Severe lumbar spinal stenosis

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 .

I had L4-L5 fusion in mid-July of 2023 after a downward ride of increasing right leg pain. Not aches; rocketing pain eased only by flexing the lumbar spine (so-called shopping cart posture). Could only walk a few steps or stand for a couple of minutes. The surgery took 5 hours and eliminated all leg pain by the following day. I still have numbness and tingling in both feet and up my left leg but no pain. I’m in a full PT regimen with daily exercises that take 30-40 min and have increased my walking to 30-40 min per day with some low back ache. Slowly resuming Pilates practice. Very, very happy with my results as I was reduced to no activity at all and a very limited lifestyle. Surgery recovery was quite smooth; fatigue and muscle aches rather than pain were troublesome for first 2 weeks. All restrictions lifted at 3 months with encouragement to get back to walking and Pilates and add back cycling when safe and balance better. I’m 76.

At 83, and getting into a cycle of arthritic pain, I realize that each of us is different - very different. Aside from taking an aspirin, I don't think we can educate one another very much. Where our pain comes from, what we've done for 30+ years, who our parents are, etc. We are all very individual - what's good for someone isn't necessarily good for the next guy. For better or worse, we each have to deal w what we have. Sad but True -

There's been a lot reported lately about the use of bempedoic acid as an alternative to statins. Might be worth a discussion with your cardiologist or primary care doctor if you believe the statins you have tried could be the true source of your pain.

I assume you have tried all of the available conservative treatments already without success? A fusion is major surgery and not reversible. Based on my experience with a cervical fusion, it could take six months to feel okay again, and up to a year to fully recover.