushed to their demise. I was at a highly qualified, neurosurgeon head of the department at Ucsd and he refused to do back surgery because he had seen very bad results. So eventually he sent me to the orthopedic surgeon who was my fourth diagnosis and in a heartbeat he said you need immediate surgery and I said do it. It was an amazing surgery then I got my life back. There’s a lot you didn’t tell us about the kind of other pains back pains you might be having so it’s hard to tell, but I remember that electric shock feeling for sure! And then I remember it stopping.

Yes I had the electric shock pain! What it was signaling was the grinding between my vertebrae or the deterioration of the disc in my spine compressing on the nerve root. If you’re at that point, you need to have diffusion surgery sooner rather than later. When the pain stops. It means the nerves have been crushed to their demise And you will never be able to resurrect them. So my suggestion is you get into seeing an orthopedic surgeon immediately — maybe a different one if you don’t trust the first one— I had four—-have the fusion if they all agree. You need to have the hardware in there to hold the vertebrae apart from each other so they don’t weigh down and crushed the nerves. It can take up to 10 years to heal if your nerves have been crushed to their demise. I was at a highly qualified, neurosurgeon head of the department at Ucsd and he refused to do back surgery because he had seen very bad results. So eventually he sent me to the orthopedic surgeon who was my fourth diagnosis and in a heartbeat he said you need immediate surgery and I said do it. It was an amazing surgery then I got my life back. There’s a lot you didn’t tell us about the kind of other pains back pains you might be having so it’s hard to tell, but I remember that electric shock feeling for sure! And then I remember it stopping.

I also had a lamenectomy due to infection. I just saw my surgeon and he doesn't want to do a fusion, he said the chances of it helping were 50/50. I had cortisone shots 5 days ago and my pain is worse! Sitting for any length of time is impossible. I wish I had some insight for you. My experience has been a nightmare. It has been 6 months of hell.

@loriesco I'm glad the fusion worked so well for you. What was your recovery from it like? I am very scared to get that surgery as I'm sure you were. Thanks

@meadco Thank you for your response. This has been hell for me as well with no easy answers. I'm very scared to get the fusion. Afraid it could make things worse. I wish you the best